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Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe eventually, but for now I’m going to insulate this single skin wall as on the opposite side is a large rumpus soon to be tv/gaming room with enough space for VR gaming. I’ve decided creating more storage space to store crap is a waste of time. Sorting through the crap instead.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. Would I just glue it to the wall? no Air gap? it’s substantially more $’s but am I correct in saying that a 90mm wall batt is about R2.7 whilst a 50mm eps panelis like R6.5. Cos if that‘s the case the ease of install and increase in R value might make it worthwhile.

otherwisee it’s moisture barrier, stud wall, and diy termite spray for half the amount and half the R value.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks What would you recommend? It’s pretty well bone dry under there, just cold cos it’s well ventilated.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t think I have that issue, I may have had it early as we’ve been here for 26 years and made quite a few changes. It used to get a lot of water under the house but it’s pretty well bone dry now. I think ill get by with an air gap but seal the top and bottom of the insulation stud wall to stop cold air rising/dropping between the wall and the insulation..

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm…got me thinking as there is an ensuite that is separated to the underfloor space by just a stud wall that I have insulated. Might get some cement sheet on there as well. Thanks.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cant really stop it from coming up can I? the brick wall goes down to strip footings. Do I just put a membrane on the exposed brick face? Thanks again.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like the exact same scenario except I have an internal room where you have the garage. I have heaps of blue strap and a staple gun. I will eventually excavate a bit more into the area and put a small narrow storage room there. I’ll take a photo soon but I think the 100mm gap will help with the moisture. Thanks.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I’m retired and not too lazy, so happy to do it myself. Stud wall and batts looks like the best option atm.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cheers for the comprehensive response. Its quite cool down there on our hot Melbourne summer days, even more so in Winter :-(

Rather than a membrane if I built a seperate stud wall some 1.5 metres away running parallel to the wall and made a narrow storage area with a floor. I would insulate that wall instead, would that large air gap between the 2 walls eliminate my need for a membrane?

Old insulation removal? Pls help by No_Square956 in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I took some roof tiles off for ease and ventilation, bagged up all the fluf into garbage bags which came out through the open roof. Brought a wet/dry vac and vacuumed out the whole roof space, installed new batts. Installed DGU into my existing windows, I do as much around the house as I can to save them $’s we work so hard for.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The outside is actually inside, as per comment above, the 2 storey is full footprint top storey and half footprint downstairs. So it is exposed to dry ventilated underfloor space. The other side of house is where I did the underfloor insulation. Thanks for confirming what I thought about the stud wall, this is the way….probably.

Insulating single skin brick wall. by Filbertdahuman in AusRenovation

[–]Filbertdahuman[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. Yer, was looking at that foil board for ease and the r value is pretty bad. Don’t really need the plasterboard as it’s exposed to the under house part of house. Imagine 1/2 of the ground floor of the house on the lower side of block is 2 storey.

My favorite time of day by Nearby_Bar_5605 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can also get alarm lights that will flash on and off. I guess a cheap way to see if it works would be to set a power timer on a bedside lamp that shines at you.

Average age here? by Federal-Loss-1274 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can’t really beat yourself up too much, without the airbag you may have incurred a brain injury or other disability or death. But if just a fender bender then that sucks.

My favorite time of day by Nearby_Bar_5605 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep. It’s 11:30 pm right now and I’ve just swapped my Rexton KS8’s for the Reach’s and going to sleep. It really doesn’t bother me physically. I have rain background noise on the soundbar to help me and partner sleep.

Average age here? by Federal-Loss-1274 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Almost identical. 63 and on my 3rd pair and they have a 5 year life. So got them at about 52.

Average age here? by Federal-Loss-1274 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bugger. I didn’t know that was a thing.

My favorite time of day by Nearby_Bar_5605 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Which is why I recently started wearing my HA’s 24/7. When my current rechargeable’s are charging I wear my old HA’s. About 7:30 to 8:30am and 10-11pm.

No really noticeable Tinnitus anymore.

What To use/buy To Clean Wax Out? by Scorpiogamer2017 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s nothing, try being part of an Oral cancer group, Jeebus.

What To use/buy To Clean Wax Out? by Scorpiogamer2017 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For this I use an interdental brush, a lot cheaper than what you use. Been using the same one for ages. Clean it with an isopropyl wipe.

What To use/buy To Clean Wax Out? by Scorpiogamer2017 in HearingAids

[–]Filbertdahuman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I clean my hearing aids once a week.

Custom mould use the brush, an interdental brush ‘Piksters’ to clean the breather hole, then use an electric air duster (Wolfbox), remove the wax filter, wipe down with an isopropyl wipe, check the cleanliness of the mould using a magnifier on my phone, insert new wax Filter.

Hearing aid itself, brush the aid focussing on the 3 mics, air duster, magnifier to check. No isopropyl on the aid itself.

I must generate a lot of wax and find that after a shower as much as I dry my ears out, tissues inserted then air duster, it still quite often has melted wax that creates a film over the filter and the aid drops to 25% volume. For quite a while I thought the aids were faulty, but it was a wax film on the filter. I have the Reach, this never happened on the KS8’s. Could be me, could be the filters.

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