Passive Home heating Home Addition of Thermal Mass

One of the easy home heating and temperature moderation areas is by building in  home addition of Thermal mass. This refers to the storing of heat in areas like brick walls, concrete and tile floors. This heat gathered during the day, can be re-radiated back into the home during the night. All dense building products have high thermal mass indexes. The thermal lag refers to the delay time between outside heat from reaching the inside of the home. This is around eight hours for a brick veneer home or four hours for a weatherboard home. This can postpone or even eliminate the need for airconditioning. If you are home building or home  renovating it can be the best time to incorporate thermal mass into the home. A carefully placed brick wall home addition, is one of the best thermal mass products. A northern brick wall will gather heat in the winter and if well shaded in summer will prevent heat entering the home.

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