Warming of the blind area of ​​the house or garage

Everyone is familiar with the functions of the blind area: first of all it plenum perimeter, saving the building from meltwater and rainfall, and secondly, a blind area - easy track on which it is convenient to walk around the house.

But in the harsh climate of the Russian otmostka assumes another important function - insulation of the house.

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So, how to insulate the blind area?

The first thing to do - take out ground around the perimeter of the house to the width from 40 to 90 cm. In place of the ground sand fill 10-15 cm.

Above the sand should be packed layers or penopolistrirola Penoplex, side formwork reinforcing structure.

After cutting and stacking layers of insulation on top of it fit fittings: possible to use as a fiberglass and metal rods. Permissible use of masonry grid with large cells (see photo).

On top of the reinforcing layer is filled with concrete. The accuracy of the fill level check and make sure that the formwork was blind area around the desired height.