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Winter heating
An advertising feature
Mind the gap and
make hot savings
AS winter approaches, Beautiful
Blinds is offering a product that will
keep you warmer during the cold
months and cut down on heating bills.
Beautiful Blinds offers the Australian-exclusive Ecosmart Honeycomb
ComforTrack energy-saving sidetrack system for double-cell honeycomb blinds.
The system helps improve the
thermal efficiency of your home by
decreasing gaps between the edge of
your shades, and sealing in heat in
your rooms to prevent warm air from
escaping.
With standard shades, warm air
can escape through large gaps, which
causes significant energy loss as you
try to warm your house.
The ComforTrack system prevents
this with three separate areas that
help seal in the heat around your windows.
The first is a specially designed
ComforTrack Flex Seal, which is a
clear spring seal that is hidden between the honeycomb blind and the
sidetracks. It flexes open and closed
when the shade is raised and lowered
to help create an energy-tight seal.
The second sees specially designed
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ComforTrack side channels, left, and with side channels, right.
bottom rail end caps that fit over the
sidetracks and allow for smooth
movement when raising and lowering
the shade.
The third barrier of protection is
easy to miss, but makes a big impact
in closing the energy gap. The small
space between the head rail and the
window frame is sealed off with the
Fuzzy Seal, which is discretely at-
tached to the back of the head rail.
The Fuzzy Seal traps air, but allows
moisture to pass through.
And with super-easy installation, it
is a breeze to put together on your
current windows.
ComforTrack is available with several hardware options, including top
down/bottom up, cordless, cordless
top down-bottom up, continuous
TIGHT FIT: Ecosmart double-cell blockout honeycombs with ComforTrak
side channel keeps your house warmer and saves money on heating.
cord loop system and continuous cord
loop with top down-bottom up.
For more information on the
ComforTrack system, phone Beautiful
Blinds on 1300 304 661 and ask about a
free measure and quote.
More information is available at
honeycombblinds.com.au
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Winter heating
An advertising feature
Transfer your
focus and go
with the flow
Keep it
Kleen,
keep it
healthy
ACCORDING to the National
Asthma Council of Australia, the
most common allergic triggers of
asthma are dust-mites, pollen
and mould — all of which can be
found in split-system
airconditioners.
Most people are under the
impression that cleaning the
filters of an airconditioner is all
you need to do in order to keep
it running efficiently and cleanly.
Filters are designed to allow
airflow, while capturing any
larger particles of pollutants such
as animal fur, fluff and dust balls.
However, if they were to stop
everything getting through they
would prevent the necessary
airflow and the unit wouldn’t
function.
As a guide, contaminants
larger than about 80 microns are
captured. The problem is that
most dust, pollen, mould spores,
mildew, fungi, airborne grease,
bacteria and even human and
pet skin cells are much smaller —
less than 10 microns — so they
pass through the filters and
accumulate deep inside and
behind the coil, on the barrel fan
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and many other internal
components. Many of these
grow and spread rapidly in their
new-found protected and hidden
environment.
Rodents also like the dark
recesses of airconditioners and
leave behind faeces and urine.
Therefore, if you are not
getting the full internals of your
airconditioner HydroKleened,
you are going to experience
higher power bills caused by
suffocated units having to
struggle to suck air in past a
clogged coil.
And anyone with respiratory
issues, such as asthma or
allergies, could suffer from
exposure to a build-up of
allergens being blown back into
the room.
Cleaning the internals is not
something that can be done by
maintenance managers or a local
handyman service provider
because it requires specialised
commercial equipment and
environmentally friendly
cleaning agents.
HydroKleen is the only
airconditioner cleaning company
approved by the National
Asthma Council of Australia’s
Sensitive Choice Program.
Using HydroKleen offers a
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save lives!
range of benefits, including —
REMOVING and cleaning the
louvres, filter covers and outer
casing; cleaning the coil, blower
fan and drainage system.
THE use of environmentally
friendly cleaning agent.
REMOVAL of harmful bacteria,
mould, fungi and other
contaminants (rodent faeces/
urine),
REDUCING your airconditioning/
heat pump running costs.
A 19-POINT checklist — before
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For more information, phone
1300 608 318.
AIR flow in a home with a
heater is an important issue
when it comes to conserving
winter warmth.
Modern fan-forced heaters
can pump out so much heat
that, if they are run at full capacity, it can be unbearably hot
in that room, while an adjacent
room can still be cold.
Leaving the connecting
door open is not the complete
answer because often most of
the heat is trapped above the
door level and heat transfer
can be inefficient.
