Documents & sources
Documents and sources: what we claim on this site, and where it comes from.
We make a lot of claims about insulation on this site. This page is where the sources behind them live, document by document, and where our own paperwork goes as we publish it. Each row links to the original, with the pages on this site that rely on it listed underneath.
Want the quotes from these sources in context? See References.
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 $.”
- Phipages
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.”
- Nhipages
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.”
- Jhipages
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.”
- Jhipages
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!”
- Dhipages
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.”
- Thipages
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.”
- Mhipages
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.”
- Jhipages
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.”
- Jhipages
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.”
- Thipages
Tony P
Redland Bay, 2023
“Very knowledgeable about insulation”
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Alex B
West Ipswich, 2018
“Fast, friendly, efficient.”
- Shipages
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!”
- Bhipages
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.”
- Ghipages
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.”
- Thipages
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.”
- Shipages
Sterling G
Ashgrove, 2023
“Comfort Zone were very knowledge with great communication and follow up”
- Ghipages
Graham R
Riverhills, 2018
“Comfort Zone. Turned up ahead of time completed in +- 2 hours cleaned. All good. Very motivated installation team”
- Jhipages
Jung K
Riverhills, 2023
“An experienced family operation. Highly recommend. Thank you for the great job!”
- Khipages
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.”
- Dhipages
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.”
- Shipages
Sue H
Sunshine Coast, 2021
“Incredible customer service”
- Ehipages
Eileen C
Cedar Vale, 2021
“Quality work, good customer service, prompt”
- Chipages
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.”
- Jhipages
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.”
- Qhipages
Quinton
Coomera, 2020
“Professional installation without any short cuts. True to their word with high integrity. Response from Comfort Zone Insulation”
- Ghipages
Gary P
West Kempsey, 2020
“Came & Gave a free quote”
Our documents
Our document
Training & Safety Standards workbook (CSV, verified 7 October 2026)
Comfort Zone Insulation Team · 2026
Roof-space de-energisation, asbestos awareness, white card, working at heights and more, by state, with live legislation links and our company policy.
Used on: /safety/
Our document
Comfort Zone Insulation · 2026
Customer terms of supply.
Our document
Comfort Zone Insulation · 2026
How we handle customer details.
Our document
Comfort Zone Insulation · 2026
The terms of the Rodent Reward: $1,000 if rodents nest in our cellulose fibre insulation.
Letter to Comfort Zone
CSIRO letter to Comfort Zone, 18 September 1992 (gaps in ceiling insulation)
CSIRO (Karl Armstrong, quoting Robin Clarke) · 1992
Gap penalty on a rated R3.0 batt: R2.5 effective at 1% gaps, R1.5 at 5%.
Used on: /guides/do-insulation-gaps-matter/
Letter to Comfort Zone
CSIRO letter to Comfort Zone, 25 July 1996 (settling study), page 1 · page 2
CSIRO (Robin Clarke, Project Leader, Building Insulation Project) · 1996
Settling behaviour of cellulose fibre and the ‘R2.5 within 90 mm is unachievable’ caveat.
Supplier document, passed on to our underfloor customers
Queensland Textiles Certificate of Guarantee (polyester underfloor batts)
Queensland Textiles Pty Ltd
Lifetime-of-the-building guarantee on R1.5 to R3.5, as tested by BRANZ, with AS/NZS 4859.1 and BCA references and an AS/NZS 1530.3-1999 fire test by AWTA.
Used on: /guides/polyester-underfloor-batts/
Safety data sheet for our Cellulose Fibre Insulation: being issued. Until it is published here, the international chemical safety cards for boric acid and borax, and the US cellulose fibre product sheets (other makers’ formulations, not ours), are under Safety data sheets below.
Safety data sheets
Fletcher Insulation Pty Ltd (Dandenong South VIC) · 2024
The product is classed non-hazardous; respirator per AS/NZS 1715 and 1716 when dusty.
