Can you insulate a Lockwood or solid timber home?
NO – Lockwood, Fraemohs and log homes are built from solid timber with no cavity in the wall, so there’s nothing to fill. Blown-in insulation isn’t an option for these homes.
Almost every other New Zealand house built before the mid-1980s has a cavity: weatherboard, fibre cement, plaster, roughcast, brick veneer and double brick can all be suitable.
Read more: Is my house suitable for retrofit wall insulation? · Is my home suitable for the Insulmax® wall insulation process?
NO – Lockwood, Fraemohs and log homes are built from solid timber with no cavity in the wall, so there’s nothing to fill. Blown-in insulation isn’t an option for these homes.
Almost every other New Zealand house built before the mid-1980s has a cavity: weatherboard, fibre cement, plaster, roughcast, brick veneer and double brick can all be suitable.
Read more: Is my house suitable for retrofit wall insulation? · Is my home suitable for the Insulmax® wall insulation process?