What kind of insulation for walls is better not to buy
The inhabitants of the northern expanses began to warm their houses for a long time. True, for our ancestors themselves logs in a piece of pine or larch, prokonopachennye moss or patella, were the best insulation of the apartment house. Times change, there is no time to put the capital log houses, and it is vital to warm the walls of your summer cottage well, which you want to proudly call your home. Do nothing, go to the store or to the construction materials markets.
We have already separately discussed the problems of insulation of the house from the outside and some criteria for choosing heat-insulating materials for these works. Forced to repeat the main recommendations for the arrangement of thermal protection perimeter of your living space.
- A good house warmer should not absorb water. If the mats( plates) laid in the carcass cavity are highly hygroscopic, they are not isolated from the external and internal effects of the moisture by the double vapor barrier layer, then as a result we have: mold, fungus, decay and rapid destruction of the supporting framework.
- It is best to choose heaters for walls with the category of fire resistance A1 or A2: wooden, and brick buildings are ignited from all sorts of nonsense, and poor-quality internal thermal insulation can only give heat to an accidental fire.
- The main function of internal insulation of walls is obvious - to prevent the penetration of cold into the living quarters. The lower the thermal conductivity of the insulation for walls, the warmer in your rooms. Technical characteristics of any insulating material can be found on the websites of the manufacturer or supplier of this product. Do not be lazy to compare and choose.
- Sometimes there is a need to do something in a country house with their own hands, for example, at least warm your room. The idea is beautiful, the descendants will appreciate, but the installation work. .. The obvious conclusion: a good insulation for the internal thermal insulation of walls in any home must be simple and convenient to work with. How many it is necessary cut off, where wanted it - has attached. It is from these positions that we offer you two alternative options for warming the walls of your holiday home.
We choose polystyrene for house insulation
The history of this heat-insulating material already counts decades. All modern foamed plastics( expanded polystyrene, polyurethane foam, foam, etc.), trademarks of the Penoplex type were born from a familiar brusochka for labor lessons.
- Thermal insulation of a residential house with similar materials is a measure, most likely, forced. But we simply have to support the producers of these building materials, until we are offered something new on the market. Excellent sound, thermal and waterproofing. A small specific weight( minimum problems with transportation, storage and installation).Loads on the load-bearing structures of any structure when using foam do not become critical even with full-scale insulation of the country house inside or outside. The advantages are clear, now two spoons of tar.
- Plates of expanded polystyrene( foam polystyrene) are very fragile, therefore it is better to install a wall or interior wall heater in a house from such panels to a professional or, after breaking two or three clippings, learn how to fix them yourself. We recall a simple truth: it is better to insulate flat surfaces.
- Foamed plastic( foam) from leading manufacturers have a fire resistance class of at least A2, but this does not mean that they do not burn at all. Melting of any plastic is usually accompanied by the release of a large volume of toxic gases for your body, so be careful with fire and electricity.
A good insulation for the walls of the house outside: sandwich panels
It should be recognized that engineering thought in the construction industry does not stand still, and some industrial developments from the sphere of industrial construction smoothly flow to the household level. Multilayered sandwiches are the best proof of this.
The design is as simple as possible: two thin-layer layers of the outer skin made of galvanized steel with a thickness of 0.4-0.6 mm, with a filler of pressed mineral wool laid inside. Corrosion resistance of metal sheets provides a reliable polymer coating, and the composite characteristics of the insulating material for walls are based on durable bonding materials. The specific density of the filler is 100 kg / m3, which guarantees a low thermal conductivity and a low weight of the plate with sufficient coating for rough finish.
Frankly, these panels were developed exclusively for industrial development, as a good insulation of industrial, commercial and other non-residential buildings. But in construction marketing there is always room for a miracle, and modified sandwich panels have found wide demand in suburban housing construction, repeating the fate of profiled flooring. With high quality insulation of seams, such thermal protection will last a very long time, and for household buildings in the country, it is simply irreplaceable.
