In the vastness of our vast country, not always there is a favorable and temperate climate. And even where there always seemed to be warm winters, with their arrival we observe, to put it mildly, not the conditions we are used to. Winter comes suddenly, it is very severe, with a prickly wind. Our houses do not always turn out to be adapted to such conditions. For a person living above the second floor, winter winds can cause many inconveniences and troubles. Many people think about how to insulate their balcony. After all, a competently insulated balcony is a kind of buffer zone for winter colds. It becomes a guarantee that the apartment will always be warm, in spite of any frosts. Also on such a balcony, in the winter, you can store various products, or use it as a pantry.
Plastic windows first
Of course, first of all, it is necessary to install plastic windows in the rooms of the apartment, as well as to cover the balcony with windows and fittings. For these purposes, it is advisable to use the services of professionals. Now in this sphere of services there are many different offers, so there is a choice in terms of money and quality. It is advisable not to save. It is worth noting that many houses in our cities, one way or another, are already equipped with this material (in most cases the balconies are already closed, with plastic or wood). On the interior decoration and insulation of the balcony, you can use your own strengths without resorting to the services of a master, while saving a certain amount.
Preparing for insulation
Before you start warming the balcony with your own hands, you need to consider many nuances. First of all, you need to clean the balcony, carefully remove the debris, dry, fill the gap with foam (if any). After you can begin to measure the perimeter of the balcony. The standard sizes are usually eighty centimeters wide, three meters twenty centimeters long and two meters sixty and a half centimeters in height. Depending on your measurements, you can calculate the required amount of material and fasteners to it.
Material for insulation of the premises can be purchased on any construction market. To get started, you need to purchase the following: for a balcony of standard sizes - a wooden block, five centimeters by three centimeters (usually sold three meters long) in the amount of twenty-three pieces, fiberboard “DVP” (one of the most optimal building materials intended for these purposes), due to the fact that it contains paraffin and rosin, it is quite moisture resistant. Usually sold in sheets, twenty-five meters by two meters and fifty centimeters, five millimeters wide. It takes two sheets. “Penoplex” insulation or similar, sixty centimeters per hundred and twenty centimeters, the width depends on the height of the bar, in our case it is three centimeters. It will take four sheets.
As fixing material, we use screws, “seeds” on a tree two and a half centimeters and five centimeters, we take screws with a margin. For fastening the ceiling and shelves, we use metal staples (corner) three centimeters long, a wall height one and a half centimeters. We will also need eight meters of “substrate”.
For fast and high-quality work, we will use the following tools: adhesive tape “adhesive tape”, marker, level, saw (electric “bee” can be used), tape measure, drill with a nozzle for screws.
Start mounting
Getting started, on a piece of paper you should draw a simple diagram to have an idea of what, where to fix it. To begin with, we cut the bar according to the size of the floor, taking into account the length and width of the insulation. We make a frame with a crossbar in the middle so that two sheets fit inside. On the floor of the balcony, over the entire surface, a substrate is spread. A frame from a bar is installed on the substrate, it should cover the entire perimeter of the floor. Set by level. Inside the frame, insert the insulation sheets. Once again, measure the width and length of the perimeter of the floor, cut off the fiberboard according to these sizes, fasten it to the frame. Paul is ready.
Next, we take the dimensions of the ceiling, make the exact same frame, fasten the “fiberboard” to it, insert the insulation, tape the substrate. It turned out a finished, but not installed ceiling. We measure the height from our floor to the ceiling, taking into account the frame and the “fiberboard”. For these sizes, cut the bar. We bring the finished ceiling into the room, raise it to the ceiling of the balcony, in the corners, install the cut bar, fasten it with screws using a metal corner. The ceiling is ready.
Thus, we get a design with a finished ceiling, floor and bar, located at the corners of the balcony. Further, having installed a sufficient amount of the bar in height and width, you can proceed to wall cladding with fiberboard sheets. This amount of material is also enough to install a small shelf structure. To carry out such work to warm your balcony, one day is enough. When winter comes with severe frosts, your apartment will be warm and comfortable.
