Many owners of suburban real estate with the arrival of winter are starting to think about how to insulate the floor in a private house and what material is best used for this?
The creation of a comfortable temperature regime in a country house can be divided into several separate components.
In order to ensure that the temperature in the interior of the dwelling corresponds to the norm in the winter season, care must be taken to ensure proper insulation of all its surfaces.
So, special attention should be paid not only to the insulation of the walls and ceiling, but also to the base of the floor, and it is best to think about this moment at the design stage of the house.
If this issue has not been resolved during the construction of the house, then the floor must be insulated as quickly as possible.
As a rule, in a private house there is often either a wooden or concrete floor, each of which should be insulated taking into account the individual characteristics of the coating, using for this purpose certain materials.
In any case, a properly insulated base will allow you to feel comfortable in the house even when the temperature drops below zero.
Contents:
- Basic rules for insulation
- Insulation choice
- Thermal insulation of wooden foundation
Insulation of concrete floor
Basic rules for insulation
In the event that under the foundation of a building underground waters pass at a depth of less than two meters, it is mandatory to take care of the construction of a quality waterproofing layer.
Only after the waterproofing is correctly arranged, the formation of the base is started. Next is the installation of a suitable thermal insulation material.
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You can insulate both concrete and wood floor with foam, mineral wool and claydite.
All work must be done as accurately and in exact accordance with the generally accepted technology.
Do not try to save on materials, because when the cold comes, the work done can not produce an effective result and it will have to be completely reworked.
If during the design and construction of the house for some reason the floor was not insulated or the work was done incorrectly, then the problem should be solved as quickly as possible.
In this case, there are two ways out.
In the first case, you can completely disassemble the floor to the base and then re-install it, only using the appropriate insulation and following the adopted technology.
It should be noted that this is not only inexpedient, but also economically unprofitable.
Solve this problem by laying the insulation over the existing base, but in this case the height of the room will slightly decrease by the amount that the floor rises.
In any case, the insulation of the floor is an important point that can not be ignored in any way.
Choosing a heater
Even at the stage of building your own house, it is recommended to carefully consider the device of the floor in it.
Attention needs to be paid to the formation of both rough and clean foundations and do not try to save on it, since incorrectly laid flooring can lead to serious consequences in the future.
In any case, the mistakes made over time will have to be corrected, and with serious inconveniences and costs.
The principle of base insulation depends on many factors, including the presence of a basement. If it is present, then the work will be more complicated and expensive.
In the event that the basement is not available, you can do the necessary work in a short period of time with your own hands.
Both the wooden and concrete floors are insulated in a similar way, however, certain subtleties and nuances are still present.
Currently, the construction market offers a large selection of building materials that can be used as insulation under a concrete or wooden floor.
Very often the floor in the house is insulated with expanded clay.
This material has good moisture resistance and durability, however its thermal insulation properties are not very effective.
To conduct floor insulation, it is best to use foam or mineral wool.
Both these materials in terms of their characteristics and properties are in no way inferior to expanded clay, but they have a higher thermal conductivity.
Almost any type of foundation can be used to insulate foam with foam, but it is necessary to remember its low ecological compatibility.
At high temperatures it is capable of releasing toxic gases harmful to health.
In turn, mineral wool is devoid of these drawbacks, but it has the property of absorbing moisture, which means that when laying it, you must additionally lay a layer of waterproofing.
Thermal insulation of wooden foundation
Very often private houses are equipped with wooden floors, which have some design features in comparison with other coatings.
Before carrying out the insulation of the base made of wood, it is recommended to check its quality and strength without fail.
For this, it is necessary to carefully remove several boards and make sure that the state of the log is in an acceptable state.
If the construction of such a floor has damaged areas, it is necessary to eliminate all the shortcomings and only then proceed with the insulation.
First of all it is recommended to equip a high-quality waterproofing, for which the entire surface of the base must be densely covered with special material.
For these purposes, it is possible to use a ruberoid or parchment. They spread over the entire surface of the floor, and the joints are sealed with adhesive tape.
After installing the waterproofing layer, it is necessary to equip the frame with a heater. For this purpose, you should use a medium sized wooden beam.
It is seated on nails all over the area of the room, making cells of certain sizes with an equal pitch. Between the lags arranged in this way, the chosen insulation must be laid.
So, the wooden floor can be laid with expanded clay, and can be penokompleksom.
When working with expanded clay it is necessary to monitor the uniformity of its distribution throughout the surface of the substrate, in turn, when laying the foam, it is necessary to treat the joints of the material with a sealant.
Then the surface of the floor is tightly sewn with a clean base. For more information on how to perform the thermal insulation of a wooden floor in a private home, see the video below.
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Insulation of concrete floor
If the floor surface in a private house has a concrete base, then its insulation is carried out on a similar principle, with the exception of some points.
In this case, the insulation technology practically does not differ in any way from the technology of warming the wooden floor, but there are some additions.
As a rule, laying of a finishing floor made of wooden components is carried out in private houses on top of a concrete roughing base.
In this case, a concrete roughing layer must be carefully prepared. To begin with, it should be thoroughly cleaned of dirt and dust, and do it best with a construction vacuum cleaner.
After that, on the concrete floor before laying the insulation, laid out the waterproofing layer. For these purposes, suitable as a roofing paper and a dense polyethylene film, and pergamene.
The material on the floor should be laid with an overlap, while carefully securing the joints. As a result, the floor must be covered with waterproofing material throughout its entire area.
After that, the wooden floor is laid uniformly on the roughing floor and fixed.
In the event that the floor is insulated in the corridor, it is recommended to lay the logs perpendicular to the direction of travel. Further, between the space of the logs, a layer of insulation must be laid.
For these purposes, as in the first case, you can use either claydite or foam.
At the final stage, over the insulation, it is necessary to lay a finishing floor, which can be used for a variety of types of coatings.
For more details on how to insulate the concrete floor in a country house, see the video below.
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You can insulate the floor in a private house not only with foam, claydite or mineral wool. So, very often they equip the floor with electric heating.
This insulation makes it possible to additionally heat the interior of the house, but at the same time the costs for utilities are increasing.
In any case, the insulation should be based on the characteristics of the construction of the foundation of the house, in addition, you should look at the rough floor and its characteristics.
Properly insulated floor in the house is not so difficult, if you comply with the technology and perform work in accordance with generally accepted rules.
