Bathroom insulation

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

Selection of material

Cold in the bathroom and increased humidity - quite common phenomena. Especially if the room is from the side of the entrance. To avoid this, you need to carefully think through the insulation of the bathroom. And, first of all, it is necessary to accommodately approach the choice of material.

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

1. Mineral wool. Mineral fibers, of which this material consists, paste air through the heat insulating layer. And, it means that condensate will not be formed on the wall and the ceiling of the room.
2. Styrofoam. One of the most frequently used insulation. He keeps warm and pushes moisture. Of the main disadvantages, it is possible to single out that the foam is poorly misses the pairs, and it means that condensate will accumulate under the heat insulation layer, which leads to the appearance of mold, fungus and the destruction of the walls.
3. Polyurethan. The material is durable, vapor permanent, moisture-resistant and refractory. Due to its low weight, it does not give extra load on the ceiling and walls. It can be sprayed on any surface, it is well connected to the surface.

Wall insulation bathroom

The insulation for the walls and the ceiling can perform a foam, which does not absorb moisture. When insulating the bathroom from the inside, it should be borne in mind that any material makes the room area less.

To insulate the walls need to perform several stages:

1. Clean the wall from finishing material and plaster and apply a drug that will prevent the appearance of fungus.
2. The foam is glued to the foam and applied to the wall, we are slightly pressed so that the material is glued.
3. Top of the foam glue moisture-resistant plasterboard.
4. Ceramic tiles or any other finishing material are placed on plasterboard. Tile most often used for the bathroom, as it does not miss moisture.

There is another version of the insulation of the walls:

1. Make a metal frame from a sample profile for GKC.
2. Put instead in two layers.
3. Top to tighten the isospan.
4. Put in two layers moisture-resistant plasterboard.
5. Perform finishing works.

In order for the bathroom to be warm, good ventilation is also important, which will output steam outside. This design also needs insulation. For this purpose, a special lattice with a fan is installed on the ventilation holes, it pulls steam from the room and at the same time the cold air does not penetrate inside.

You should not forget about the mine of the sewage, it also needs to be inspired, since it penetrates into the area of \u200b\u200bdrafts.

Ceiling insulation in the bathroom

The ceiling in the bathroom, like the walls, needs insulation. Because a large part of moisture accumulates on it, and, it means that the mold is formed primarily. And in order to avoid this, you need to perform a number of works:

1. It is necessary to start work with the cleaning of an old coating.
2. Treat ceiling by antifungal gel.
3. Apply the plaster on the ceiling.
4. Attach the insulation. He will not only eliminate the condensate, but also serve as a good sound insulator.
5. On top of a heater to put the finishing material, the most commonly used plastics, but also popular are the ceilings.

Warming of the floor in the bathroom

After you select the appropriate insulation for the floor, you can begin to work:

1. Move out of the room all that can be removed, the floor should be free.
2. Remove old coating. Incidentally, the heater can be put on top and tile, but then the room will be less.
3. Align the concrete base.
4. Put insulation.
5. On top of a heater to put a couple of layers of vapor barrier material.
6. Make a grid of reinforced screed. Along the perimeter of the room to walk foam to buckle does not touch directly to the walls. In this way it is possible to avoid temperature gradients and cracks.
7. Once the screed has dried thoroughly, put a new foundation, for example, linoleum or tile.

If you insulate the floor in such a way that the bathroom will never be damp.

The system "warm floor"

Most often, the bathroom floor is lined with ceramic tiles. And if the summer on it comfortable to walk in the cold is better to think of the city of warmth for feet. To do this, we come up with a system of "warm floor". It consists of heating mats. They are sold in different sizes. Further embodiment of the electric floor heating, there is heating using hot water. This embodiment is cheaper, but is not always available due to the fact that the quality of cleaning a plumbing system low. Therefore, often resort to electric warm floor in the bathroom.

The electric field is not self-heating, but only the application to the central heating system.

To spend in the bathroom floor heating is necessary to perform the following steps:

1. You need to prepare a strong foundation, it must be dry. Can approach the old floor in the room, but if it is uneven or damaged, you will need to re-lay the cement screed.
2. Secure electric mats on the ground.
3. On each mat has two wires to 4 meters in length, they are connected to the mains voltage of 220 V. This should be remembered, putting mats on the floor.
4. Top lay linoleum.

The system can be programmed at any temperature, as it can operate with intervals.

The advantages of floor heating are:

• low installation costs;
• independence of operation of the central heating;
• long service life;
• a slight increase in thickness of the floor as opposed to the water heating system.

All work on warming the floor simple, they can hold their own and, thus, save on construction work. And, most importantly, - be sure that the quality of the work carried out and is now in the bathroom will be warm.