Wooden window designs provide a good indoor climate. Due to the natural properties of wood air does not stay in the room, and circulates freely and makes it easy to breathe inside the house.
A significant problem in wooden windows is their inability to retain heat inside the house. In this they are inferior plastic counterparts. How to insulate wooden windows to create a cozy and comfortable atmosphere in the room, and we consider in this material.
Features thermal insulation of windows
Before starting work, should explore all the places of possible contact of cold air into the room. Insulate only one portion, it is difficult to achieve increase of housing comfort. Therefore, the beginning of winter should be evaluated all the elements of the window construction:
- jumpers over the windows;
- slopes;
- window sills;
- window frames.
Jumpers can insulate the outside of the house. To this end, over their entire length to the wall construction is glued foam strip. Insulated jumpers and inside. But for this room will have to construct a decorative box, which makes the job of warming longer and increases its cost.
Another reason for getting cool air into the room are slopes. If the windows are installed correctly, the gap between the wall and the window of a minor. Through these slots the heat leakage occurs and must be repaired.
In addition to the slopes should be evaluated and the sill. This element has received little attention, although the heat-third of the rooms goes right through it. May be several reasons:
- foaming incorrectly made during installation;
- beginning crumble masonry cement-sand and there were large cracks.
Warm windowsill should be outside strips of foam. Their installation can be carried out with their hands in the spring or early fall.
Choosing the right material
How to properly insulate and the clear answer is rather difficult in a wooden house, plastic windows. The choice affects the state of the window frames, the value of the slots, and the financial possibilities of the owner.
Some insulation materials are used for one season, others a longer period - up to three - five years.
The use of foam insulation in windows
Foam serves the most popular material in the insulation of old windows made of wood. It is used for gapping wings to the frame or the appearance of it large gaps. In order to warm the air in the apartment did not go out on the perimeter of the wooden frames glued foam self-adhesive base.
At the top of the frame may appear small size of the gap. For their sealing is better to use paper tape. It is easy to remove later. With warming tape is removed and the foam remain for the next season. It can be re-used for insulating window frames.
Foam adhesive on the basis of
Foam in a simple manner can serve no more than two seasons. After which it is destroyed and deformed.
Along with the foam for insulation cracks in the windows used sealing rubber cords. They are pressed into the grooves of the valves. With such grooved insulation achieved premises tightness and decreases the noise level from the outside. Packing cords do not have to change every season, they will last a long enough period. To install a router cut grooves on the perimeter of the frame, and which is pressed into the seal.
Heat film
Quite popular in the insulation of the openings becomes a new material - energy-saving film. It is transparent, has a self-adhesive base and is used to retain heat in winter and cool in the house during the summer.
Insulated by this method as the old wooden windows, and metal and plastic construction. Glued film passes inside rooms sufficient amount of sunlight. In this prevents the ingress of cold air mass. It is glued to the entire surface of the window opening. Using the heat-saving film can save up to 60% of the heat in the room.
Polyurethane foam
Scope material - large cracks insulation between the slopes and the substrate or under construction window sill. The method is quite effective, but has a small flaw - a spoiled view window.
The technology works with construction foam provides the following works:
- The entire length of the window frame is removed the remains of the old foam and paint.
- Cleaned surface primed slopes.
- Blown formed slots and recesses with foam. With their large sizes placed inside small pieces of foam. Its edges should not go outside.
- After curing, the foam is cut and render over the surface of the slope. When used for warming slope only foam, it is closed polymer network and also render over.
- Dried plaster primed and painted.
External insulation of windows is carried out at temperatures of plus (+ 5 ° C and above). At lower ambient temperatures deteriorates the technical properties of the foam and putty mixtures.
Putty used in the insulation of windows and make your own. It is used instead of foam. Mix stucco and chalk (in the ratio 2: 1) with addition of small amounts of water. Such a mixture is not allocated on the surface of the window, and will carry out the main purpose - to keep the heat in the rooms.
There are new materials in many respects superior to the old "antiquated" ways and very different in their value. These products include various kinds of seals.
Working with seals
The advantage of this method - the ability to ventilate the room in winter. The window can be freely opened and closed. The tubular seal, thanks to its sticky base, glued to the inside of the frame and the sash does not interfere with the further operation.
The service life of the seals up to five years. There are several types of them, depending on the material used:
- foam;
- PVC;
- rubber;
- polyurethane;
To establish seals should be at a temperature of + 10 ° C, for example, in spring or early autumn. In winter, it is not recommended to carry out this work. Rubber products can be based on self-adhesive or require the use of special glue.
By purchasing this material, you should pay attention to the types of seal:
- E - for a small and insignificant gaps;
- P - for the average size of the slits;
- D - for insulation of large gaps.
The work itself to attaching the seal to the wooden frames of the windows - a rather time-consuming process, so you have pretty tricky.
For work, many homeowners choose PVC or PVC products. For some characteristics are better than rubber, are frost resistant, are not subject to deformation and severe frosts do not break.
Unlike PVC gaskets, rubber tubes are more durable and better fit exactly with wooden windows designs because both materials are ecologically safe. Choose to work should be milder types of rubber seal.
How warm the old wooden windows for the winter seal and do it right? To begin to explore the works of technology. The important point is the bonding material on the window frames. Easier to work with seals self-adhesive base. But we need to keep track of their shelf-life. When the time expires the product quality will be difficult to glue because of the deterioration is adhesive base. The shelf life of the seal is large enough. It is therefore preferable to choose and pick up a rubber material quality fresh glue for him.
Working with rubber seals for wooden windows is as follows:
- First sealed with sealant all the cracks, gaps, and chipped surface of the frame. In the normal state of the window frame and sash skip this procedure.
- Then clean the surface dirt.
- Taking a clean and dry cloth, carefully pasted over with a rubber band box along its entire length. Hang the heater should be smooth. This will help to avoid problems with the opening of the valves in the winter.
Other insulation methods
Other methods include the use of insulation paper, cotton wool and replacement glazing beads to blur the gaps with sealant.
The use of paper - this is the easiest method of rapid warming of wooden structures windows. The cost of such work is low. Aesthetically, this option does not look very good, but its effectiveness is undeniable.
Preparing paper from old putty shredded newspaper, soaked in water, with the addition of two parts of crushed chalk. The resulting mass is embedded in the slit windows. It is plastic, so close even small cracks. Use any flat suitable tool, be it a knife, screwdriver, ruler.
Close the window putty paper tape or special paper for pasting. Is bonded directly with the embedded putty slit. When warm weather resistant, they are removed, and trace residues rinsed with lukewarm water. Remove material should be careful, because with it you may damage the decorative cover frames and sashes. Paper putty can replace the use of wool.
If you use the following work is carried out for warming the sealant. After removing old glazing beads of the frame, seat flaps cleaned from dirt and ink residues. Apply a new layer of sealant or putty specially prepared for windows. After it dries mounted on window frames, new glazing beads.
Sealant (acrylic or silicone) blow out the gaps between the window frame and sill or wall. A putty treated gap between the frame and the glass.