Used on: /compare/cellulose-vs-fibreglass/, /compare/polyester-vs-fibreglass/, /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/
Knauf Insulation AU/NZ glasswool (Earthwool) Safety Data Sheet, product KI_DP_101, rev 3.0, 12 pp.
Knauf Insulation Pty Ltd · 2020
Respiratory protection (3M 8210 or N95) in dusty areas; IARC reclassification wording.
Used on: /guides/best-insulation-for-asthma/, /guides/is-fibreglass-insulation-safe/, /references/
ICSC 1229 Sodium tetraborate (melting point 742 °C)
ILO / WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (inchem.org)
International chemical safety card for borax (sodium tetraborate): hazards, first aid, handling and storage.
ILO / WHO International Chemical Safety Cards
International chemical safety card for boric acid: hazards, first aid, handling and storage.
GreenFiber SUPREME PLUS SDS (September 2023); GreenFiber SANCTUARY SDS (September 2023); InCide Technologies boric acid and ammonium sulfate SDS (effective 3 February 2026); Applegate Stabilized Cellulose ASC SDS (2015); Nu-Wool SDS (2015); National Fiber Cel-Pak SDS (3 December 2009)
Applegate Greenfiber; InCide Technologies; National Fiber / Nu-Wool · 2009-2026
Safety data sheets from US cellulose fibre manufacturers. Their formulations differ from each other and from ours, so none is our sheet; in each, cellulose fibre and boric acid are not listed as carcinogens by OSHA, IARC, NTP or ACGIH.
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Material Safety Data Sheet: Thermally Bonded Polyester Insulation (Autex)
Autex Industries (via thermacon.com.au mirror) · 2014
Polyester batt manufacturer’s own safety sheet, for comparison with glass wool.
Used on: /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/, /guides/best-insulation-for-asthma/, /guides/is-fibreglass-insulation-safe/
Bradford Anticon blanket datasheet (2014); Anticon FC blanket datasheet (2017); Bradford Anticon product page; Fletcher FI22 Ductwrap product page
CSR Bradford (hosted on installer and reseller sites) · 2014; 2017
Shows Anticon is a glasswool blanket.
Used on: /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/, /guides/glass-in-your-drinking-water/
Knauf Jet Stream MAX (ceiling) datasheet (August 2020); Knauf ‘Glass Blowing Mineral Wool’ SDS rev 6.0 (1 September 2023, EU/UK format)
Knauf Insulation · 2020; 2023
Blown glasswool for ceilings (it competes with blown cellulose fibre) and its safety data.
Used on: /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/, /guides/is-fibreglass-insulation-safe/
Safe Use Instructions Sheet: biosil (fibreglass binder-free biosoluble fibre), rev 2018-12-11
DBW Advanced Fiber Technologies GmbH (Germany) · 2018
Safe use sheet quoting the biopersistence ‘Note Q’ clause (the bio-soluble fibre test).
Fire
Large Scale Outdoor Fire Demonstration Program (the 1998 ‘Big Burn’), report EA-6.12-01 Rev A
Steven Winter Associates, Inc., for Greenstone Industries (now US GreenFiber) · 1998 · copy hosted by a US installer; the original GreenFiber PDF is offline
Three identical two-storey wood-frame test houses (uninsulated, fibreglass and cellulose fibre) burned together: the cellulose fibre house collapsed about 24 minutes after the fibreglass house.
Fire resistance tests on cellulose and glass fiber insulated wood stud shear walls, IRC-IR-806
National Research Council Canada, Institute for Research in Construction (Kodur, Sultan, Latour, Leroux, Monette) · 2000
Loaded timber-stud walls: glass-fibre walls failed at 42 and 43 minutes, rock fibre at 54 minutes, cellulose fibre at 51 minutes.
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · 1999
The test method that produces the Ignitability, Spread of Flame, Heat Evolved and Smoke Developed indices.
