Balcony is traditionally perceived as a place outside the apartment, where wider access to fresh air: here you can drink coffee, talk "outdoors" with friends. Many use it as a tumble dryer, store temporarily useless things.
Balcony - a multifunctional area apartment
Recently, more practical home use balcony as an additional "sleeping" area, part of a child's room, continued kitchen addition to the interior, which is radically changing the face of premises. If space permits, on the balcony of a Japanese garden is divided with an aquarium.
But for this, apart from the determination, courage, imagination and design is required warming balcony. So he is not just original, but also helpful to the same - a multi-functional. One of the most successful solutions for heating, is to install the air conditioner, for example, household Mitsubishi Electric air conditioners an excellent job with this task.
Materials for thermal insulation
Balcony, despite its location "outside the apartment", is still a part of the home. Therefore, everything that is used for insulation of walls, insulation is also suitable for single of its territory - the balcony.
- Aerated concrete. For example, in the "cold" regions of the aerated concrete blocks are used along the walls. Above them are established modern warm ups. Opportunity and depending on the intended functionality of stacked or insulated floors.
- Styrofoam. Not the best, but the most economical material for insulation - foam. The best of its kinds - extruded polystyrene, which is substantially different from the traditional forms. If it is put on the floor, on a smooth solution, the surface becomes quite tough: the top can safely lay tile, or even laminate or linoleum. You do not need to plywood, for leveling or surface hardening.
- Mineral wool. Mineral wool is not very convenient material for ceiling insulation balcony, because it hygroscopic, "pulls" the moisture, which affects the performance of the product.
Mineral insulation is necessary to separate the heat reflecting membrane of the balcony space.
Related problems in the balcony repairs
During the warming of the balcony, a number of associated problems, which can not be treated with disdain.
- First. Additional heat input to the balcony from the room. Should accurately defined, it will enough from adjacent rooms, or be additionally set or mount a heat source Heated floor. Experts recommend not to complicate further branches of district heating pad work, but to limit the converter heaters with thermostats. It is not always an additional heat source solves the problem of "dew point." "Utopia" it deeper into the wall sometimes helps intelligently thought-out room ventilation system, even without resorting to the device an additional heat source.
- Second. Insulate floors, it is not always possible to avoid the extremes of the room and the balcony floor levels. Here, the additional cost may occur.
- Third. The inhabitants of the upper floors will have to carefully consider the thermal and waterproofing of the roof of the balcony. If possible, install gutter or canopy over the balcony. It is very important functionally, though more expensive price.
- Fourth. Just beforehand, you need to think about lighting and electricity supply in the additional area of the apartment. To him must be taken as to the arrangement, repair and construction of a conventional room.
Related article - insulation inside the walls of the balcony.
We should not get hung up on the implementation of the idea for an idea. Insulated balcony - this is an additional area of living space. But initially he's invented for man out of the enclosed space and contact with nature. You can simply close the regular balcony from the external environment by means of the so-called frameless glazing system. It looks very nice, underneath it warm and cozy.
However, to argue about taste - it hopeless. To choose how best to equip your balcony and implement the idea is always possible without assistance, their own hands.