Often, owners of city apartments want to use a balcony or loggia as an additional living area. An ideal solution for the implementation of this idea in life will be the insulation and glazing of the balcony or loggia.
These measures will significantly reduce heat loss, and also protect the room from dust and street noise.
It is quite difficult to improve the loggia yourself, so it will be better to entrust this work to experienced specialists. Having resorted to the services of experts, you will protect yourself from unnecessary worries, errors and unnecessary expenses, and the result of cooperation will be a warm and comfortable loggia.
The first thing to do is to glaze a loggia (balcony). Warm PVC windows are used for this. Today, many specialized systems are represented on the Russian market, but it is better to stop the choice on time -tested firms. For example, plastic windows of the KVE brand (Germany) or Exprof (Russia). Produce these specialized systems in Russia under a license, part is delivered from Germany directly. Double -glazed window in window structures must be two -chamber. Its minimum thickness 32 mm. When placing an order for glazing, purchase at the same time expansion profiles. They will be needed for the installation of insulation and finishes, since on a glazed but not insulated loggia it will only be slightly warmer than on the street. Everything should be insulated: side walls, floor, ceiling, parapet.
The most popular is perhaps the technology of insulation, in which the SIP panels, or the PVC sandwich panels are used, a small thickness and heat-saving characteristics of which make these materials indispensable when insulated with small spaces. The other advantages of these materials include their slight weight ease of assembly and affordable prices.
It is best to insulate the floor of the loggia with warm electric floors, the installation of the heating element in which is produced under a laminate or parquet.
The advantages of this system are that the floor can be used immediately after installation, the installation will take no more than a day. Also, these floors can be mounted at minus temperature.
Thanks to warm electric floors, the air temperature on the loggia will be constant. It is enough to set the desired temperature, the rest is the task of modern thermostats provided in electric floors.