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Cellulose Insulation and Fire Safety (fact sheet, September 2009), hosted by Energy $aver NY
National Fiber (Belchertown MA), hosted on energysaverny.com · 2009
National Fiber’s fact sheet summarising the 1978 Big Burn figures and the 1994 and 1998 NRC Canada tests.
Modeling of Smoldering Combustion Propagation (NBSIR 84-2895), 116 pp.
National Bureau of Standards (now NIST), USA · 1984
Fire retardants work well on flaming combustion but ‘less so for smoldering’; a smoulder in attic cellulose fibre can generate carbon monoxide and toxic gases.
Boron-based fire retardancy for natural polymeric materials
Frontiers in Chemistry · 2026
Boron compounds act as a dehydration and char catalyst and form a glassy barrier that slows fuel release and oxygen diffusion.
How Cellulose Insulation Performs In House Fires
Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association (CIMA, USA)
An industry body’s view of cellulose fibre insulation in house fires, including firefighter guidance that smouldering material ‘must be removed’.
AS 1530.1-1994 Combustibility test for materials
Standards Australia · 1994
The 1994 edition of the Australian combustibility test for materials.
NCC 2022 Volume One, Specification 7 Fire hazard properties (C: Fire resistance); Specification 3 Fire hazard properties (A: Governing requirements)
Australian Building Codes Board · 2022
Where the NCC sets the spread-of-flame and smoke indices.
Fire Dynamics (flashover temperatures)
NIST Fire Research Division, USA
Flashover temperatures: about 600 °C, with room fires around 1000 °C.
ICSC 1229 Sodium tetraborate (melting point 742 °C)
ILO / WHO International Chemical Safety Cards (inchem.org)
Melting point of anhydrous borax (sodium tetraborate): 742 °C.
Combatting combustion: Borates in cellulose insulation
U.S. Borax (borate manufacturer)
Borates ‘combat both smoldering and flame combustion’; used at 10 to 20% in cellulose fibre insulation.
Fire Safety Verification Method Handbook (NCC 2022)
Australian Building Codes Board · 2022
Background for the spray foam fire-risk answer: comparative fire assessment under NCC Volume One.
Used on: /faq/spray-foam-bean-bag-fire-risk/
Gaps, R-values and the building code
Energy Smart Housing Manual (publication BBE034, 96 pp.)
Sustainability Victoria (Victorian Government agency, now closed) · 2020
Gaps of just 5% take R3.5 to R2.1; halogen downlight clearance takes R4.0 to R1.4; also covers compression, fire safety, sound and the heat-flow split.
Used on: /cellulose-insulation-myths/, /compare/cellulose-vs-fibreglass/, /compare/cellulose-vs-spray-foam/, /compare/comparison-table/
Insulation Council of Australia and New Zealand (ICANZ) · 2024
Gap classes of 0%, 3%, 6% and 12% on the AccuRate/NatHERS method; about 6% gaps roughly halves effective R; an R5 batt with 6% gaps is about R2.4, below the Zone 2 minimum.
Used on: /faq/buy-your-own-batts/, /faq/covering-the-joists/, /faq/reflective-foil-vs-cellulose/, /faq/why-builders-recommend-batts/
Your Home (Australian Government, DCCEEW)
‘Even a small gap can greatly reduce the insulating value’; up to 45% heating and cooling saving; AS/NZS 4859 is mandatory; limits of reflective foil; settling and ‘settled R-value’.
Used on: /cellulose-insulation-myths/, /compare/cellulose-vs-fibreglass/, /compare/comparison-table/, /faq/aircon-before-or-after-insulation/
CSIRO (Infrastructure Technologies) · 2024
Cellulose fibre is pulverised paper with fire-retardant chemicals; it ‘may settle over time’, so allow for it; install to an appropriate density; glass fibre may cause temporary skin, nose and eye irritation; 100 mm of loose-fill cellulose fibre is R2.5.
