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- 1 External insulation
- 2 Internal insulation
When apartment tenants are going to make their balcony or loggia insulated, the question arises about savings and potential costs. Insulation is always a complex measure, within the framework of which you need to select insulation separately for the walls, separately insulate the floor and ceiling.
Maximum insulation of the balcony
Often, at the same time, the area of the balcony itself is significantly reduced, because heaters are laid in layers from 10 cm, and even if you choose the cheapest consumables and heaters, the amount will come out pretty impressive.
External insulation
When the ceiling of the balcony is the floor of the neighbors, or the floor is the ceiling for the neighbors, or the side walls touch, you can always agree and make insulation together outside.
External insulation of the balcony. Photo: tgorlovka.com
Thus, you can significantly save space inside the balcony, there will be no dirty repair work inside the room. If the frontal fencing of all neighboring balconies is insulated, one large insulated zone is obtained.
If, it turns out, insulation is done only vertically, and additional costs are required on the left and right, then even in this case the savings will be quite tangible.
Some may argue that outdoor insulation is always a challenge to the appropriate craftsmen, whose services are quite expensive. But if you consider that several tenants will be thrown off, in the end the amount will turn out for each individual apartment is not so big. In this case, foam is used as insulation, which is quite cheap, and it is insulated rather quickly.
Internal insulation
If internal wall insulation is required, it will be cheapest to use foam and 2 - 3 cm thick. In this case, much more money will be spent on glue for this material than on the insulation itself.
Internal insulation of the balcony. Photo: tgorlovka.com
The paneling can be attached directly to the insulation, saving valuable space. For the floor, extruded polystyrene foam of 3 - 4 cm or the same volume of foam is useful.
On top, you can put a cement-bonded chipboard and linoleum or laminate on a substrate. It is better not to use plywood, chipboard and similar materials.
