Warming of the bathroom

The bathroom is such a room in the house that should be warm at any time of the year. Therefore, when making repairs, you need to take care not only about design, but also about insulation. When choosing material for walls and floor, you need to pay attention to their technical characteristics.

The choice of material

Cold in the bathroom and high humidity are quite common phenomena. Especially if the room is located from the entrance. To avoid this, you need to carefully think over the insulation of the bathroom. And, first of all, it is necessary to responsibly approach the choice of material.

For insulation of the bathroom, such materials are most often used:

1. Mineral wool. Mineral fibers of which this material consists of, pass the air through the thermal insulation layer. And, therefore, condensation will not form on the wall and ceiling of the room.
2. Foam. One of the most frequently used insulation. It retains heat well and repels moisture. Of the main disadvantages, one can distinguish that the foam does not pass the steam poorly, which means that condensation will accumulate under the thermal insulation layer, which leads to the appearance of mold, fungus and the destruction of the walls.
3. Poliuretan foam. The material is durable, vapor permeable, moisture resistant and refractory. Due to the low weight, it does not give additional load on the ceiling and walls. It can be sprayed to any surface, it is well connected to the surface.

Bathroom wall insulation

A foam that does not absorb moisture can act as a heater for walls and ceiling. When warming the bathroom from the inside, it should be borne in mind that any material makes the area of \u200b\u200bthe room less.

To insulate the walls, you need to perform several stages:

1. Clean the wall of the finishing material and plaster and apply the drug that will prevent the appearance of the fungus.
2. Glue is applied to the foam and applied to the wall, slightly pressed so that the material sticks.
3. Moving -resistant drywall is glued on top of the foam.
4. Ceramic tiles or any other finishing material are placed on drywall. Tiles are most often used for the bathroom, as it does not pass moisture.

There is another option for wall insulation:

1. Make a metal frame from a prostent profile for GCL.
2. Put you warm in two layers.
3. Tighten the isopan on top.
4. Stick in two layers, moisture resistant drywall.
5. Perform finishing work.

In order for the bathroom to be warm, good ventilation is also important, which will remove the steam outward. This design also needs insulation. To do this, a special grill with a fan is installed on the ventilation holes, it pulls steam out of the room and at the same time cold air does not penetrate inside.

Do not forget about the sewer mine, it also needs to be insulated, since through it the draft penetrates into the room.

Ceiling insulation in the bathroom

The ceiling in the bathroom, like walls, needs insulation. Because most of the moisture accumulates on it, which means that it is here that mold is formed. And in order to avoid this, you need to perform a number of work:

1. You need to start work with the cleaning of the old coating.
2. Process the ceiling with an antifungal gel.
3. Apply putty to the ceiling.
4. Attach the insulation. He will not only eliminate condensate, but also serve as a good sound insulator.
5. On top of the insulation, put the finishing material, most often use plastic, but stretch ceilings are also in demand.

Floor insulation in the bathroom

After you choose the right floor insulation, you can start work:

1. Take out of the room everything that can be removed, the floor should be free.
2. Remove the old coating. By the way, the insulation can be placed on top of the tile, but then the room will become smaller.
3. Lease concrete base.
4. Put the insulation.
5. On top of the insulation, put a couple of layers of vapor barrier material.
6. Make a screed from a reinforced mesh. There is a foam around the perimeter, so that the screed does not touch directly to the walls. In this way, temperature and cracks can be avoided.
7. After the screed thoroughly dries, put a new base, for example, linoleum or tiles.

If the floor is insulated in this way, then in the bathroom it will never be damp.

Warm Paul system

Most often, the floor in the bathroom is faced with ceramic tiles. And if in the summer it is comfortable to walk on it, then in the cold time of the city it is better to take care of the warmth of the legs. To do this, they came up with the "warm floor" system. It consists of heating mats. They are sold in different sizes. In addition to the electrical version of the floor heating, there is still heating with hot water. This option is cheaper, but not always available due to the fact that the quality of cleaning in the water supply system is low. Therefore, most often they resort to an electric warm floor in the bathroom.

The electric floor is not an independent heating system, but only by the application to the central heating system.

To spend a warm floor in the bathroom, you need to complete several stages:

1. It is necessary to prepare a strong base, it must be dry. The old floor in the room may come, if it is uneven or damaged, then you need to re -lay the cement screed.
2. Fix the electric mats on the basis.
3. On each mat there are two wires 4 m long, they are connected to an electric network with a voltage of 220 V. You need to remember this, laying the mats on the floor.
4. Put linoleum on top.

The system can be programmed for any temperature, it can also work at intervals.

The advantages of the warm floor are considered:

• low cost of installation work;
• independence from the work of central heating;
• long life;
• a slight increase in the thickness of the floor, unlike the water heating system.

All work on insulation of the floor is simple, they can be carried out independently and, thus, save on construction work. And, most importantly, to be sure that the work is performed efficiently and now the bathroom will be warm.