Our story · Family owned since 1986
Three generations of insulation contractors, and we make our own cellulose.
I’m Peter Johnson. I started doing this with my dad in 1988, my sons Noah and Eli now help run it, and we manufacture our own cellulose in Tiaro before we pump it into your roof. Same family, same standards, since 1986.
Comfort Zone insulation.team
Family-owned insulation manufacturer, making comfy homes since 1986
Peter Johnson
owner & installer, on a roof where he belongs
Real reviews, real jobs
What our customers say
Genuine Google & hipages reviews from Comfort Zone customers across SE Queensland.
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Angela M.
SE Queensland
“The fact that I can't even tell it's 6 degrees outside when I wake up in the morning speaks for itself. Have wasted so much money attempting to heat and cool an uninsulated home. Worth every $.”
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P Peter
Alstonvale, 2024
“Connected with Comfort Zone Insulation and would recommend them”
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Jessa B.
Brisbane
“It dropped about 4 degrees straight away, and we added another 3 with the second job. I appreciate Peter's honesty, and the team showed pictures before and after.”
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Nola M
Birtinya, 2024
“They were courteous and competent.”
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Iain V-B.
Brisbane
“Quick and polite service. Great follow-up advice and photos sent for our records. Above and beyond what we expected. Would highly recommend.”
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Jennifer's E
Upper Caboolture, 2024
“Excellent customer service. Highly recommended. Has a profound knowledge of insulation products and has the best interest of his customer.”
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Gerry S
Fitzgibbon, 2023
“I used Comfort Zone and they have a done an excellent job.”
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Jennifer
Upper Caboolture, 2024
“Excellent customer service. Highly recommend. Has a profound knowledge of insulation products and has the customer best interest.”
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Jung K
Riverhills, 2023
“An experienced family operation. Highly recommend. Thank you for the great job!”
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Diane A
Ormeau, 2024
“Peter and crew did a great job I would definitely recommend them”
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David H
Sunshine Coast, 2021
“Completed the job as quoted and to a high standard. Great personal service. Would highly recommend Comfort Zone for ceiling installation work.”
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Timea
Highland Park, 2023
“I was extremely satisfied with the service they provided. They gave a very thourough explanation of the materials used, the way the work will be carried out and the price I had to pay was the exact amount quoted, no hidden costs included. They arrived on time, well prepared and workwas carried out exactly how they said it would be, they were super efficient, well prepared and were kind enough to even clean up after themselves. The services they provided was second to none! I don't hesitate to recommend them for any insulation job!”
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Benjamin H
Carseldine, 2019
“Very good explanation about their works. Advice of existing problems with the roof. Clean work. Very professional.”
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Mark
Pottsville, 2017
“Michelle, we are done - Peter from comfort zone insulation was very helpful. very honest with his recommendations - in fact he told me that the product my daughter had if installed correctly was superb. Thanks Peter you are a champion and i would recommend you to any person that was wanting professional advice and old school service.”
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Ian G
Burnside, 2019
“Good information, communication and professionalism.”
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Jessica
Pottsville, 2016
“This business offers a fantastic product that other businesses did not. Pump in ceiling insulation. Knowledge of the industry second to none.”
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Danny D
Boondall, 2018
“He explained everything he was going to do and the different types of insulation they used. He talked through the different options but made a recommendation for the one most people use, which is the one I chose. He was very understanding towards what I needed and not about himself.”
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Jack
Pottsville, 2023
“Excellent communication and informative. Professional.”
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Graham R
Riverhills, 2018
“Comfort Zone. Turned up ahead of time, completed in about 2 hours, cleaned up. All good. Very motivated installation team.”
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Tony P
Redland Bay, 2023
“Very knowledgeable about insulation”
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Alex B
West Ipswich, 2018
“Fast, friendly, efficient.”
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Steve
Redland Bay, 2017
“Excellent job and reasonable price.”
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Luke D
Mcdowall, 2017
“Peter did a good job. It was a quick and clean service. I'm happy to recommend!”
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Bruce H
Kuluin, 2023
“Prompt and efficient quoting.”
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Brendon
Brays Creek, 2016
“Peter supplied and installed roof insulation for me. He was very informative and provided good advice.”
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Gerry S
Fitzgibbon, 2023
“I used Comfort Zone and they have a done an excellent job.”
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Trevor G
Brookside Centre, 2016
“Excellent tradesmen from Comfort Zone Insulation. They were punctual and cleaned up after. Highly recommended.”
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Tamara
Underwood, 2023
“Peter is honest, hard-working and came on time. Knew excally what he was talking about and answered my questions. Would 100% recommend”
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John G
Beaudesert, 2019
“Peter is an honest person who provided me with the information I wanted then performed a good job with great results for the benefit of myself and my family.”
