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Energy Efficient
Thermaloc's rigid cellular insulation provides outstanding thermal qualities. In plain terms, this means that you will need substantially less heating and cooling to maintain a comfortable temperature inside your Thermaloc home. Independent testing and evaluation by the University of South Australia confirms that Thermaloc has the potential to reduce energy requirements by up to 55% during peak load days and high temperatures. As Australian utility bills continue to rise, the reduction in energy required to heat and cool a Thermaloc home will translate into considerable cost savings on a weekly, monthly and annual basis.
Comfortable
A well insulated home is a comfortable home. Thermaloc has superior insulating properties, with no thermal bridging, no cavities and no air gaps. A house that keeps warmth inside in winter and the heat outside in summer feels pleasant. You and your family can enjoy the comfort of your home secure in the knowledge that your Thermaloc building system is working hard to reduce your energy consumption all year round.
Dimensionally Stable
Traditional building methods require insulation to be hand filled into wall cavities during the building process. This is a low skilled technique which is open to human error and therefore inconsistency. The Thermaloc pre-insulation manufacturing technology guarantees 100% optimum performance for the life of your home. Unlike fibre batts insulation, which compresses over time, leaving gaps, Thermaloc is a solid, cellular material that will not breakdown or collapse over the life of the product.
Acoustically Absorbant
One of the key benefits of the Thermaloc system is the significant reduction in “drumming” often associated with elevated floor systems. This describes the dissatisfying noisy echo that accompanies footfall, speech or music in homes. When moulded into the Supaloc frames, the insulating material absorbs sound reverberation, providing an enhanced level of acoustic comfort in your home..
Flexible Design
In South Australia, homes built on a slab must conform to a 6 star Energy Rating, whilst transportable homes must meet 5 star requirements. This increasingly means that windows have to be decreased in order to satisfy the design implications of Energy Ratings. Thermaloc's superb insulating qualities means that our buildings perform extremely well in ratings tools like AccuRate, which means greater design flexibility in terms of window size and placement in your home.
Moisture Resistant
Thermaloc rigid cellular insulation is vapour permeable, but moisture resistant. The Thermaloc system allows your home to breathe, but has been designed to eliminate the risk of condensation between wall ceiling cavities and the need for a vapour barrier. The result is a hybrid frame construction method which not only guarantees the long-term durability of the steel structure but ensures that the insulation does not break down over time due to moisture ingress.
What is Thermaloc's R-value?
When building a home, there are many elements that contribute to the energy efficiency of the building. These elements are collated and modelled by software, such as AccuRate, which gives the overall star rating for energy efficiency for a given design in a given location.
One of the most important elements of design in an energy efficient house is the value of the insulation provided by the building components. Building materials are given an R-value to show how they perform in terms of thermal resistance, the measurement for insulation. The higher the R-value, the greater the performance of the insulation.
The Thermaloc external wall, ceiling and floor, when combined with the other materials necessary to finish construction in a domestic dwelling have extremely high R-values:
| Thermaloc 115mm External Wall (inc. fibre cement sheet, plasterboard, etc) | R-value 3.35 |
| Thermaloc 115mm Internal Ceiling (inc. Colorbond roof, plasterboard, etc) | R-value 3.67 |
| Thermaloc 200mm Floor (includes particle board) | R-value 6.57 |
When you consider that a standard transportable building with no floor insulation would have an
R-value of around 1.16, the Thermaloc statistics are extremely impressive.
| R-VALUE COMPARISON | ||
| COMPONENT | STD CONSTRUCTION R-VALUE | THERMALOC |
| FLOOR | R 1.16 * | R 6.57 |
| EXTERNAL WALLS | R 2.44 ** | R 3.35 |
| CEILING/ROOF | R 3.89 *** | R 3.67 |
Notes:
* inclusive of 600mm FFL, unventilated enclosed space, 1 layer of 22mm particle board
* * inclusive of R 2.0 batts, 6.5mm E-Therm, 10mm plasterboard, FC cladding
* * * inclusive of R 3.5 batts, light coloured metal roof, unventilated roof space, 10mm plasterboard
How does the Thermaloc system behave in case of fire?
The material used in the manufacture of the Thermaloc insulated frame system contains a specialized fire retardant additive specifically for use in construction applications.
In the event of fire, insulation materials are protected by both the internal and external lining materials. During the first stage of fire development, as the temperature within the wall cavity reaches 100°C, Thermaloc rigid cellular insulation will not ignite or maintain a flame due to the presence of fire retardant. Instead, it will begin to soften and shrink away from the heat source. It will not burn at this temperature and there will be no impact to the structural Supaloc steel frame component.
During the phase of rapid fire development, the flash over point, it is interesting to note that timber will self ignite at about 340°C. The Supaloc steel frame component will retain its structural integrity to 400 - 500°C, surpassing timber performance. At these temperatures, the rigid cellular insulation used in Thermaloc will liquefy, but not ignite until approximately 450°C. When burning, expanded polystyrene liquid releases less toxic gases than natural materials like wood, wool and cork.
Is Thermaloc Pest-Free?
Discovering termites in your home is a very real threat; one that can cause both emotional and financial heartache. Supaloc® steel frames, are 100% termite proof. No if, buts or maybes. When it comes to structural integrity and termite resistance in your home there is no safer option than Supaloc® steel framing.
Additional threats to housing include rodent infestation. To further protect your home the application of fibre cement sheeting to the base of the Thermaloc® elevated flooring system prevents rodents and other pests from penetrating your living environment.
