HOME COMFORT SELECTIONS
ADDING THAT FINAL TOUCH
SPLIT SYSTEMS REFRIGERATED COOLING
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Add-on air conditioning systems
Metricon can offer the ability to add-on a
refrigerated air conditioning system to your
gas ducted heating system.
We offer two brands of add-on coolers,
being ActronAir or Braemar.
An add-on cooler works by connecting a
refrigeration coil to the gas heater in the
roof, and to a condensing unit externally on
the ground.
These are available in both single phase (up
to 17kW) and three phase (up to 23kW).
Upgrades are required to your standard gas
heating, duct work and truss design to install
add-on cooling.
This system uses gas for heating and
electricity for cooling.
SOLAR PV HYDRONIC HEATING UNDER TILE HEATING
How much power will I get and what
are the savings?
The output of a solar PV system depends
on a range of factors such as its size and
orientation.
The most common systems are:
• 2 kilowatt, which generates 7 kilowatt
hours on an average daily basis.
• 3 kilowatt, which generates 11 kilowatt
hours on an average daily basis.
• 4.8 kilowatt, which generates 17 kilowatt
hours on an average daily basis.
A typical house consumes around 15 kilowatt
hours per day, and over a year a 1.5 to 3
kilowatt system might generate around 35%
to 70% of this requirement. The amount
generated by the system varies throughout
the year as the length of daylight changes.
What are the benefits of solar PV
systems?
Installing a solar PV system will allow you
to generate renewable energy and reduce
your electricity bills. Some of the electricity
you generate is used in your home to power
electrical appliances and some is exported
back to the electricity grid.
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Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems
POWERFLOOR
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Creating a comfortable and peaceful
home for you and your family
PowerFloor is a sound investment for a
peaceful home. The acoustic performance and
thermal insulation properties of this flooring
system means it helps to keep your home
warmer in winter and cooler in summer – as
well as minimising noise transference and
footfall noise between floors. This is especially
important given the trend away from carpet to
hard flooring such as timber and tiles.
Better still, because PowerFloor is a solid
flooring system there is none of the squeak or
bounce and flex associated with particleboard
flooring, or the expensive price tag that comes
from traditional concrete floors, making it a
great choice for first floors and suspended
ground floors, decks and balconies.
The PowerFloor system consists of 75mm
AAC (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) panels,
reinforced with anti-corrosion protected
steel mesh which fit snugly together to
form a strong, solid and smooth floor. This
provides an excellent base for the floor
covering of your choice.
Hebel PowerFloor
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Hydronic heating
What is hydronic heating?
Hydronic heating systems use water to move
heat from a source e.g. gas boiler, heat
pumps etc. through piping to each room. It
can be installed in concrete slabs, hydronic
radiator and hydronic towel rails. (Metricon
does not offer in slab when a timber floor has
been selected).
How does it work?
Water is heated in a boiler and then
distributed quickly around the house through
piping in the walls. It then travels into
panel radiators which are installed in each
room and then transferred out into the air
spreading evenly around the room. Or in the
case of floor heating the water is distributed
around coils of piping under a concrete slab
which then heats the whole surface area.
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Under floor heating may well be the very
ultimate in home heating – the most
comfortable and efficient on-demand
heating system available for your home.
It’s fast to heat up and is surprisingly
economical to install and run. Under Tile
Heating is installed immediately under the
tile on top of the subfloor. It offers a very
quick heat up time. Your floor will typically
be warm in 30 to 60 minutes.
You can heat a room, a living area or the
whole of your home and it’s all under your
control at the touch of a button.
Under Tile Heating provides beautiful,
cosy, even heat for all parts of the home
and is especially suitable for wet areas.
It’s warmth is automatically controlled by a
sophisticated, easy to use thermostat which
ensures the heat is on when and where you
want it.
Under Tile Heating
SOUNDSTOP INSULATION
HOT WATER UNITS
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Hot water system
As standard your new home comes with a
solar hot water system. Depending on the
house type and orientation of the unit to the
sun will determine how many solar panels are
installed with the unit.
A solar hot water system works by pumping
water from the 200 Litre storage tank to the
solar panel located on the roof of your home,
and back to the storage tank.
