For centuries in Rus’, people built log houses. For centuries have passed, but the tree is still in great demand, because it is the warmest building materials for the construction of housing. If, for some reason, in a wooden house in the winter season it is cold, it is necessary to insulate it. And for the material costs to be small, and everything turned out flawlessly, this article will help.
Nowadays, houses from a profiled timber and from a looped log are crammed. The latest methods used to increase the strength of the structure and its thermal insulation qualities, due to the very dense fitting of processed building materials.
If the house has been built for a long time, and ordinary logs served as building materials, there will be only one way out – insulation.
The most cold in the house is the floor, therefore, at first, it is necessary to eliminate all the available cracks. Then heat it with polystyrene foam, plywood sheets are placed on top, I can also use OBS slabs, and in the end, cover with linoleum or laminate. If after that nothing has changed towards warming, you need to warm the whole house from the inside.
Most of all the house loses heat due to old windows. They need to be replaced with new ones with double -glazed windows, and if it is not affordable homeowner, then you can try, and overhaul the old. Glass must be put on a window putty, or applied silicone sealant for this. Then sequent or pump the gaps between the wall of the house and the window frame, and also do not forget at the site of the window sill mount. For this purpose, you can purchase an installation foam.
In a wooden house built for a long time, logs can be sighed with time or swell, so the formation in the walls of the cracks and holes will be inevitable. You can find them in foggy places and blowing cold air. Found cracks can be plugged with bags or blew with the help of mounting foam. After the end of the interior of the inner cracks, the same thing is to do outside.
It is difficult to warm the ceiling, so the easiest solution would be to warm it from the attic by mineral wool. For a good result, you need to put a layer of cotton wool about 15 cm. It can be covered with plywood or some other material on top, but, the main thing is that it be covered, otherwise, the flying fibers of the mineral wool can cause respiratory disease.
After all the measures taken on the insulation of the dwelling, on frosty days the house will be comfortable and warm.
