How to glaze and insulate the balcony

How to glaze and insulate the balcony? This question is asked by many apartment owners. The answer to this question largely depends on the result that the owner would like to receive. After all, the insulation, as well as the glazing of the balcony can be made using different technologies and using different materials.

Heat loss can be affected by many factors that need to be taken into account:

• The side of the light that the balcony faces.
• The material from which the walls of the house are made.
• The intensity of heating in the house.

Before you begin to finish the balcony, you need to glazed the balcony and only then proceed to a range of insulation works. Currently, glazing of balconies is widely used double-glazed windows, a thickness of 3.2 cm. Before glazing the balcony, you must also purchase additional profiles of the expansion type, which are mounted in the upper and side parts. These profiles are subsequently installed thermal insulation and an external finishing layer.

Although the ways of glazing and insulation are different, the preliminary work is still carried out practically according to the same scheme. Before glazing and insulating the balcony, usually lay the parapet, as well as the erection of wall side structures. Usually for these purposes, foam blocks or materials made of ceramic block are used.

Many people think that it's enough to glaze the balcony for warming , but it's not so. Balcony or loggia, the insulation of which was not properly carried out, will not be cold only in the summer. The glazing of the balcony allows you to increase the temperature inside it by only a couple of degrees. To make it really warm, you need to properly produce its thermal insulation. The technology of balcony insulation is impossible without the use of modern extruded and rolled insulators. Such materials include isolon, penofol, penpenix and some other heat insulators. Despite its small thickness, such materials perfectly protect the internal space from the penetration of cold.

I must say, the various technologies of balcony insulation are in many respects similar. Before starting work on thermal insulation, you need to carefully check all available installation seams and treat them with a special foam. Another option involves sealing the seams with a facade sealant.

How to glaze and insulate the balcony so that it is really cozy and warm? The professional scheme of effective insulation implies the use of an extruded penopolix during the work. It is the penoplex that is usually the first layer in the thermal insulation system. This material is mounted directly to the wall structure with special plastic fasteners. Next comes the processing of the joints and seams with mounting foam. A layer of foam foil is placed on top of the peno-plex. This material must be covered with a foil layer inside. Pencil sheets should be laid back to back, and seams should be sealed with a special adhesive tape. As a result, we will get quality heat insulation, which minimizes the heat leakage. How to glaze and insulate the balcony with other modern materials, you can read in the special literature.

It is also important to insulate the floor with a good quality , otherwise the balcony, despite the thermal insulation of the walls, will remain cold. Only after all the work on insulation and glazing are completed, you can proceed to finish the balcony lining or plastic panels.