Each of us believes that comfortable living in an apartment or his own home primarily means the microclimate and the temperature inside the room. We want to get maximum heat and coziness in our house in autumn slush and winter cold, and freshness and coolness in the summer heat. For this reason, the traditional, environmentally friendly wood has been increasingly used as a building material for the construction of private houses. It was chosen as a building material by our ancestors, noting good heat-saving characteristics, air and vapor permeability, durability.
Nevertheless, today's trends in saving energy resources, and indeed the somewhat changed notions of comfort, require the improvement of buildings even from such high-quality material. Today, warming the house out of the bar is a common acceptance in building construction, which increases the comfort of the home.
External, in-wall and internal insulation of the house from the timber
When constructing and repairing wooden houses , one of the three options for wall warming is usually used: internal, external or intra-wall. It is the intra-wall warming that is most relevant, but it is also impossible to minimize the significance of other species - they play an important role in ensuring an adequate level of energy saving.
Intra-wall warming of the house from the timber
As a heater for this type of work, nonwoven materials are used, the basis of which is the linen waste produced during the production of yarns or jute. Today, two types of this insulation are produced: an interwoven felt and a tape tow. When choosing a thermal insulation material, attention should be paid to its uniformity, the absence of artificial impurities, and even density.
External wall insulation
Perform the insulation of a wooden house from the outside in the warm season, when the air has a constant humidity and temperature. The walls must be dry at the same time. First of all it is necessary to make the treatment of walls with special antiseptics or fire retardant. The best materials used to insulate the house from the timber are polystyrene foam or mineral wool, which are available in the form of sheets or slabs. When installing the insulation layer using special dowels. The sheets or plates are fastened in the same order as the brick when laying the walls: the joints on the first row overlap with sheets of the second row. After installing the insulation layer, the facade of the building is usually bricked.
Internal wall insulation
For residents of southern regions, where winters are mild, there are usually no special problems with the need to insulate the house. Sufficient measure can be applying a layer of plaster. But severe winters with low temperatures require a more serious attitude to this issue. Therefore, the insulation of the house from the inside is carried out by installing a layer of thermal insulation material under the gypsum fiber or gypsum board. This method provides a fairly good energy-saving effect. Of the disadvantages, the most significant is a slight decrease in the living space of the room. But compared to the prospect of freezing all winter in your own home, this may seem like a trifle.