Insulation housing: materials used for walls, windows and ceilings

If you are doing a work at home or in fact a new house it is necessary to think of the insulators that keep the temperature inside your home and also to isolate you from unnecessary noise. This is the reason why we speak today of those that are the thermal insulation of roofs, walls and windows.

Thermal insulation products are always needed in the house while allowing the temperature not only maintain, but also get the freedom from drafts so we need to strengthen the strategic points to be like walls, ceilings and windows.

Thermal insulation of the roof:

The roof is perhaps one of the first areas that should be protected with a thermal insulator and if we have a good insulator can reduce up to 35% on heating costs. There are several materials that act as a thermal insulator for this field:

- Sheets or rolls. This type of insulation that are placed in the plates are made of mineral fiber, rock wool or fiberglass and will help to further isolate the temperature, we can protect ourselves from the heat and noise. These wools are a very light structure and the insulation are most widely used in the EU, because they are made from natural products, processed through the production process.

- Special paints. Hot environments may have a type of insulation to the roof is made on the basis of a special paint that reflect sunlight and cause the heat is diverted to another point.

- Roofs of grass. Another solution is to have plants or grass on the roof that keeps the cool, which is recommended for homes located in very hot, but we also have to put a moisture insulation.

 

Thermal insulation for the walls:

The isolation we have chosen to isolate the wall should be sufficient to maintain the desired temperature as it can make mistakes and not achieve the desired effect.

- Synthetic Stucco. This type of insulating layers consist of stops between which is inserted a table that is an insulator which is reinforced by a fabric of glass fiber metal and the application of an acrylic water repellent substance. It greatly reduces air infiltration and insulation is one of the newest currently underway.

- Bricks. This type of system is for professionals, as the best of all wall insulation and ensures that the hot or cold air through walls require more dense and heavy. Through the holes is when you get the insulation in summer allows to maintain the fresh and hold heat in the winter.

- Concrete. Concrete has the characteristic that the heat gets concentrated and then distribute it around the house. This case mod with insulating concrete require polyethylene and expanded perlite.

- Plastic Canvas. Recommended to protect the walls from moisture for the installation requires a professional and be included in the material of construction of the wall.

- Isolation of issue. It 'very easy to use and a good choice for insulation. It is a liquid that can be installed with pneumatic equipment by blowing or pouring into the spaces between the beams. Should prevent the insulation reaches the fans that produce heat like halogen lamps, which must be protected to the extent not discharged.

 

Thermal insulation for windows:

- Windows is perhaps the easiest to get when isolate. Suffice to install self-adhesive strips simply fixing windows, preventing passage cold, and the air and heat.

- This type of adhesive strips an expiration date. To change, simply lift the old hot water and clean the area before installing the new one.

 

25/03/2012

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