Living in its own private house brings its owners not only additional comfort, silence, various amenities. Numerous problems associated with its repair and improvement should be addressed by ourselves, without shifting these worries to the shoulders of JEK's employees. A great role is played by the good warming of your home. Expenditures on coal, gas and electricity are growing every year. Even the child knows that the heat rises, flying into the atmosphere through the cracks and the cold roof. Let's consider the options for thermal insulation of ceilings, new advanced materials and technologies that are now being used to solve this problem.
Ways to insulate the ceiling of a wooden house
Insulation of the ceiling from the outside
Usually, the material is placed on top of the overlapping or in various voids, if any. For a concrete slab heavy substances will go. But for a wooden ceiling, this option is not suitable. Here you need to use lightweight loose mixtures, modern sheet or roll materials. Clay, reeds, sawdust or algae have been used for hundreds of years. These environmentally friendly substances do not pose a danger to tenants and those who will work with them. Yes, and the thermal insulator literally rolls under your feet. The drawback of such materials is that most of them are easily burned or damaged by rodents.
Materials for insulation of ceilings from the outside:
- Sawdust.
- Clay.
- Reeds.
- Ecowool.
- Styrofoam.
- Seaweed.
- Foam.
- Penoplex.
- Polyurethane foam.
- Mineral wool
- Extruded polystyrene foam.
- Penofol.
- Special plastering mixtures.
- Technical cork.
- Warming of the ceiling of the wooden house from the inside with foam plastic.
If you have money, it is better to purchase more modern heaters . Some of them are also not harmful to health, and have high rates of thermal conductivity. A layer of eco-wool in 250 mm is enough to protect your ceiling from the cold. For northern regions of Russia it will take 400-500 mm. But still it's much less than when you used old materials. Polyurethane foam is also resistant to low temperatures, does not burn, is not damaged by insects and bacteria. However, vapor tightness does not affect the microclimate in the house very well. Work with it will be carried out by specializing enterprises. Spray this substance under pressure to envelop all the protruding structures.
Apply penopleks on wooden floors are not recommended. The problem is that this excellent material does not "breathe". The accumulation of moisture contributes to the appearance of various fungi. Penoplex is better to use on a concrete surface. It is better to replace it with mineral wool or fiberglass. Warming of the ceiling in a wooden house with mineral wool is an excellent choice. It is conveniently laid out between the beams. First, a vapor barrier layer is attached with a slight pressure on the walls. Next, between the beams rolled cotton wool. It is necessary to stuff the material with a little effort to completely fill up all the free space. If you plan to walk on the ceiling, you can make a wooden or plywood floor on top.
Insulation of the ceiling from the inside
These works should be carried out only in the event that outside the insulation can not be made for some reason. The fact is that the heat insulator can release various substances. You are limited in the choice of material. In addition, in this case, a greater likelihood of appearance on the surface of the ceiling of various molds or fungus. It is necessary to leave ventilation gaps between the trim and the heater.
Materials for insulation of ceilings from within the room:
We listed only the most common materials. Some of the equipment that was previously available only to large enterprises, now began to be used in private construction. Ideally, it would be to heat the room from two sides - it always brings the greatest effect. But even the insulation of the ceiling on wooden beams can bring considerable energy savings to the owners, and make your home much warmer.