Terms & Conditions

Thanks for choosing us to insulate your home. We’ve been doing this since 1986, and we like to keep things straight and simple. These are the terms you agree to when you accept a quote and let us do your job. They’re here to be fair to you and fair to us, not to catch anyone out.

The quote and the price

A quote is an estimate based on the information and photos we have, and it’s subject to an on-site inspection. We’ll confirm everything before we start, and if the job turns out to be materially different from what we quoted, we’ll re-quote it for your approval rather than spring a surprise on you. Quotes are valid for 30 days. Once a job is confirmed and booked the price is fixed: we don’t increase a quoted price once we’ve started, unless you ask us to do extra work, or we find a concealed condition you didn’t disclose (see below), and if that happens, we’ll talk to you about it first, before we do it. All prices are in Australian dollars and, where shown, GST is on top. Accepting a quote, paying a deposit or booking a job means you accept these terms.

Free minor roof repairs are discretionary

We’re up in your roof anyway, so if we spot a small, easy thing we can fix while we’re there, a loose tile, a clip, that sort of thing, we’ll often just sort it out for you at no charge. Please understand that this is a goodwill gesture and is entirely at our discretion. It is not part of what you’re paying for, it’s not guaranteed, and it doesn’t make us responsible for the condition of your roof. We do the easy good turns because we’d want someone to do the same for us.

Pre-existing problems are not ours to carry

Your roof has a history before we ever get to it. We are not liable for pre-existing leaks, damage, or faults that were there before we arrived, including a roof that already lets water in, or downlights, exhaust fans or wiring that don’t comply with the rules or weren’t installed safely. If we notice something like that, we’ll point it out to you, and our installers photograph the job so there’s a record of what the roof looked like before and after. But finding a pre-existing problem doesn’t make it our problem to fix or pay for. Insulation is not a substitute for repairing a roof that already leaks.

Downlights, fans and raked areas: tell us on the day

We need clearance around downlights, exhaust fans and any heat-producing fittings, and we follow the installation rules for those clearances. In raked, cathedral or low-cavity ceilings we sometimes can’t see fittings from inside the roof space, so it’s important that you point out any downlights, fans or other fittings in those areas to our installers on the day, before we pump or lay the insulation. If a fitting isn’t pointed out and we couldn’t reasonably have known it was there, we’re not responsible for it.

Raked, cathedral and low-pitch areas are done in cellulose

Raked ceilings, exposed beams and low-pitch or difficult-access sections are insulated with pump-in cellulose fibre, not batts, even if you’ve chosen batts for the main roof, because batts can’t be fitted properly in those spots. This is included in the price we’ve quoted; any change to it needs to be agreed in writing and may cost extra.

Tell us about hazards

Please give us safe access and accurate information, and tell us about anything hazardous up there: asbestos, faulty or concealed wiring, structural issues, or a vermin problem. If we find an undisclosed hazard we may pause the work and re-quote, so it’s done safely and properly.

Roof access is at our option

We’ll get into your roof in the way that’s safest and most economical on the day, either through the roof or via the manhole. If you need us to use a particular access method, that’s fine, but it may cost extra.

You hold your own public liability

We are fully insured for the work we do: we carry public liability and WorkCover for our own people and our own work. As the homeowner or occupier, you remain responsible for your own public liability while we are on site, the same as you would be for any visitor or tradesperson at your property. We strongly recommend you keep your own home and public liability cover current.

Nobody uses our ladder or our equipment

This one matters, so we say it more than once: please do not climb our ladder, use our blowing machine, or touch any of our equipment. Our gear is for our trained installers only. It’s heavy, it’s set up a particular way, and roofs are dangerous. For your own safety, and so everyone goes home in one piece, no customer, family member, neighbour or anyone else is to use our ladder or any of our equipment at any time. If you need to get into the roof for any reason, use your own safe access, not ours.

Access: sarking may be cut

To do a proper job we sometimes need to get into parts of the roof that are sealed off. Where that’s the case, sarking (the foil or membrane under the roof) may need to be cut to give us access so we can fill the space correctly. This is a normal part of installing insulation in some roofs. By accepting the quote you agree that we may cut sarking where it’s necessary for access, and that doing so is not damage we’re liable for.

Retention of title until paid

The insulation remains our property until you’ve paid for the job in full. Payment is due as set out on your quote or invoice. If an invoice isn’t paid, we reserve the right to recover the debt and, if it comes to it, to remove the insulation we supplied and installed. We’d much rather it never got to that, but title in the materials stays with us until the bill is settled.

Our guarantee, and the manufacturer’s warranty

Our own workmanship and the cellulose we make are backed by the written guarantee we issue with your job. See our guarantee page for what that covers. Any product we install but don’t make ourselves, for example batts or other materials from another supplier, carries that manufacturer’s own warranty, and any claim on those products sits with the manufacturer, not with us. We’ll always help you make a claim where we can. Nothing in these terms takes away any rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law that can’t be excluded.

Where the law lets us limit liability

Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law come first: nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or changes any consumer guarantee or other right you have that can’t lawfully be excluded. Where the law does allow us to limit our liability, our total liability arising from a job is limited to the price you paid for that job, and we’re not liable for indirect or consequential loss (such as loss of profit or business interruption). None of this limits your non-excludable ACL rights, or our liability for death, personal injury or fraud.

Things beyond our control

We’re not liable for delays or problems caused by things outside our reasonable control: extreme weather, a supply failure, and the like. If it’s dangerous, too windy or too hot to work safely on your roof, we’ll reschedule rather than rush it.

Governing law, and our app terms

These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland. They’re the customer terms for our work; if you use our website or online quoting tool, our website and app terms of use also apply, and we keep the two in sync.

Severability

If any part of these terms turns out to be unenforceable, that part can be removed and the rest of the terms still apply. One clause not holding up doesn’t throw out the whole agreement.

A word from Peter

I am of good intention, and I am sure these terms will not bother any of my customers who is also of good intention. We treat your home the way we’d want ours treated, and if anything’s ever not right, the first thing to do is pick up the phone and talk to us, and we’ll make it right.

Questions

Anything here you’d like explained before you go ahead? Email admin@insulation.team or call 0414 586 315. You can also read our privacy policy, or get a quote started.

The version on your signed quote or guarantee certificate is the one that applies to your job.