INSULATION!!!
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Topic: INSULATION!!!
Posted By: ellabellame
Subject: INSULATION!!!
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 12:38pm
yay!! i know people probably won't really care but i'm just sooooo excited!! we finally got our house insulated today! no more huddling round the fire. no more breezy draughts coming up through the floorboards and best of all, no more having to wear jackets inside all day!!! and mikey can have no-nappy time without freezing his wee botty off. ------------- |
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 12:39pm
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It is the best feeling having the place insulated. We got ours done 2 months ago and it was the best wedding present we got. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 12:42pm
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it just seems like such an ordinary thing, i never thought i'd get so excited about it until i lived in a house that didn't have it. ah, nothing like not having something to make you appreciate it. ------------- |
Posted By: Millie1976
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 1:23pm
We were going to get insulation under our floors this year but have decided to get them done next year now as it's nearing towards the end of winter and can't really afford it at the moment  ------------- Sebastien 2 years old Olivier 3 3/4 years old |
Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 2:22pm
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yeah we have wooden floors throughout and I would love to get the underneath of the house insulated cos the cold comes up wickedly through the floors but I think it will be quite a while before we will have the $$$ to do that... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 2:26pm
i'm sooooo jealous!!! i almost need to have the gas heater running all day cos our stupid heat pump doesn't work STILL!!! i'm so cold
the only part of the house that gets any sun is the kitchen....not a great place to hang out 
well that's my pity party over  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 3:00pm
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That's awesome! I'm not even going to talk about our house. We get NO sun in winter. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 8:22pm
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so how did you instilate your home? Was it the underfloor stuff or did you get the walls done? if you did get the walls done, How? Our house is warm enough but would like to insilate it more as its an older type house but with out getting the walls re jibbed and pinkbats put in the walls - I don't know any other way. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 8:49pm
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we got the ceiling and the floors done. we got it done through a thing called west coast healthy homes. its for people with community services cards and the most you have to pay is $300. it was well worth it! ------------- |
Posted By: 3Littllies
Date Posted: 10 August 2006 at 9:34pm
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ditto with ellabellame. I think the Govt has subsidised all over NZ - depends on the area by how much it costs (like the diff between $ for drs visits for kids).
Ours cost $800 (should've been $2500) b/c we had comm services card. We could've also got it for that much if someone in the house had: asthma (or other cold affecting illness - can't think of any right now). We used our Parental Tax Credit (the $1200 you get when your kid is born from IRD) to help pay for it. We had rockwool put in the ceiling, black plastic on the ground under the floor, and silver paper under the floor, and stuff around the windows/doors. Rosie |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 10:09am
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Ella and Rosie - how do we find out about this subsidy? We've just stripped the wall and floor coverings of the bedroom that will belong to baby, and are going to insulate it (it'll be the only room in this big ol' house with any insulation... lucky little tyke!). We've got a CSCard, and any kind of subsidy for this would REALLY help! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 2:28pm
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well, i found out from a friend but i think you can also go through winz. if you go in there and ask about the healthy homes scheme they should be able to help you. ------------- |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 2:44pm
ahhhhhh healthy homes eh! that's something i NEED to know about! we have a CS card, both jack and myself have asthma and as the only form of heating we have is a gas heater.....that makes our asthma worse, not to mention the condensation. 
i got in touch with the canterbury clean heat project but as our fire has already been taken out of the house, they won't do anything for us. 
my grandparents have an open fire and are getting underfloor insulation, pink batts in the ceiling and a heatpump......for free!!!!!! i'm so jealous! but they do need it being elderly and their house is so cold. might make a call to winz and see if i can find anything out.. ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 2:51pm
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If you have asthma but dont have a community servics card can you still get a subsidy for doign somethign like that? ANd if so, who can you do it through? (I assume that WINZ only does it for teh community services card group or can they grant subsidies for teh asthma people too...?)
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 3:00pm
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mrs frantic, do you qualify for help from winz after bubs is born? if so, i think you get a CS card automatically, but i'm not sure so don't quote me on that... ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com">
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 4:31pm
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We have the underfloor polystrene. We don't have the expol stuff as it makes no defference if it that stuff or plain poly. My dad got our through his work. One of his customers does a lot of work with poly and now going into underfloor. We also got our as a wedding present. DH's parents said that they would get it for us, which was really nice. Total cost for them was $350 for the house lot. Also the guy that cut it said Dh measured wrong and was under by 10m. We have 10m left over hmmmm.... who was right!!! ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: 3Littllies
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 6:58pm
| Also, you can google "healthy homes" for NZ. That might help a bit |
Posted By: 3Littllies
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 6:58pm
| we found out through a friend as well. we just called around the insulating places in Hawkes Bay to see who did it. |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 11 August 2006 at 9:08pm
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mrs frantic - i think people who have respiratory illnesses do qualify even if they don't have a CSC. it would definitely be worth finding out about that anyway though. ------------- |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 12:27pm
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heres a question I do not have a community service card but my son does (13 years old and has aspergers) wonder if I qualify? Would love to get it done if it only costs around $300. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 13 August 2006 at 5:10pm
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i have no idea. can't hurt to ask though can it. ------------- |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 August 2006 at 9:35pm
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I did ask and no it has to be the house owner who have the card although they said I may still quallify for a 40-50% discount. I don't think I shall go any further as really my budget before baby born really can't afford that - got to get the kids passports each and they cost $185 ea as its a british one (mine cost $289 shocker huh) ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |