Now many create on the balconies separate functional rooms, recreation areas or an office . To do this, you need to insulate it to create a comfortable atmosphere.
Before insulating the balcony inside, you need to repair all the cracks left after the glazing and between the joints of the surfaces with mounting foam.
The better to insulate the balcony inside?
The paneling and insulation of the balcony is made by different materials, but the technology of their installation is approximately the same. The task of the heater - as little as possible to let the inside of the balcony cool.
Making the decision, the better to insulate the balcony inside with your own hands, many people use the following materials:
- Styrofoam;
- expanded polystyrene;
- mineral wool.
Before laying the insulation, the surfaces are treated with a primer.
Styrofoam (penoplex) is produced by plates with a thickness of up to 100 mm. It is easily cut and fitted to the size of the walls and ceiling.
The material is secured with plastic dowels, shaped like a mushroom, directly into the wall, or laid between lags in a wooden frame. For reliability, the joints between the plates are sealed with a mounting foam. Styrofoam is the most popular insulation due to its strength.
Polyfoam is less durable than penokleks, but has less thermal conductivity, is not afraid of moisture. Fits with slabs on the lathing or to the wall.
Minvata is also produced in slabs, fastened to a special glue between the crate, fixed with plastic "mushrooms".
The entire surface of the insulation is laid insulation - foam polyethylene (foam), foil side inside the room. Its thickness is small, joints are sealed with adhesive tape. It allows you to keep heat inside the room and does not let it out.
Above the foil is a wooden crate, on which it is already possible to nail the finish of the balcony - plastic panels, lining and the like.
By analogy with the walls, the floors and the ceiling of the balcony are insulated.
It should be borne in mind that the insulation of the balcony performs the function of keeping the heat in the room, and not of its production. To create a full-fledged room on the balcony, it is necessary to provide there a source of heat - a heater, a warm floor system.
All work on the insulation of the balcony can easily be done independently.
With the help of a complex of these activities, the balcony turns into a comfortable warm room.