Blind area of ​​the basement and house warming

In this article, I'll outline how to do in a private house, two important elements: the blind area to protect the foundation and insulation.

Blind area.

The foundation - the foundation of any house. But if it is not properly strengthened, may soon need repairs. Mold, rain, snow, all this will gradually lead him in a very deplorable state. It is also possible ingress of water into basements. Therefore done blind area around the house - a special protective band. But to do it must be correct, otherwise it quickly will become worthless.

Simple and effective blind area - concrete. If necessary, you can put on top of the decorative tiles.

Made of sand bedding, compacted, the strait of water, then filled with concrete, the thickness of not less than 10 centimeters, and the breadth of the house by 50-80 centimeters.

In order to avoid abutment to the base pad is made of a plastic material by pouring, for example, if the foundation is not finished with, roofing felt, asphalt or thicker materials.

When finishing (stone, tile, inlay) gasket thickness increase, for example, to use polystyrene foam.

An example of what happens to the blind area, tightly adjacent to the foundation.

In the off-season shifts relative to the ground recessed well (1.5 m) or fixed foundation piles reaches 7-8 centimeters, as a result of misfolded otmostka breaks breaks or decorative coating, located above the level of land.

To otmostku itself did not break during shifting of the soil makes the deformation or thermal seams width of approximately 1 cm at a distance of 3-4 meters from each other.

If otmostka nothing gets off, then it is desirable to do after pouring cement - on the still wet concrete It is sprinkled with cement and concrete image of the hard crust that protects concrete from spalling, leaching and etc. On top of the screed can be put tiles and decorative coatings.

Less robust otmostka also performed as a track of paving tiles for laying a dry mixture.

Asphalt blind area more flexible and does not require special seams, but requires hot asphalt and trombovochny tool.

House warming.

In our time, rising in price of energy, proper insulation will save the house.

When warming, the focus should be given to the thermal insulation on top, the roof or the ceiling to the attic, the heat of the laws of physics aspires upwards.

In old houses ceilings isolation was made by filling - floor covered with glassine, wax paper or other similar material and covered predominantly slag mixed with wood chips.

In modern construction uses lighter materials, such as steam and roll thermal insulation materials such as mineral wool, various foams: polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam, Styrofoam. These materials have different thickness, stiffness, different thermal conductivity. For thermal insulation of attic floors or roofs are most commonly used materials such as mineral wool with paraizolyatsiey.

For thermal insulation of walls used all of these materials, and the work is very different.

If the sheet materials such as polystyrene can be attached directly to an existing wall, mineral wool, polystyrene foam is attached to the wall using the frame structure. The frame is made of wood or plasterboard profile largely depends on what will be done exterior finish of the wall.

Fixing polystyrene "fungi".

Wall paraizolyatsiey closed, it fits over the insulating material, the top is closed with another layer of steam or wind insulation. Places inconvenient to close the insulation and paraizolyatsiey you can close the application of construction foam.

Foam, sold in bottles with straws cheaper, but consumption compared cylinders under the fastening tool and much more to make it at a particular place is much more complicated.

Simple cylinders and under the gun.

Thin insulation - polyurethane foam, extruded tiles are not suitable for exterior insulation. They have low resistance to heat transfer due to small thickness.

Therefore, they are used as additional insulation. For example, in the garden house of temporary residence, where insulation is needed relative.

Extruded tiles and the seams from ventilation by sealant.

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