"Wet" facades: the technology of the future

Everyone who was engaged in the construction of a country house, thought about how to make it warm. More often in connection with this, the term "wet" facades is mentioned. Technology, Allowing to build warmed walls, has a number of advantages.

What are the features?

Every builder knows that it is through the walls that the main amount of heat is lost, and therefore the cost of heating the house becomes much higher. Today, along with ventilated plastering systems of thermal insulation, the so-called "wet" facade has become popular. Technology Involves the application of plaster coating, which dispose of buildings and structures. In this case, such a cladding will be the best way of warming, protecting and transforming any object. What is the peculiarity of the technology?

First, it should be noted its moisture-proof properties, because the installation technology is based on the use of water as a solvent. In addition, the "wet" facades - the technology allows you to realize any design ideas - easily exposed to exterior decoration, and therefore each building can look individual, stylish and modern. It is important that due to this decision the external walls will be more soundproofed, and the use of only non-combustible materials will increase the level of fire safety.

Technology of the "wet" facade

The system includes four main layers. The first is a layer of glue mixtures that are used to fix the insulation to the walls. The second layer is a heater, for example, expanded polystyrene or mineral wool. The third one is plaster, the strength of which is reinforced by reinforcement with a glass net. And the fourth layer is a decorative coating. Thus, the "wet" facade consists of:

• Grounds (i.e., walls);
• Dowels;
• Heat-insulating plate;
• Polymer glue ;
• Reinforcing mesh ;
• Polymeric soil;
• Layer of plaster;
• Perforated profile.

It is important that all the elements are selected qualitative and appropriate to each other in their properties, that is, resistant to steam, frost, water and heat.

"Wet" facades technology offers to strengthen in several ways. The first method is hard, because it involves fixing the facade with dowels. In this case the plaster layers will have a thickness of only 5-8 mm. The second way is to fix the structure to the wall through movable hinges, that is, it can be freely moved along the wall, To compensate for shrinkage and other loads on the surface. In this case, the thickness of the layers will be approximately 30 mm. The most common is the third method, when glue and dowels are used: first the insulation is glued to the wall, then it is fixed to it by means of dowels. It is important that this method is useful for smooth surfaces.

The most important thing is that the "wet" facades, the technology of erection of which is quite simple, suggest the placement of a heater solely in checkerboard order. This avoids cracks in the final coating. By the way, and the layer of glue should cover not less than 40% of the surface of each heat insulation plate, so that the fastening is more reliable and durable.