Used on: /cellulose-insulation-myths/, /compare/cellulose-vs-fibreglass/, /compare/comparison-table/, /compare/polyester-vs-fibreglass/
NCC 2022 Housing Provisions, Part 13.2 Building fabric (ceiling R-values by climate zone)
Australian Building Codes Board (ABCB) · 2022
Climate Zone 2 minimum added ceiling insulation is R2.5 (vented roof, horizontal ceiling); Brisbane and most of coastal SE Queensland are Zone 2.
Used on: /faq/garage-hotter-after-insulating/, /faq/why-are-you-dearer/, /guides/el-nino-summer-brisbane-insulation/, /guides/polyester-underfloor-batts/
NCC 2025 Housing Provisions, Part 13.2 Building fabric
ABCB · 2025
The 2025 edition of Part 13.2 Building fabric.
Australia climate zone map (NCC climate zones), PDF
ABCB · 2022
Which of the eight NCC climate zones an area is in (Brisbane is Zone 2, Toowoomba is Zone 5).
Used on: /guides/el-nino-summer-brisbane-insulation/, /resources/climate-zone-r-value/
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Insulation Handbook, Part 2: Professional Installation Guide, Version 6 (126 pp.)
ICANZ · 2020
Installer practice for ceilings, walls and floors; the origin of the downlight safe-installation detail Sustainability Victoria reproduces.
Used on: /guides/icanz-and-cellulose/
Where to Insulate; About ICANZ; Fibre Biosolubility
ICANZ
Industry-council statements on where insulation goes; the About page shows who ICANZ represents; the biosolubility page is the fibreglass manufacturers’ own safety position.
Used on: /references/
Thermal Insulation and Solar Performance (CSIRO Infratech research page)
CSIRO
Landing page for CSIRO’s thermal-insulation research.
ABCB Climate Map (interactive) and climate-zone data
ABCB with Geoscience Australia / DISR · 2025
Search any address, suburb or postcode for its NCC climate zone.
ABCB · 2019
Background for the NCC energy-efficiency provisions.
Used on: /guides/do-insulation-gaps-matter/
Oak Ridge National Laboratory / US DOE conference paper · 1992
Measured: forced 9% settling of cellulose fibre gave a 6% to 10% loss in total R.
Sustainability Victoria has closed: former programs now managed by DEECA (notice dated 24 Sep 2026)
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria) · 2026
Victorian Government notice (24 September 2026) that Sustainability Victoria has closed and its former programs are now managed by DEECA.
Standards, forms and licensing
Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand · 2018
The materials standard all insulation sold in Australia must meet (per Your Home); the basis of ‘made to AS/NZS 4859.1’.
Used on: /references/, /guides/cellulose-grades-coarse-vs-fine/
Form 43 Aspect certificate (QBCC licensee)
Queensland Government (Department of Housing and Public Works)
Competition and Consumer Act 2010, Schedule 2 (Australian Consumer Law), s 102; Competition and Consumer Regulations 2010, reg 90 (prescribed warranty wording)
Federal Register of Legislation
The prescribed ‘guarantees that cannot be excluded’ wording a consumer warranty must carry.
ABN Lookup: Cellulose Products Australia Pty Ltd, ABN 19 621 662 717
Australian Business Register (ABR)
The public record of the legal entity behind Comfort Zone and The Insulation Team.
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AS 3999:2015 Bulk thermal insulation - Installation; AS/NZS 4859.2:2018 Thermal insulation materials for buildings, Part 2: Design
Standards Australia · 2015; 2018
AS 3999 is the installer-practice standard (‘as per AS 3999’); 4859.2 is the R-value calculation basis behind the ICANZ gap classes.
Standards Australia · 2016
Only IC or IC-4 fittings may be covered by insulation; ‘IC-F’ and ‘CA80’ are NZ and trade terms, not Australian Standard terms.
Queensland Building Services Authority Regulation 2003 (SL 2003 No. 173), s 5(1)(zk); QBCC Regulation 2018, Schedule 1; QBCC: When you need a licence
Queensland Government (legislation.qld.gov.au; QBCC) · 2003; 2018
Insulation was excluded from licensed building work from 1 September 2003.