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Sterling G
Ashgrove, 2023
“Comfort Zone were very knowledge with great communication and follow up”
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Graham R
Riverhills, 2018
“Comfort Zone. Turned up ahead of time completed in +- 2 hours cleaned. All good. Very motivated installation team”
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Jung K
Riverhills, 2023
“An experienced family operation. Highly recommend. Thank you for the great job!”
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Kathy A
North Lakes, 2023
“We connected with Peter through HiPages and he was prompt, professional and even came back after the job was complete to assist with a question we had. We would highly recommend Peter for further insulation works.”
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David H
Sunshine Coast, 2021
“Completed the job as quoted and to a high standard. Great personal service. Would highly recommend Comfort Zone for ceiling installationn work.”
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Sue H
Sunshine Coast, 2021
“Incredible customer service”
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Eileen C
Cedar Vale, 2021
“Quality work, good customer service, prompt”
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Craig M
Woody Point, 2021
“Called within 5 minutes of request. Very knowledgeable and explained job in great detail, provide great advice in prior preparation for works required. Very friendly and helpful.”
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Jenny C
Plainland, 2021
“Although I did not hire Peter I was impressed with the initial contact and the knowledge he was willing to impart. I was treated with respect which I appreciated. I would have hired but I received a lower quote.”
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Quinton
Coomera, 2020
“Professional installation without any short cuts. True to their word with high integrity. Response from Comfort Zone Insulation”
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Gary P
West Kempsey, 2020
“Came & Gave a free quote”
Who you’re dealing with
Peter Johnson, in his own words.
Peter Johnson is the owner and installer behind Comfort Zone Insulation Team (Comfort Zone Insulation). He has personally insulated more than 6,000 roofs with cellulose since the 1980s, more than 16,000 as a family business, makes his own cellulose in Tiaro, and runs a third-generation family business.
Our family got into insulation through my father, Lyle Johnson, who started contracting back in 1986. He worked for one of the biggest insulation contractors of the day, Insul-safe, and became the go-to man for every tricky job in Brisbane, so I’d worked on some of the hardest roofs in Queensland before I was 25. I started doing this with my dad in 1988, and I’ve been crawling through roofs ever since.
I point that out because in this trade a lot of companies just sub the work out to the lowest bidder and don’t pay them enough to do the job properly. We don’t. Your job is done by our own family or by a Comfort Zone franchise partner, an owner-operator running their own family business to our systems and standards, building their own reputation in your area, not a cheap subbie who moves on to the next job. It’s a dangerous trade, so everyone follows the same installation checklists, carries public liability and property-damage insurance, and every job is photographed, and the photos are checked before you’re invoiced. Most customers never see inside their own roof, so we show them.
I now make my own cellulose as well as installing it, so I control the quality from start to finish. We’re one of very few companies in Brisbane and South East Queensland who both make and install their own cellulose. It’s manufactured by our family business, Cellulose Products Australia, at our factory in Tiaro. When you ask why I only recommend it, it’s because I know exactly what’s in the bag.
I don’t believe in overselling people just because I can. Sales reps in this trade get paid more to sell more, so a lot of them will push roof vents or a far higher R-value than your climate actually needs. You just need the products that work, installed well. That’s the whole business. If you want the technical case, every figure on why I recommend cellulose is backed by an Australian Government, CSIRO or Australian Standards source, with the links.
Comfort Zone insulation.team
Family-owned insulation manufacturer, making comfy homes since 1986
“I quote to complete the job properly and not have to come back and fix it.”Peter Johnson, owner & installer
Comfort Zone insulation.team
Family-owned insulation manufacturer, making comfy homes since 1986
Where it started
My dad took the roofs nobody else wanted.
My father, Lyle Johnson, started insulation contracting in 1986 at Insul-safe, one of the biggest contractors of the day. He earned a reputation as the go-to man for every tricky job in Brisbane: the steep ones, the low-pitch ones, the steel-frame ones, the roofs other crews quietly said couldn’t be done. That’s the work I grew up around.
By the time I was 25 I’d already worked on some of the hardest roofs in Queensland. You learn fast when the easy jobs go to someone else and the awkward ones land on your truck. It’s why we can still insulate roofs other companies say can’t be done (raked, flat, Super-6, exposed-beam and steel-frame homes). That’s the trade my dad taught me from the start, and we’re still the family behind the business today.
The family timeline
Same family on the tools for three generations.
Peter's father, Lyle Johnson, starts insulation contracting at Insul-safe, and becomes the go-to man for the tricky Brisbane roofs nobody else wanted.
