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Here in Australia, as you all may have aware, the temperature radically change throughout the year. Sometimes the summer can be unexpectedly cold as in winter and the winter can be extremely hot as the summer. So with the right construction and insulation, your home can be comfortable throughout the year despite of the season. When you heard the term “Insulation", mainly it comes to our mind to protect from the cold temperatures during the winter. But not only during the winter, it helps to maintain the in-house temperature in a comfortable figure all around the year.

Let’s find out how to insulate your house to keep cool during the summer and keep warm during the winter.

Summer is the ideal season to enjoy the in outdoor. But when comes to the high temperature during the sunny weather it is much uncomfortable to be inside when it is terribly hot and you have to run the air conditioners more than usual. Autumn in Australia is getting warmer as everyone is continuing the outdoor lifestyles and relies on the cooling systems as in summer season. But later autumn can turn unpredictably cold and we have to be prepared to protect and insulate our homes to face the changes in temperature.

To maintain a comfortable temperature during the summer and autumn in your home, insulation will act as a barrier between the house and the outdoor air temperature. Use a good solid insulation such as fibre glass or foam to the walls with a good R value. As most of the energy at a house is get away through the floor insulate the floor using a good quality insulation material with enough R value. Plus install vapour barrier to keep moisture off of the insulation, seal the under floor from the outsider with a wire mesh to avoid small insects from nesting and cover the insulation with a plywood layer after installing as it helps to hold the insulations in appropriate place to provide an additional protection.

Cooling the hot house using the insulation can be challenging, but you need more attention with following information to avoid the house get hot to let insulation to do their work.

• Increase the airflow and open the ventilation in your house to help cool during the hot temperatures.
• Tint the windows glasses to block the heat gain from the sun.
• Install the blinds or blackouts to reflect the heat wave from the sunlight.

Winter is the season when the heating is vital to refrain from being frozen and the energy bills start to peak once again. And temperature wise, spring is the most unpredictable time of the year as we less rely on heating system to be comfortable.

To preserve comfortable temperature during the winter and spring in your home, you must insulate your exterior walls, under floor and ceiling with enough R-valued insulation material to avoid escaping the heat. In addition to that,

• Prevent the warm air leaking out around the window frames.
• Add a clear insulation to the surface of the window.
• Tint the window to block heat from escaping out.
• Cover the windows with insulated drapes.

Installing or upgrading your house insulation is an investment to help reduce your money on energy bills as 50% - 70% of the energy consumed in a house is for heating and cooling. If your house is not insulated using a quality insulation material, the hot or cold air will escape from the house which permits to raise the energy bill to sky high. So the insulation is the major barrier against to the thermal transfer and save money on energy bills extensively. So as a home owner it will increase the savings while improving the comfortability of living.

Apart from improving the comfortability and increasing the savings on energy bills, insulation benefits to enhance the sound control. Insulation absorbs and redirects the sounds without penetrating the walls. The sound proofing insulation types such as fibre glass helps to have a quieter home environment by avoiding interior and exterior noise penetrating.

To sum up, the insulation benefits all year round to provide quieter, more comfortable home to the dwellers, while more saving opportunities to the home owners.