If the home has high ceilings, the convected heat tends
to stay up high — well above
the floor level where people
and pets are looking for
warmth.
Tasmanian company Brierley Hose and Handling, based
at Derwent Park, manufactures the duct and makes up
warm-air transfer kits.
These kits are an economical, efficient method of quickly
transferring excess heat from a
solid-fuel, electric or gas room
heater to another part of the
home.
A duct intake is positioned
in the room with the heater
and insulated ducting is run
through the roof cavity to a diffuser in one or more other
rooms, such as bedrooms.
A dual-bladed German
Blauberg inline fan with a fiveyear warranty pumps the air
through the system, forcing it
well down into the target room.
The kits come in three models, covering lengths up to
three, six and 12 metres.
The system is also ideal for
exhausting cooking odours
and moisture-laden air outside
and through the eaves or a wall
for bathrooms, laundries and
kitchens.
Call in to check out the
range at Brierley Hose and
Handling, 1 Lampton Ave,
Derwent Park, phone 6272
8144. In the North of the state,
go to 130 Forster St, Invermay,
phone 6337 8444.
Warm Air Transfer Kits
Why buy another heater,
when you can transfer excess
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Appropriate for any existing
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BENEFITS
• No need to purchase additional heaters as
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and ducted to other cold rooms.
• Reduces condensation and mildew.
• Uniform comfort throughout the home.
• The safe way to warm bedrooms with
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Winter heating
An advertising feature
Make sure your home is fire-safe
LIFE-SAVER: Having operational smoke alarms throughout
the house is one of the best safety precautions.
AS the weather cools down,
the number of house fires will
increase in Tasmania.
However, most house fires
can be avoided. This is the key
message of the Tasmania Fire
Service 2016 Winter Home
Fire Safety Campaign.
“It is a statistical fact that winter is the busiest time for house
fires,” said TFS community education officer Chris Tomes.
“There are common danger
zones for fire around the home,
including heaters and open
fires, clothes dryers, the kitchen, faulty electrical goods and
people being careless with cigarettes and candles.”
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Mr Tomes said most fires in DO NOT burn candles near
the cooler months could be flammable materials.
avoided if people took simple NEVER smoke in bed.
precautions.
KEEP matches and lighters
To protect your home in the locked away from children.
cooler months:
What makes a house fire so
CLEAN and maintain chim- devastating is the combination
neys and heater flues yearly.
of fire and poisonous smoke.
ALWAYS use a metal fire
These things combined
screen with an open fire.
have the power to kill.
DO NOT leave your wood
Three minutes is all it can
heater door open.
take to lose your home and
KEEP flammable material at family to fire.
least two metres away from
Mr Tomes warned that peoheaters.
ple could not rely on their senEXTINGUISH your open fire ses to wake them up when they
before leaving the house or are sleeping during a fire, and
going to bed.
that working smoke alarms
BE CAREFUL disposing
of heater ash. Ashes can
take up to five days to
cool. Place ash in a metal
container, well clear of the
house, and pour water
over it.
USE an electric heater
that switches off automatically if knocked over.
POSITION heaters away
from heavy traffic.
ALWAYS turn heaters off
when going to bed or leaving the house.
NEVER leave cooking
unattended. Turn it off be- HOT-BED OF DANGER: Make sure
fore you turn away.
electric blankets are not left on.
INSTALL smoke alarms
in each sleeping area, hallway could be the difference beand living area.
tween life and death.
PREPARE and practise a
“Generally one smoke
home fire escape plan with the alarm is not enough in a
whole family.
home,” he said.
NEVER sleep with your elec“All fire services strongly
tric blanket turned on.
recommend placing a smoke
DO NOT leave electric blan- alarm in each sleeping area
kets on when you are not [bedroom], hallway, living area
home.
and at the top of stairways to
CHECK electric blankets for increase the level of early
warning in the event of fire.
faulty wiring.
“You’re unlikely to smell
DO NOT overload power
smoke if there is a house fire
points.
SWITCH OFF and unplug ap- while you’re sleeping, but you
should hear smoke alarms.”
pliances when not in use.
Mr Tomes said it was imCLEAN clothes dryer lint filportant to remind Tasmanians
ters before every use.
that rental properties must be
fitted with smoke alarms.
“From May 1, 2016, all smoke
alarms in rental properties are
required, by law, to be either
mains powered with battery
back-up or have a 10-year nonremovable battery,” he said.
“We urge all Tasmanians to
test their smoke alarms, to
make sure they work.”
Mr Tomes said despite taking precautions, householders
should still plan an escape in
case of a house fire.
