Pink Batts Installation Guide
Everything you need to know for a professional ceiling and wall insulation install — safety, tools, and step-by-step techniques.
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What's Inside the Guide?
1. Product Performance
Reaches full thickness within 24 hours of installation. Extended compression may reduce performance. R-value may vary depending on installation.
2. Important Notes
Maintain at least 50mm clearance around downlights and recessed fixtures. Avoid using small batt pieces to surround fixtures. Over-insulating electrical equipment may cause overheating.
3. Tools Required
Sharp knife, kneeling board, lighting, gloves, dust mask, goggles, ladder, batt poker, staple gun with non-metallic staples, string/twine, and safety shoes.
4. Before You Commence
Turn off power at the fuse box before starting. Measure stud spacing and calculate the area to be insulated to determine the number of packs needed.
5. Installation
For flat ceilings, friction-fit batts between joists and butt edges tightly. For raked ceilings, install before plasterboard. For walls, fit insulation into frames without gaps; use a vapour-permeable wrap for fibre cement or weatherboard cladding.
6. Cavity Brick Walls
Glasswool insulation is not recommended for external wall full fill cavity applications.
7. Internal Partition Walls
Friction fit the insulation into the wall frames ensuring there are no gaps between the insulation and studs or noggins.