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Our grandparents were right after all
Remember your grandparents’ lovely, patterned curtains that went right to the floor, topped off with matching pelmets? How grandma would close the curtains at 5pm everyday to keep the warmth in… Well, it turns out they knew what they were doing all along. By having double lined curtains that went to the floor, pelmets that…
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A warm winter for Melissa and her whānau
Melissa lives in Manurewa, Auckland, with her children. Before her rental received new curtains, her family faced a significant burden from winter illness. “My daughters and I get asthma. In the winter it gets worse. It is an old house, so a lot of things need doing,” she says. Melissa would love to own her…
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Why curtains?
Double-lined full length curtains are an extremely effective way to retain heat in homes. That’s because windows are usually the thinnest part of a building, hence heat escapes easily here. Even in insulated, double-glazed homes, windows are responsible for significant heat loss. Though the Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes) Act stipulates basic insulation and ventilation requirements,…
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Closing the gap for New Zealanders
Imagine if every child in Aotearoa had a warm, dry, healthy home… Imagine if there was an effective way we could retain up to 45% of a rooms warmth… Imagine if there was a way, together we could make that happen for everyone… In May this year a number of Aotearoa’s key housing and health…
