How to make your apartment much warmer in a couple of hours

As soon as the cold weather sets in, we start complaining about the heating. They take a lot of money for the service, but little sense. The reason is most likely not that utilities do not work well, but that there is too much heat loss in your home. And this can be corrected in literally a couple of hours if you know where to look for these losses. Let's see how to insulate an apartment quickly and efficiently, and preferably inexpensively.

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1 Checking the windows
2 We insulate the doors
3 How to keep warm on a balcony or loggia
4 If there is a cold wall
5 We insulate the floors
6 We increase the power of radiators

Checking the windows

The most obvious source of heat loss is window frames. 40 to 50% of the heat can escape through wood frames. There are supporters and opponents of modern plastic double-glazed windows, but both of them agree that these windows are airtight. And tightness means that not only will there not be blowing, but also the temperature in the room will not drop.

How to keep warm in an apartment — Do not forget that the plastic frames have a winter-summer mode, that is, the adjustment makes the closing in the cold season more tight

It is very easy to insulate windows. If you do not want to "bother" with special insulation, buy at least masking tape. Unlike normal, it does not leave glue marks on the frame.

And it's not just the frame that will help cause the temperature to drop. The glass in the window also "works for Santa Claus." If you have an inexpensive double-glazed window, you can insulate it with a heat-saving film, which is sold in hardware stores. If you did not find this film - use the "pemphigus". Not very aesthetically pleasing, but it will get much warmer.

But the remnants of the reflective film that you pasted in the summer must be urgently removed, it does not allow the room to warm up

We insulate the doors

Another "gate" for the cold is doors, especially entrance doors. Can pass through the cracks in the box.

Here a can of construction foam will help you if the gaps are large, or a sealing tape if thin

At the entrance, many are installed steel doors. If you save money when installing on insulation, then this door will become a source of cold. Insulate it in any way you can: stick on a foil film, or at least paint it with heat-insulating paint.

How to keep warm on a balcony or loggia

Glazing is a great way keep warm on the balcony. But even in the presence of glazed frames, it can be cold here.

You need to insulate the lower part with expanded polystyrene or any other material available to you, and seal the windows with the same masking tape

If the balcony is not glazed, carefully insulate the balcony door as described above.

If there is a cold wall

This problem usually occurs in corner apartments. Internal walls are rarely cold, but external ones are always a source of heat loss. In general, work is carried out outside for competent insulation, but in apartments on the third floor and above this is problematic. We'll have to insulate from the inside.

Even a carpet hung on a cold wall can be used as insulation. Nowadays, carpets on the walls, of course, are not a fashionable trend, but it is better to be unfashionable than to always have a cold.

There are also more modern materials for quick insulation, for example, cork wallpaper on a self-adhesive base.

We insulate the floors

Carpet is a great way to quickly fix cold floors. For greater effect, you can lay a thin penoizol under it.

By the way, as an additional source of heat, you can purchase a mobile warm floor - this is an infrared mat that will help out a lot on frosty days

We increase the power of radiators

Another easy way to add warmth to any room. Just attach the foil insulation to the wall behind the radiator. He will direct all the heat into the room, and the radiator will stop heating the wall.

How else can you increase the heat transfer of heating batteries - in this video:

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