Many apartments have balconies and loggias. For some reason, our fellow citizens treat them as an additional room for storing various trash. And few people know that from these rooms you can make a completely warm and cozy room. How relevant it sounds for small apartments! And you will also like such an idea for those who simply cannot do without a heater in the cold season – unfortunately, the central heating does not always allows the optimal temperature to maintain the optimum temperature. And a large loss of heat occurs precisely through loggias and balconies. The reasons for insulation of the loggia are given good, so let’s get down to business.
So, before doing insulation, the loggia/balcony must be glazed. The question arises – what is best to use – modern plastic windows or the good old glass in wooden frames is suitable? The answer can only be given after you determine the task of the loggia. So if you are not interested in an additional room, and due to insulation of the balcony, you only want to maintain heat in your apartment, then use glass and wood. This option will protect you from wind and snow, and as a result, from large heat losses. But if the loggia becomes a separate room, then choose plastic – it has a higher insulation properties. PVC windows are more expensive, but the meaning is completely changing.
Here are the loggia and glazed, you can proceed directly to insulation. Here the first stage is the sealing of the loggia from the environment. If your balcony has reliable concrete walls or parapet, then in general the task of sealing has already been solved. But most often the balcony is a ledge fenced with a thin grate. And this option does not suit us. It will be necessary to lay brickwork or build a wall of special blocks. It is worth warning right away – in this case, it will be possible to consult in any construction organization. Only professionals will be able to calculate what load your balcony will withstand without lounging. For the same reason, contact specialists for laying the wall – you can only do it yourself. And only after you areolating the loggia, you can proceed to insulation.
First, it is worth saying that one insulation will be not enough. The thing is that very rarely it becomes possible to cover the loggia from the outside of the house and the reasons for this is different. Therefore, the insulation is laid from the inside. But here another problem arises – in a collision of warm air with cold, condensation will form. As a result, the walls will be smeared, a fungus and mold acts on the walls, which are detailed on the walls. That is why you must first take care of vapor barrier.
The most common materials are currently foamed foil polyethylene or plastic film, just as foil.
Foam polystyrene, mineral wool, foam are chosen from heater. The first material over the second and third has its advantages.
So, we purchased materials, it’s time to insulate the loggia. To do this, we put the insulation throughout the entire space of the loggia, excluding only glazed space. If the heat insulator is soft, then it can be attached to glue or dowels, specially intended for it and all. Solid, then it is necessary to treat with mounting foam at all joints. Then the vapor barrier is laid in the shiny side inward, all the joints are fixed and ready – only the cosmetic decoration of the insulated loggia remains.
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