Have you ever thought about the heating bills? Every year the heating becomes “golden”, but it does not get warmer in the apartment. In private houses different rates, but the bills do not decrease. Most people look for solutions to reduce spending during the heating season.
Someone takes his position and in principle does not pay, someone draws a subsidy or tries to do it. The subsidy is a set of quests and tasks similar to the throes of hell. Not everyone succeeds in getting a subsidy. Therefore, most resort to installing meters in the apartment and home insulation. Moreover, today the prices for facade insulation are very low.
Styrofoam and mineral wool. Pros and cons
Insulation keeps you warm when it’s cold and keeps you warm when it’s hot. In addition to maintaining the internal temperature of the room, insulation has sound-proofing properties.
Among the materials for insulation are the best sellers: mineral wool, basalt wool, polystyrene foam and extruded polystyrene foam.
Mineral wool and basalt wool refers to mineral wool insulation. Mineral wool is produced from rocks at high temperatures.
Mineral wool insulation can be in slabs, rolls, mats. Basalt plates are mainly used for insulation of buildings from outside. To insulate the building inside, mineral wool in rolls is used. Basalt wool is good in that it is a non-flammable material. The fibrous structure contributes to high noise insulation. Mineral wool boards are easy enough to change their shape. Among the disadvantages of basalt boards can be attributed considerable weight.
Basalt insulation is recommended for buildings placed in areas with high noise levels, as well as for buildings with curved contours.
Styrofoam under the influence of moisture does not lose its insulating properties. There may be occasional condensation of water vapor along the thickness, but no adverse effects on the styrofoam. Although it is a polymer, but it does not contain substances harmful to health.
Despite the fact that polystyrene foam is quite light material, it has high rates of strength. Styrofoam boards have low soundproofing properties and low vapor permeability coefficient. Unstable polystyrene foam and to the influence of organic solvents.
The system of insulation from polystyrene boards is most often used in private houses, apartments.
Another advantage of expanded polystyrene boards is its cost. The price for polystyrene foam is lower than that of basalt wool. Styrofoam boards are lighter in weight, as well as easier to transport and store.
And yet insulation is not a bad enough solution. In any case, during the heating season you will feel that you spent the money on. It is better to pay for the actual warmth, not for the actual.
