How to insulate the house or office?
So the winter came! There is white snow everywhere, frost outside the window. But often in our houses or offices in the winter it's cold so that the tooth does not get on the tooth. Of course, you can wrap yourself up in a few sweaters during the day and sleep at night under three blankets. And you can try warm your home or office yourself, because, paraphrasing the famous expression, "the salvation of freezing - the work of the freezing people themselves!". There are two approaches to the insulation of premises. You can warm the house or office from the outside, or you can - from the inside. External, or external (facade) insulation is quite expensive and it can only be performed by specialist climbers. But to insulate the room from the inside is quite possible even for a professional.
To insulate the room from the inside, there are many different ways. Most of the "cold troubles" deliver windows, balconies, cracks in the walls, entrance doors.
If the cause of your freezing is poorly sealed window, here are a few ways to solve this problem:
- replace the old Soviet-style windows with modern plastic ones, better two-chamber ones - the most expensive method;
- to fill up cracks in windows with improvised means (cotton wool, foam rubber, newsprint) and to seal with strips of paper or cloth - the cheapest way;
- Use special sealing profiles - the most advanced way.
In rooms where there is access to the balcony, often a source of cold is looseadjoining door. If the balcony is also not glazed, then through such a door from the room will "blow out" all the heat. Therefore, first of all, if the material situation allows, it is necessary to glaze the balcony. The room will immediately become warmer. In addition, if the balcony itself is insulated with panels of heat-insulating material, then practically no frost will be scary to you. If there is no possibility to glaze the balcony, then it is necessary to make the door more hermetic. To do this, you can glue it to a not very wide strip of foam rubber. Foam is best to glue with the help of glue "Moment".
For insulation entrance doors You can also use foam strips or a special warming kit made of foam rubber with dermatine, which is easily installed on iron and wooden doors.
Unfortunately, walls most buildings, both old and modernbuildings can not boast of an ideal, well, or at least just good, tightness. This problem is particularly relevant for panel houses. Insulate the walls of the house from the inside is possible by installing special heat-insulating panels. Such panels are made of mineral and glass wool, of foam or cork. Before installing heat-insulating panels, the walls must be prepared. They must be well dried, and all joints must be sealed. For this, the joints are glued with a special cloth-serpyanka or with a usual cloth, on which a layer of sealant is applied. All the cracks must be sealed with gypsum or cement, and the deepest ones should be clogged with a shingle, and then covered with gypsum or cement.
Install heat-insulating panels onWooden slats, which are attached to the wall with screws and dowels. After installing the insulation, the panels can be covered with gypsum boards or other finishing materials, or plastered.
If all the windows and doors are insulated, the cracks in the walls are sealed, and the heat does not come to your house, it's all your fault central heating. Unfortunately, despite the impressive cost of this service radiators, especially in high-rise buildings, are rarelyreally hot. In addition, the old radiators themselves are not effective. If there is a possibility, it is possible to install a boiler of individual heating in the room, but this is very expensive and time-consuming. You can also replace old radiators with more modern ones, which, again, is expensive and troublesome. But it is possible to achieve an increase in heat transfer from old radiators. If the radiator is painted with a dark matte paint, this can increase its heat transfer.
It is also possible to increase the level of heat transfer by installing thermally reflective screen. Because the radiator gives heat to the environmentevenly, in all directions. So why heat the walls? By installing a heat reflective screen, you direct the heat radiation from the wall into the room, and the temperature in the room will increase by 1-2 degrees. As a heat-reflecting screen, a piece of plywood, painted with silver paint or simply glued with aluminum foil, is suitable. You can attach the screen behind the radiator with scotch tape.
Letting all your efforts to warm your house or office cold entrance. It's no secret that the municipal services are in no hurryTo fill up the cracks in the windows of the entrance or to insulate the entrance door to the entrance. Also often because of hooligans in the porches are broken windows and "walk the wind." Try to take up the warmth of the entrance by the forces of tenants of the entrance or office tenants.
