Pink Batts Installation Guide

The PDF is an installation guide for Pink® Insulation Batts for ceilings and walls. Here’s a summary:

1. Product Performance: The product is designed to achieve its nominal stabilised thickness within 24 hours of installation. Its performance may be reduced if stored for too long in its compression packaging. The Total R-value depends on installation and may be greater or less than the Material R-value of the product.

2. Important Notes: When insulating around downlights or where recessed ceiling fixtures are present, leave a minimum side clearance of 50mm from the body of heat-emitting fixtures. Do not use small pieces of batts to form part of the barrier around a fixture. Electric cables and equipment partially or completely surrounded with bulk thermal insulation may overheat and fail.

3. Tools Required: A sharp knife with a plastic handle, a kneeling board, lighting, safety gloves, a dust mask, safety goggles, an industrial strength ladder, a batt poker, a staple gun with non-metallic staples, string/twine, and safety shoes.

4. Before You Commence: Turn off the power at the fuse box before commencing the installation. Check the distance between studs before installing the insulation. Calculate the area to be insulated and then calculate the number of packs required for the job.

5. Installation: For flat ceilings, start from one side or from the furthest point from the manhole access. Friction fit the batts between ceiling joists. Butt the batts closely together to ensure there are no gaps left at joints. For raked ceilings, the batts should be installed prior to fixing the plasterboard. For brick veneer walls, friction fit the insulation into the wall frames ensuring there are no gaps between the insulation and studs or noggins. For fibre cement or weatherboard clad walls, a vapour permeable wall wrap or building membrane must be used.

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.