How to insulate the house with polystyrene foam
Polyfoam is often used forinsulation of housing. Thanks to it, the walls do not become cold and wet, much less gas is consumed, and the fungus inside the room does not form. In this article, how to insulate the house with polystyrene foam.
It is worth noting that It is not necessary to use material of the same thickness on all walls of the building. As you know, the southern wall receives much more heat than the northern wall. Also, access to rodents should be limited to polystyrene foam. For this, it is necessary to insulate the base of the facade with extruded polystyrene foam. In addition, in the corners it is best to use a thicker layer of insulation.
If you decide to insulate the house with polystyrene alone, purchase of materials is more convenient and cheaper to produce at specialized wholesale warehouses. Polyfoam is pretty light, so the problems withdelivery should not arise. Also, several bags of dry mix are needed. As for the tool, you will need a perforator or a drill that can work at low speed. A few buckets of 10 liters in volume, spatulas, 10 millimeters of drill, a ruler-level, a whisk with an adapter for a perforator cartridge, a saw, a special float for plaster, a plaster for plaster, gloves, as well as construction goats or scaffolds will be needed.
To prepare a glue solution, pour water into the bucket and pour in the adhesive, then mix the contents of the bucket withusing a drill and a whisk. The resulting solution should not spread; it must be viscous. If the walls of your house are even, to use the adhesive mixture on the foam it is better to use a notched trowel. If your house has brick walls, you can do with the most common spatula.
Read the installation of foam plates best from straight walls, and then move to the outer slopes and othercomplex areas. Before the sticky foam, walls must be treated with a primer. Before fixing the plates with dowels and screws, we recommend to allow the adhesive to dry. Usually it can take about two days. The length of the drill is determined depending on the thickness of the foam itself.
If you do not have much experience with plaster, we recommend making a more liquid solution. Start plastering best with slots and dents from dowels. Applying the finishing coat is better not immediately, but only after the drying start on the entire perimeter of the house.
Separately worth telling on applying decorative plaster. If you do not have much experience in such repair work, it's best invite for this procedure professional plasterers, as in the case of improper preparation of plaster or any failure to fulfill any conditions, the material applied to the wall can give cracks and spoil the appearance of the structure.
After the decorative plaster has dried completely, start painting the walls. On packages with paint, as a rule, it is writtenconsumption per one square meter. Therefore, the volume of the purchased paint can be easily determined. The choice of colors will depend solely on your tastes, as well as on the color of the buildings next to your house. Painting is best done with a roller, and in hard-to-reach places - with a brush.
Finally it is worth to say: if you are not sure that you will be able to insulate the house yourself with polystyrene foam, or you simply do not have enough experience of carrying out similar works, we recommend that you seek help from specialists. Of course, this will lead to additional costs, but the warm air inside the premises in winter is worth it.