When you request hot water the water comes
out of the storage tank and runs through a 26
LPM instantaneous hot water unit to ensure
the water being delivered to you is hot.
This unit is designed to support up to two
bathrooms at one time.
Should you require more hot water than this
we can offer additional hot water systems.
When should I add an additional
hot water system?
• My home is long, and the hot water
system is located at one end of the home.
• I have ensuites off all the bedrooms, and
want to ensure I have sufficient hot water.
• I want my kitchen and laundry to have
hotter water than is permitted to my bath
and showers.
• I have a twin head shower, and want each
head to run from an independent source
of water.
• I don’t want to waste water waiting for the
water to get hot from the hot water system
on the other side of the home.
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Sound stop plasterboard with R2.0 Insulation
batts to internal walls or ceilings
If you would like to have a Quiet Living™ home, please take this brochure to your Builder.
For more information and detailed installation instructions contact Boral TecASSIST
on 1800 811 222 or visit www.boral.com.au/quietliving
1 x 10mm Regular
plasterboard
1 x 10mm Regular
plasterboard
Timber stud
1 x 10mm
Boral
SoundSTOP®
plasterboard
1 x 10mm
Boral
SoundSTOP®
plasterboard
Timber stud
R2.0 glass
wool insulation
Timber Flooring
1 x 10mm Regular plasterboard
Floor joist
Timber Flooring
SoundSTOP® plasterboard
R2.0 glass wool insulation
1 x 10mm Boral
Floor joist
Furring channel
& sound isolation mount
Will I notice the difference with
a Boral Quiet Living
™
system?
Boral Quiet Living
™
systems have been developed to ensure the reduction in noise through the wall or ceiling
will provide a noticeable difference. The diagrams below are visual examples of the level of noise reduction you
can expect from a Quiet Living
™
system.
Standard Internal Wall Quiet Living™ Wall System
Standard Internal Ceiling in Two-Storey Home Quiet Living™ Ceiling System
eBC_02378_4/06
Note: For more sensitive rooms it is recommended that
an additional layer of 10mm SoundSTOP
®
plasterboard
is installed on walls and ceilings.
Note: Quiet Living
™ systems
will reduce noise but will not
completely eliminate it.
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EVAPORATIVE COOLING
We offer the Braemar BMQ range, the Ultra
Low Profile Braemar LPQI evolution series
and the EXQ range from Breezair.
These units come in a variety of sizes to suit
your home size and developer requirements
that may exist in your build area.
Braemar / Breezair pumps cooled, fresh
air through your whole home
Just like a sea breeze keeps you cool at the
beach on a hot day, Seeley International’s
evaporative air conditioning systems use the
power of evaporation to cool your home.
On a hot day by the seaside, the movement of
air over the ocean causes water to evaporate,
absorbing some heat from the air. During this
process, the air temperature is lowered and
the result is a cooling sea breeze. This is the
nature of evaporative cooling.
It is important to remember that cooled air
inside the building is not recirculated, so a
door or window must be left open for this air
to escape, providing the whole building with
a complete change in air at least every two
minutes. Evaporative cooling is fresh air.
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Evaporative cooling
DUCTED HEATING
UPGRADES
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Gas ducted heating is an efficient way to
heat your home during the colder months.
This type of heating comprises of a heating
unit connected to a series of outlets via a
system of ducts. The outlets & ducts are
strategically placed throughout your home
in the ceiling. The position of the heating unit
depends on your house floor plan.
Metricon offers many different models and
upgrades to heat your home efficiently.
Gas is often far cheaper than electricity, it
produces fewer greenhouse gas emissions,
the efficiency of a ducted gas heating system
doesn’t drop in especially cold conditions,
and it provides instant warmth to every
household room at the touch of a button.
Zoning can also be added to your heating
system so that you can choose which rooms
to heat rather than the whole house.
Gas ducted heating
Refer to http://www.braemar.com.au/heating/ducted-gas-heating/star-ratings for details on savings quoted. Some home designs
are not able to have evaporative cooling installed due to limited roof space. Only LPQI range complies with low profile or contour
evaporative cooling, if required by your developer.
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The colours and products shown in this document are a visual representation to be used as a guide only.
Subject to change without notice. Please speak to your Interior Design Consultant for more details.
