Many owners of not very large apartments often have a desire to combine a room with a loggia or make a study or a nursery from it. In this case, they are faced with the question of warming this room. But to insulate the walls and install quality double-glazed windows is often not enough. The main source of cold on the balcony is the floor.
How to insulate the floor on the balcony?
Before you begin to purchase a heater and directly to the process of its installation, you need to determine the material that will serve as a heat insulator. And in order that the final result does not disappoint, you need to carefully consider the choice of insulation. Of course, everyone wants this material to meet certain requirements: reliability, durability, efficiency and safety. Let's look at which of the most popular heaters today have the above qualities:
- Penoplex has unique thermal insulation properties. Also, the advantages of this material include high strength, durability, resistance to decay, absolute chemical inertness, ease and ease of installation. In addition, the insulation of the floor on the loggia is exactly the penokleksom recommended because of the very low water absorption of this heat insulator. However, this material is the most expensive of all heaters.
- Polyfoam has long won the construction market due to its cheapness. The insulation of the floor on the loggia with foam plastic is very effective, due to the qualities of this heat insulator, such as: stability, resistance to moisture, environmental safety and durability (its service life exceeds 40 years). But this material has a low level of sound insulation and requires protection from rodents.
- Styrofoam in addition to advantages - rigidity, density, high level of thermal insulation and low vapor permeability, has also very serious drawbacks. The main ones are the slight inflammability of the material and the special predilection for rodents. Therefore, the insulation of the floor on the loggia with expanded polystyrene should be carried out in strict accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
- Expanded clay is a very reliable and time-tested insulation. It is resistant to mold and fungus, not flammable, durable, durable, resistant to moisture and low temperatures, safe and not interesting for rodents. However, high-quality insulation of the floor on the loggia with expanded clay will require a layer of material not less than 30 cm high.
As a result, to answer the question, which floor is better on the loggia, is quite difficult. Because everyone should choose independently on the basis of their own financial capabilities, constructive features of the loggia and, of course, depending on the final destination of the room.