In comparison with concrete or brick buildings, wooden houses have much more advantages. They are ecological, and besides can be built at any time of the year.
Another positive feature of wooden log houses is low thermal conductivity. But if the surface of the wood is uneven, heat loss can not be avoided. Consequently, many owners of wooden houses are asked how to insulate the timber house. Therefore, in this article we will talk about the use of materials that will help create a safe and warm shelter for you?
What are the house heaters from the timber?
To choose the best option for finishing a wooden building, you need to determine how all the ways out of the house leave. If through walls, windows and doors, then the finish should be external, and if through the floor and ceiling, then the interior.
In this article we will tell you how to insulate the house from the timber from the outside? As an external cladding, facade systems of stone or brick are used . Well, where in this case without isolation materials? As the main filler for home protection use:
- glass wool, it is often used for warming walls from inside the house;
- Mineral wool acts as a non-flammable material and is suitable for finishing all types of walls;
- polyurethane foam, it has a cellular structure and is filled with gas inside. Its convenience consists in the fact that the polyurethane can be either solid or liquid (sprayed from a balonchik on the surface);
- extruded polystyrene foam - it is a moisture-proof insulation for the house made of timber, perfectly suited for outdoor work;
- expanded polystyrene foam is very strong, but less fire resistant material with a low coefficient of conductivity of heat.
How to insulate a house from a bar?
One of the most important requirements in the process of warming wooden buildings is the creation of purges, small through openings that are made along the top and bottom of the wall. Through them, air gets between the layers of insulation, and creates the necessary ventilation. If this rule is neglected, then the tree begins to damp and rot.
So, if you decide to choose a brick as an outer cover, then you need to do the following. First, along the entire structure is laid a heater for the timber, then all of this is covered with a membrane film that protects the insulation from the wind, and the last place is laid out a brick wall with blows at a distance of about 5 cm from the heater.
If you chose a facade system as a house heater from a timber, then all those about which we already spoke will be suitable as thermal insulation materials. This method of protecting the walls is very interesting, because the material can be selected according to your preferences. For example, to trim the house with a coating simulating natural wood (cant timber), siding, blockhouse and other modern systems of composite materials. Let's consider how to warm a house from a bar with the help of mineral wool and siding?
At the first stage, a wooden frame structure is built from the beams or aluminum profiles, which are fastened with self-tapping screws, which can not be corroded. The distance between the beams should correspond to the width of the mineral wool roll, but at the top, it should be a couple of millimeters smaller so that the heater is securely fixed in the installed vertical niches.
After this, on top of the heater for the beam to the partitions is fastened a membrane film, it protects against wind and rain. Then another layer of film is attached, in order to create the necessary air layer. Now you can start to fix the siding, but not tightly enough that in time the coating does not crack or deform. For this you can use a screwdriver and anti-corrosion fasteners.