Used on: /guides/fibreglass-batts/
Green marketing and the Australian Consumer Law (guide)
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
Substantiation rules for environmental claims (recycled content, ‘natural’ and similar).
Used on: /guides/polyester-underfloor-batts/
Trade Mark 2554640, COMFORT ZONE (Class 37)
IP Australia
The IP Australia record for the COMFORT ZONE trade mark, Class 37.
ANAO Audit Report No. 12 2010-11: Home Insulation Program
Australian National Audit Office · 2010
Why the Pink Batts scheme collapsed (211 pp.).
Used on: /guides/fibreglass-batts/, /guides/cellulose-insulation-history-australia/
Sound
Optimizes Acoustics: Sound Control Through SANCTUARY Cellulose Insulation (page and footnote 1)
Greenfiber (US cellulose manufacturer)
Manufacturer’s field test: its R-13 stabilised spray-applied cellulose fibre beat R-15 unfaced fibreglass batts by 4 NIC points, a 60% reduction in sound power.
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Greenfiber Sound Wall Assemblies Catalog, Rev E (STC assembly data)
Greenfiber
STC ratings for wall assemblies with Greenfiber cellulose fibre (US assemblies).
Gypsum board walls: transmission loss data (IRC-IR-761, 371 pp., 350 walls, ASTM E90)
National Research Council Canada, Institute for Research in Construction (Halliwell, Nightingale, Warnock, Birta) · 1998
Independent lab data: no consistent STC advantage between cellulose fibre and glass-fibre batts of the same depth.
Sound Dampening With Insulation Between Floors Explained
Cellulose Insulation Manufacturers Association (CIMA)
Cellulose fibre instead of batts changes predicted impact noise (IIC) by only about 1.5 dB.
Moisture and mould
Condensation in buildings handbook (NCC 2025 edition), 87 pp.
ABCB · 2025
Interstitial condensation can be concealed and damaging; vapour permeance of open-cell versus closed-cell insulation.
Used on: /compare/spray-foam-vs-polyester-underfloor/, /faq/does-cellulose-settle-or-mould/, /faq/spray-foam-moisture-qld/, /faq/stop-ceiling-mould/
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NCC 2022 Housing Provisions, Part 10.8 Condensation management; NCC 2025 Housing Provisions, Part 10.8 Condensation management
ABCB · 2022; 2025
Roof-space ventilation is only required in climate zones 6 to 8, not in South East Queensland (Zone 2).
Used on: /faq/roof-vents-whirlybirds/, /resources/climate-zone-r-value/
Handbook: Condensation in buildings (2019)
ABCB · 2019
Older (2019) edition of the ABCB condensation handbook.
Used on: /faq/stop-ceiling-mould/
Mould after a disaster (public health advice)
Queensland Health
State health advice on mould, moisture and clean-up.
Used on: /faq/stop-ceiling-mould/
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (J. Herrera, Truman State University), via PubMed · 2005
Abstract: sodium-polyborate-treated cellulose fibre insulation ‘precludes the growth of the five common fungal species’ and, ‘when properly applied and installed, precludes fungal growth for at least 124 days at high temperatures and relative humidities’ (half-scale wall units, US; a different borate from our boric acid and borax).
Used on: /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/, /references/, /services/insulation-removal/, /why-cellulose/
NCC 2025 condensation management changes (HIA)
Housing Industry Association (HIA) · 2025
Industry-body summary of what changed for condensation management in NCC 2025.
Used on: /spray-foam-brisbane/
Health and safety
National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (now Safe Work Australia) · 1990
The Australian national standard for working with glass wool, rock wool and other synthetic mineral fibres (why batt installers wear respirators).
