Warming the balcony with your own hands and glazing

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  • 1 Insulation of the balcony with foam blocks
  • 2 Glazing of the balcony( balcony)

Warming the balcony with your own hands and glazing Photo If your apartment has a loggia, then this is a huge plus. An unprepossessing outward concrete pavement with a trellised fence is an accurate description of most balconies. To fix this state of affairs, it will be necessary to glaze the balcony and insulate, it is possible to do this with their own hands. At the end of all the works you will have a kind of "pantry" where you can put a vacuum cleaner that hinders everyone in the room or other household items. .. Simply put, we will consider the option of turning the loggia into a small and useful piece of apartment. .. By the way, we considered a way to expand the kitchen fora balcony account, a very interesting option.

Insulation of the balcony with foam blocks

Do not immediately rush to buy windows. First, decide on what they will be put. Naturally, on the parapet. It is necessary to remove all gratings and other metal fences and to prepare a platform for laying the parapet. Brick - perhaps, the worst and bad material for construction on the balcony. It is too heavy( especially red), and it is impossible to lie "sideways" in height more than a meter. Otherwise, you will lose precious square decimeters of the balcony area. Ideally suitable foam blocks with a width of up to ten centimeters. The main advantage of foam concrete is bubble, that is lightness and increased strength. The external properties of foam blocks are lower than those of bricks, so the parapet outside can be paneled, tin-plated, yes anything. ..

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Glazing of the loggia( balcony)

After finishing the concrete and masonry works, you will notice how your loggia has gradually turned into a mini-room. However, we still have to make interior decoration and, most importantly, install the window. Choosing window designs, many look at the cheapness of aluminum and wooden options. This is wrong, because for the balcony the heat capacity is important, which PVC windows will provide in full.

After installing the window and sealing all the seams, you can do warming from the inside. Decide on the climatic features of your latitude. If the winters are cold, then heating is done under the upholstery. It can be electronic and steam( connected to heating).You can make insulation with mineral wool or some other fiber. It's clear that the upholstery lies on the upholstery. If initially in your plans were not upholstered panels, then know that the plaster is not the best heat insulator. Conducting a radiator on the balcony will result in a strong condensation and may lead to increased moisture formation throughout the apartment. Alternatively, you can install a warm floor.

The most accurate solution for self-insulating and improving the balcony, you can pick up after a thorough analysis of all the materials offered. In the following articles, we will deal with this issue in more detail.

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