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Dark colours can be done
Abodo o ers a natural wood solution for both paint and semi-transparent nishes.
The thermal modi cation process used for Vulcan Cladding drives resins from wood – no warping and twisting! Instead, the timber’s stability increases and dark nishes last much longer.
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No insulation or insu cient coverage
Foil
Sub oor insulation retro t opportunity
Concrete slab
(no sub oor cavity)
Bulk insulation
No access or status unknown Figure 3: Status of sub oor insulation. (Source: 2015 BRANZ HCS.)
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Do not heat
Heat Wood pump burner
Electric heater
Fixed ued gas heater
Portable gas heater
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Heating appliances used in living areas
Figure 4: Heating appliances usually used to heat living areas in winter.
Damp and mould are indicators of poor-quality indoor environ- mental quality. Results from the 2015 HCS showed mould was visible in nearly half of all houses surveyed (see Build 159, Rental houses need TLC, pages 66–67).
Further analysis of the data is needed to explore the association between observed mould and other factors. However, consistent with other research and advice about preventing mould growth in the home, early ndings indicate mould was less common in houses where insulation and ventilation were present and heating was used.
For more The full report, Warm, dry, healthy? Insights from the BRANZ House Condition Survey on insulation, ventilation, heating and mould in New Zealand houses can be downloaded at www.branz.co.nz/study_reports.
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