Used on: /batt-installers-brisbane/, /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/, /guides/best-insulation-for-asthma/, /guides/fibreglass-batts/
US National Toxicology Program (NIEHS/NIH) with NIOSH · 2006
A US government study of cellulose fibre insulation dust: under 0.1% by weight was respirable; the respirable fraction was mostly fire retardants and clay, not cellulose fibre; acute pulmonary toxicity ‘minimal’.
Used on: /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/, /guides/best-insulation-for-asthma/, /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/, /guides/is-fibreglass-insulation-safe/
Toxicological Profile for Synthetic Vitreous Fibers (TP-161), 332 pp.
US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) · 2004
US federal health-agency review of glass wool, rock wool and related fibres.
Used on: /faq/tank-water-fibreglass/, /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/, /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/, /guides/glass-in-your-drinking-water/
Report on Carcinogens, 15th ed.: Certain Glass Wool Fibers (Inhalable) profile
US National Toxicology Program (NIEHS) · 2021
NTP listing: ‘reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen’ for certain inhalable glass wool fibres.
Used on: /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/, /guides/is-fibreglass-insulation-safe/, /guides/removing-insulation-the-reality/
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Workplace exposure standards for airborne contaminants (amended November 2025)
Safe Work Australia · 2025
Current Australian exposure limits (dust, fibres, boron compounds).
Used on: /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/
Man-made vitreous fibre insulation products (MMVF)
SafeWork NSW
State regulator’s guidance on glass/rock wool insulation.
Used on: /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/
IARC Monographs Vol. 81 (2002) Man-made vitreous fibres; Vol. 43 (1988) Man-made mineral fibres
International Agency for Research on Cancer (WHO), via inchem.org · 2002; 1988
IARC placed glass wool in Group 3 (not classifiable) in 2001 to 2002 after the 1988 Group 2B listing.
Used on: /guides/are-fibreglass-batts-in-my-roof-a-cancer-risk/, /guides/is-fibreglass-insulation-safe/
Lead in Ceiling Dust (fact sheet 37); Thirty Thought-Starters on Ceiling Void Dust in Homes (fact sheet 56)
The LEAD Group (Australian lead-safety charity)
Why old roof-space dust can contain lead (leaded petrol era): a reason to wear a mask in any roof, whatever insulation you use.
Used on: /references/
SR 100 half-mask respirator (AS/NZS 1716) product page
Sundstrom Safety
The respirator we name for roof work; shows the standard it is certified to.
Used on: /batt-installers-brisbane/, /references/
EU Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/1017 (restricting ammonium salts in cellulose insulation); US CPSC 16 CFR Part 1209
European Union (EUR-Lex); US eCFR · 2016
Regulators banned or capped the ammonium-sulphate fire retardant in cellulose fibre insulation (ammonia off-gassing, corrosion).
Used on: /references/
Loose-fill asbestos insulation (product guide); Safe Work Australia asbestos pages
Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency; Safe Work Australia
Mr Fluffy-type loose-fill asbestos is a different product from cellulose fibre insulation.
Used on: /guides/is-existing-cellulose-insulation-safe/, /guides/mr-fluffy-asbestos-vs-cellulose/, /faq/asbestos-in-my-roof/
SafeWork NSW: isocyanates; RICS: spray foam insulation consumer guide; UK government: Spray foam insulation applied to timber sloped roofs in dwellings (76 pp., 2024); US EPA Safer Choice: health concerns about spray polyurethane foam
SafeWork NSW; RICS (UK); UK government; US EPA · 2023-2024
Hazard and moisture-risk background for the spray foam comparison pages.
Used on: /compare/cellulose-vs-spray-foam/, /compare/spray-foam-vs-polyester-underfloor/, /faq/spray-foam-offgassing/, /guides/best-underfloor-insulation-se-qld/
Classifying chemicals in Australia; Model Code of Practice: Preparation of safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals
Safe Work Australia
The rules that make a safety data sheet mandatory for hazardous chemicals, with each ingredient classified on its own concentration cut-off.
