Using Penoplex under the floor screed

Laying Penoplex under the floor screed classical way

There are several floor bases which can insulate via Penoplex. No significant differences on that stacked plates heater. The main point here is the need for waterproofing under penoplex. This applies to any type of base. Plates themselves can be stacked without fixing or attaching with an adhesive or special screws with plastic washers. The joints between the slabs glued, zapenivayut with foam or insulating tape.

In any case, under the floor screed penoplex should be smooth, dense and shelter film vapor barrier. This rule applies to any method of creating insulated floor. Classical concrete screed is flattened and solidified mixture of cement, sand and plasticizers. The more the brand of cement, the stronger will tie. Most often used for these purposes Portland cement brand M400. In order to

strainer It received exactly you need to follow certain rules. It is best to work together to produce. One person kneads the solution, and the second provides the basic steps.

Then, when the plate is stacked Penoplex membrane vapor barrier, you must take care of the points of contact of concrete and the lower parts of the walls around the perimeter of the room. They need to be isolated. To do this, take a strip of foamed polyethylene and it is placed along the walls to overlap them in the form of angle. Polyethylene should be greater than the planned thickness of the screed. As a rule, take 12 - 15 cm.

Useful advice!The film is better to lay down the walls, you can put on them a primer. This will improve the adhesion between the materials.

When the heater, steam waterproofing bottom and walls are fully prepared, it is possible to start the work. The solution was kneaded in a bucket or other suitable container. Do it comfortably by a drill with a paddle. If it is possible to install in the house a small cement mixer, it will be even better. Work on filling start to produce after the floor leveling install beacons. This is done using a simple hydraulic or level. Pour the solution begins with the farthest corner. When the first batch of the solution is poured on the floor level a shovel, then it is placed reinforcing mesh. It will not allow the screed to crack. Only then the next layer is poured.

Fill produced between the guide beacons in one, so that with the help of rules was convenient to align the solution for them. All the steps are repeated as long as not completely be covered with a solution of the entire room. The thickness of the screed must be from 5 to 10 cm. It depends on what kind of load is supposed to give to the floor of this room in the future. Inside the screed can be placed design elements of "warm floor" system.

Useful advice!When work on laying Penoplex under the screed flooring and grout should be walking in soft shoes. This is to prevent accidental damage to the material.

When all the work has been completed, it is necessary for 3 days periodically watered screed water. This will allow more cement to cure and achieve best hardness without cracking. After that, it is recommended to wait a few more days to cement finally turned into solid concrete, which can only be broken hammer.

After complete hardening of concrete can begin the installation of the finish flooring. It can be absolutely anything: parquet, laminate, linoleum, or even ultra-modern 3D floor filler.

Thermal insulation of the floor leveling Penoplex using mixtures

To elaborate on this case take the example of a concrete base. If the flat is not located on the first floor of the building, the insulation thickness may be less than 5 cm. This is quite enough. Before the start of major works on laying Penoplex under the floor screed produce full dismantling the old coating. If cement was then removed and it with the gun. Then floor slabs free from dirt and dust, close up all the bumps and holes from zapenivayut utilities.

When the base is prepared, then it is placed Penoplex plates, which are better to stick to the adhesive composition. The joints between the boards, too glued. Then the insulation film placed at the perimeter of the walls at junctions stacked tape of polyethylene foam and prepare a solution.

Self-leveling solutions do not require further action by the person on their alignment. It is only necessary to gently distribute a mixture of a spiked roller over the entire surface. She will be spread by gravity and will flood the entire surface of the thin layer plates Penoplex. A mixture according to instructions. After casting, must wait a few hours until the solution polymerizes and hardens to such an extent that it will be possible to stack topcoat.

Useful advice! If you plan to arrange a floor screed leveling using mixtures, it is necessary to know the thickness of such a coating may be only 1 - 2 cm. Therefore, when creating the whole "pie" of sex you need to correctly calculate at what level will be in the final coating.

Using Penoplex under the floor screed solves two critical issues: surface leveling and floor insulation. Both of them successfully solved. A particularly smooth coating obtained using self-leveling floor. In addition, due to the small thickness, it turns out even easier.

Penoplex under the floor screed (video)