"I started doing this with my dad in 1988." Peter learns the trade on the hardest roofs in Queensland, on the tools before he was 25.
Insulation stops being a licensed trade in Queensland on 1 September 2003 (QBSA Regulation 2003). From here on anyone can call themselves a contractor, so systems and training become the real difference.
Peter's sons Noah and Eli are part of the business, and we're growing into a family of franchise partners, other families running their own businesses to our systems and standards. We make our own cellulose in Tiaro and install it across SE QLD. Three generations, same family, same standards.
The next generation, and a family of partners
My sons Noah and Eli, and the families joining us.
I can’t be on every job anymore. Nobody can. So instead of stretching one family thin, we’re building a family of Comfort Zone franchise partners, other families running their own businesses to our systems and standards. My sons Noah and Eli are part of it: Noah grew up in the business and now helps run the factory; Eli keeps daily operations moving. The second generation has been on the tools since they were kids.
Here’s how the quality actually holds up: everyone is trained to one standard and an owner-operator earns the right to run a job on their own only after years on the gear. Every job is photographed and those photos are checked before you’re invoiced. That’s our system, the same on every job. Your job is done by an owner-operator with their own reputation on the line, not a labour-hire body paid by the job. That’s the whole point of not subbing the work out.
Comfort Zone insulation.team
Family-owned insulation manufacturer, making comfy homes since 1986
What that actually buys you
Why a family that makes its own insulation does it differently.
Three generations isn't a slogan. It changes how the job gets done.
We make it, so we know it
Our cellulose is manufactured by our own family business in Tiaro. We control the quality from the bag to your ceiling, not a product we buy in and hope is good.
An owner-operator, not a cheap subbie
Your job isn't subbed out to the lowest bidder. It's done by our own family or a Comfort Zone franchise partner, an owner-operator trained to our standard with their own reputation on the line, and every job is photographed for review before you're invoiced.
Straight advice is the family rule
We won't upsell you roof vents or a higher R-value than your climate needs. I quote to do the job properly the first time, not to come back and fix it.
The bit that matters
Since 1 September 2003, insulation hasn’t been a licensed trade in Queensland (Queensland Building Services Authority Regulation 2003 (SL 2003 No. 173) s5(1)(zk)). That means any bloke with a ute and a ladder can call himself an insulation contractor, no qualification required. I bring it up because it’s exactly why training, systems and checked job photos matter. When the law stopped requiring a standard, we kept ours. That’s the difference a family name on the truck is supposed to mean.
Comfort Zone insulation.team
Family-owned insulation manufacturer, making comfy homes since 1986
Straight answers
Questions people ask about the family business.
How long has Comfort Zone Insulation Team been around?+
Our family has been insulating Queensland homes since 1986. Peter's father Lyle started contracting that year; Peter joined him on the tools in 1988, and Peter's sons Noah and Eli now help run the business. Three generations of the same family.
Do you use subcontractors?+
No, we don't sub the work out to the lowest bidder. Your job is done by our own family or by a Comfort Zone franchise partner: an owner-operator running their own family business to our systems and standards, trained to one standard and building their own reputation in your area, not a cheap subbie or a hired labourer who moves on to the next job. Every job is photographed and the photos are checked before you're invoiced.
Do you make your own insulation?+
Yes. We manufacture our own cellulose at our family factory in Tiaro (Cellulose Products Australia Pty Ltd) and install it ourselves, so we control the quality from the bag to your ceiling. We're one of very few companies in Australia that both makes and installs its own cellulose.
Is insulation a licensed trade in Queensland?+
Insulation stopped being a licensed trade in Queensland on 1 September 2003, when the Queensland Building Services Authority Regulation 2003 took installation of insulation for acoustic or thermal control out of the licensed building trades. That means anyone with a ute and a ladder can call themselves an insulation contractor with no qualification required. That's exactly why training, systems and checked job photos matter so much, and why we do them.
Join the family business
Want to run your own territory?
We’re building the team beyond our own region, and we’re looking for the right people to run exclusive territories, husband-and-wife and father-and-son teams especially. You come and see the factory in Tiaro, you train with us, and you sell the same anti-upsell job we do. If that’s you, have a look at the opportunity.
Comfort Zone insulation.team
Family-owned insulation manufacturer, making comfy homes since 1986
Three generations. Same family. Same standards.
Thanks for reading about us. Whatever you decide, I’ll give you a straight quote for your roof, and if you go ahead, your job is done by our own family or a franchise partner trained to our standard, with their own reputation on the line and properly insured.
Peter Johnson
Owner / installer · Comfort Zone Insulation Team® · Since 1986