Understanding regulation of disinfectants, sterilants and sanitary products
Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA)
How the TGA regulates disinfectants, sterilants and sanitary products.
Pests
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Mankowski and Grace 2004, boric-acid-treated cellulose vs Formosan subterranean termites
University of Hawaii CTAHR (K. Grace) / USDA Forest Service · 2004
78% to 100% termite mortality on boric-acid-treated cellulose fibre; termites could not fully penetrate it.
Used on: /guides/fibreglass-dust-in-your-home/, /references/, /why-cellulose/
Technical University in Zvolen, Slovakia · 2014
Lab mice tunnelled blown cellulose fibre (10 of 10, mean 79 of 100 mm) when food bait was behind it.
National Pesticide Information Center, Oregon State University / US EPA
Boric acid ‘can kill insects if they eat it’ and ‘can also stop the growth of fungi, such as mold’; borates are not a rodenticide.
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Environment
Frontiers in Built Environment (peer-reviewed) · 2023
Embodied energy of cellulose fibre 0.94 to 3.3 MJ/kg versus 10.8 to 45 MJ/kg for commercial insulation (roughly a tenth).
Used on: /compare/cellulose-vs-spray-foam/, /guides/fibreglass-batt-waste/, /references/, /why-cellulose/
More sources (1)
Your Home (Australian Government)
Where to substantiate environmental comparisons (AusLCI, Global GreenTag).
Other makers’ warranties
Pink Batts and Pink Emberguard Consumer Lifetime Product Warranty (Rev 2, 29 April 2024)
Fletcher Insulation Pty Ltd · 2024
Warranty terms: what ‘lifetime’ means for batts.
Used on: /guides/polyester-underfloor-batts/
More sources (3)
Knauf Insulation Warranty: Earthwool (AU/NZ)
Knauf Insulation Pty Ltd and Knauf Insulation Ltd
The manufacturer’s warranty terms for Earthwool.
GreenStuf Certificate of Warranty (NZ, Oct 2023)
Autex Industries · 2023
Polyester underfloor batt warranty.
Used on: /guides/polyester-underfloor-batts/
Bradford Glasswool Insulation Class 1 Warranty Certificate; Bradford Polyester Insulation Class 1 Warranty Certificate
CSR Bradford
Warranty terms, including what is excluded (for example vermin and moisture).
Rebates by state
More sources (11)
Ceiling insulation activity (Victorian Energy Upgrades)
Essential Services Commission (Vic)
Victorian Energy Upgrades ceiling-insulation activity rules.
Used on: /rebates/
Ceiling insulation discounts (Victorian Energy Upgrades)
Victorian Government (energy.vic.gov.au)
Consumer-facing Victorian Energy Upgrades insulation discount page.
Used on: /rebates/
NSW Climate and Energy Action
NSW Energy Savings Scheme (regulator page).
Used on: /rebates/
Energy Rental Standards / MEERS (NSW)
NSW Climate and Energy Action
NSW minimum energy efficiency rental standards consultation.
Used on: /rebates/
Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme (REPS)
Essential Services Commission of South Australia (ESCOSA)
South Australian retailer-funded efficiency scheme.
Used on: /rebates/
Queensland Government (qld.gov.au)
Queensland home energy savings assistance.
Used on: /rebates/
Household Energy Upgrades Fund
Australian Government (energy.gov.au)
Federal Household Energy Upgrades Fund.
Used on: /rebates/
Social housing energy performance
DCCEEW (Australian Government)
Federal social housing energy performance program.
Used on: /rebates/
Home Energy Support: rebates for homeowners
ACT Government (Climate Choices)
ACT home energy support rebates.
Used on: /rebates/
Minimum housing standard for ceiling insulation in rental properties
ACT Government
ACT rental ceiling-insulation minimum.
Used on: /rebates/
Energy Saver Loan Scheme: insulation
Tasmanian Government (ReCFIT)
Tasmanian interest-free energy saver loan for insulation.
Used on: /rebates/