Insulating Wall Wrap installed to external walls

Tuesday 17 June 2014

Contractors have been working on site over the past 2 days.  It looks like they’ve finished installing in the [Blue-coloured] Wall Wrap to the external frame of the house.  This insulating Wall Wrap is an optional extra that we gladly agreed to have installed.  That’s because it will provide an additional, proactive barrier to the elements and it will help protect the steel frames and the walls against damage caused by wind, dust, rain and condensation (which could otherwise expose the home to the risk of mould and damp etc.).

The Wall Wrap is installed in addition to the ceiling and wall insulation batts which will provide even more noise and thermal insulation properties.  McDonald Jones Homes will be installing R3.0 rated insulation batts in the roof/ceiling cavity.  For the wall insulation, McDonald Jones Homes initially offered us the standard R1.5 rated insulation batts.  For a very reasonable extra cost, they agreed to upgrade our wall insulation batts to the maximum possible size, being an R2.0 rated batt, which will fit within the wall cavities.

We’re now waiting for the phone call from our Site Supervisor to invite us to inspect and view the bricks before the brick-laying is due to commence (really soon we hope).  We’re hoping the Site Supervisor will also agree to let us inspect the interiors and exteriors of the building at the same time (fingers crossed he’ll be agreeable).

Our Douglas 10M with Chase façade is really starting to take shape and form now.  We’re amazed with its dimensions and we’re really glad the ceiling height throughout the home has been raised to 2.70 metres tall.  For one of the homes from McDonald Jones Homes’ smaller Gen One range of homes, so far, it’s looking like it’s going to be a big home for a 3 bedroom home.  We’re so excited seeing it all happening now.

Here’s some photos that I took from outside the front security fencing at midday today which show the status of the Wall Wrap that’s now been installed.

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