“While there is an increasing awareness of the importance of smoke alarms, there
are still too many Tasmanians who have not developed a home fire escape
plan,” he said.
“One of the key reasons people lose their lives
in house fires is that thick
smoke, minimal visibility
and the effects of smoke
inhalation can cause people to panic, lose their
bearings and get trapped
in their own home.”
Devise a strategy with
all members of the household and ensure that
everyone knows two exits
from every room, particularly bedrooms. Your escape plan should include:
WORKING smoke alarms.
KNOWING two safe ways out
of every room.
ENSURING windows and
doors open quickly when required and keys are kept in
deadlocked doors.
DECIDING on one safe outdoor meeting place, such as the
letterbox.
REMEMBERING to crawl
low if caught in smoke.
AGREEING that once you are
out, you stay out.
For more information about fire
safety go to www.fire.tas.gov.au
or free-call 1800 000 699.
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Wide range of winter warmers
HEFFERNAN’S Domestic
Heating is a long-established
family-owned and operated
heating retail outlet in Hobart
and is able to supply you with
heating options to suit your
needs.
The company specialises in
wood heaters with industryleading low emissions and high
efficiencies of up to an average
85 per cent, along with modern
gas-flame fires that are up to
house hydronic systems, electric flame-effect heating, gas
hot water appliances, wetback
systems, and wood, gas or electric outdoor heating options.
For more information on a
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for your home, call in and
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NZ scientists offer
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TASMANIANS can take advantage of New Zealand ingenuity to make sure their
home stays toasty warm this
winter, while keeping heating
bills to a minimum.
The Pyroclassic wood fire
was first manufactured in New
Zealand more than 30 years
ago.
It was developed by scientists to create the ultimate solution for burning wood in the
most environmentally conscious way.
The scientists came up with
a unique design of wood fire
called the Pyroclassic.
The Pyroclassic IV wood
fire will give you up to 15kW of
space heating through its
massive cylindrical ceramic
fire chamber.
It can also provide 3.7kW of
water heating via its high-output wetback option, and it even
has the ability for you to cook
92 per cent efficient. These
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brilliant heat that is beautiful
to watch, adding a focal point
that the whole family will
warm to no matter what the
Tasmanian weather.
Heffernan’s extensive range
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Pellets earning glowing reviews
CONVENIENT: Pellet fuel supplies have been secured.
SALES of pellet heaters have
skyrocketed because of the
state’s electricity crisis, says
Pellet Fires Tasmania owner
Rob Douglas.
Mr Douglas said Tasmanians were concerned
about rising electricity bills and
were returning to combustionstyle heating in droves.
“Many people tell us that
heat pumps don’t provide the
Pellet heaters provide the warmth of a
wood heater but with the convenience
of a gas heater
degree of comfort they want
and they are looking for
alternatives,’’ he said.
“They are also concerned
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about electricity shortages as a
result of the Basslink/Hydro
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“Natural gas is popular for
heating and hot water, but is
not available in all areas.
Modern wood heaters meet
very
stringent
emission
standards and are cleanburning, high-heat output and
economical home heaters.
“Pellet heaters provide the
warmth of a wood heater but
with the convenience of a gas
heater.’’
Pellet fuel, also known as
bio-energy, is manufactured in
Tasmania, interstate and
overseas using waste sawdust
from sawmills, producing costeffective fuel suitable to use in
a pellet heater.
The typical customer burns
about 66 bags of pellets per year.
At $10 per 15kg bag, this equates
to $660 a year for heating.
Mr Douglas said the cost of
pellet heating was similar to
wood and natural gas heating
and had become the preferred
choice for people who cannot
get natural gas or do not want
to manage a wood heater.
“Pellet Fires Tasmania also
specialises in Australian-made
wood and gas heaters,’’ he said.
“However, the growth is
definitely in pellet heating,
much like it has been in
Europe for many years.
“Pellet heating is cleanburning, virtually smoke-free,
and
thermostat-controlled
with a programmable timer to
turn them on and off.
“A very small amount of
electricity is used to operate
the in-built electronics, but
they can operate on an
optional
uninterruptable
power supply during power
failures if required.”
Mr Douglas said pellet fuel
supply was now secure, with
agreements to back up local
manufacturing during peak
demand, with imported pellet
fuel at the same price as the
local Tasmanian fuel.
Tasmania has the largest
range of pellet heaters in the
country, with more than 16
models to choose from and a
range of hydronic pellet
heaters for central heating.
Showrooms and pellet fuel
depots are located in Hobart,
Launceston and Ulverstone.
For further information go
to www.pellet.com.au
Largest range of Pellet Heaters in Australia
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