Is it getting colder outside, but is it not much warmer in your apartment? In winter, warm pajamas and two blankets do not save you from chills in bed? This says one thing: you need to insulate your home. And you can do it yourself.
You can increase the heat transfer of the heating batteries yourself
So, you’ve decided to warm up. Where to begin? Someone will follow the path that seems the easiest to him: he will find the masters according to the announcement and pay for their work. It’s better for professionals to know how to insulate an apartment. However, it is not a fact that you will immediately come across real professionals. And why pay too much if you can get down to business yourself?
First of all, let’s find out the main sources of cold penetration into the home.
Cold can be caused by:
- Windows with cracks;
- The floor under which the basement is located (a common problem in private houses and apartments on the ground floor);
- Thin street walls;
- Rejection of door installation (cracks in the opening are not foamed);
- A ceiling that lets the cold in from the attic.
Action plan
- We start the insulation from the windows: either we replace the old wooden ones with plastic ones, or we glue the cracks in the old fashioned way.
- Next stage. How to insulate walls? You can cover the cold wall with special insulating cork plates. If natural cork panels are too expensive for you, choose a more budgetary synthetic insulation. Read the instructions and you will understand: do-it-yourself wall insulation is easy! After all, you can find videos on the Internet on the topic of wall insulation.
- The same synthetic insulation is used to cover floors and to eliminate cold waves from ceilings – you will find the brand that suits you in a building materials store.
- To insulate the ceiling, eliminate the draft in the attic and lay the floor of the attic with mineral wool.
- Check the perimeter of the front door with your palm. Is it blowing? So, eliminate the cracks with foam from the spray can.
- You can also increase the heat dissipation of the battery by gluing a foil shield to the wall behind it. May it always be warm in your home!