Why the house is not necessary to insulate the expanded clay?
20-25% of the heat goes out of the house through neuteplonny foundation.
Such a conclusion was made by experts of the Moscow Research Institute of design, technology and construction expertise based on many years of experience of reconstruction of residential buildings in the central part of Russia.
PWhen this worst performing insulation have home basements are insulated expanded clay which, according to scientists.
If you are looking for thermal insulation material at home or think about the replacement of expanded clay on the other insulation - this article is for you, because in it we debunk old myths about the warming of the country house expanded clay.
Thus, the first myth:
The basement of the house and can not warm: the temperature in it is constant throughout the year (and is equal to 7 ° C).
You just think about it: for years mankind has devised and improved heating and ventilation system to learn to maintain the desired temperature in the houses, but some "experts" claim that the temperature is regulated in the basement "itself-is" and always constant.
This is not true. Basements are also subject to changes in temperature, as well as the living space of the house, so you need to insulate a basement.
What - to answer further.
The second myth - concrete block fell asleep and sleep well:
Many believe that the expanded clay - a simple solution for the thermal insulation of the floor, but this is not true because:
- due to the porous structure of expanded clay adsorbs (absorbs) as the moisture from the air into the basement, and of the soil. For this reason, before warming the floor expanded clay sealing arrangement is required, often fusing and costly. So, with expanded clay you save on a heater, but spends its waterproofing. Ineffective.
- Insulating properties of expanded clay is much lower than other heaters: so, to insulate the floor in the middle lane Russia keramzita need to fill as many as 155 centimeters! Just think: the house to be energy efficient in your basement you need to build a swimming pool with a depth of 1.5 meters expanded clay!
Thus, the insulation of expanded clay at the moment is an inefficient and expensive means and waterproofing technology of expanded clay and failure to do will bring out all your efforts.
What insulation is best to choose?
For a proper choice of insulation is recommended to study the following:
- liquid polystyrene
- thermoplastic panels
- penofol
- ecowool
- Styrofoam