How to insulate a balcony door of wood and plastic: instruction for each type

We tell how to find a source of drafts and sew the slit, how to insulate the door and slopes.

Before insulation of a wooden balcony door for winter or glass, you need to find a source of cold. It may be space between the box and the inner walls of the opening. The cause of depressurization in this case becomes the penetration of moisture in the layer of mounting foam. Condensate fills its pores, increasing the conductivity. In addition, water destroys the structure and creates favorable conditions for the appearance of mold. Voids are formed with incorrectly performed installation work. Often they appear due to the skew frame, inside which the sash is attached. Causes of deformation are incorrect installation and operation, as well as production marriage. It is possible that leaks arise due to the wear of the seal. It is also necessary to conduct a cloth inspection. The design is a glass-base from PVC, metal or an array, either a trimmed frame of a bar and boards.

Warm the balcony door do it yourself

How to find a source of drafts

How to seal the box with opening

Suitable insulation materials

How to sew plastic door

Instructions for wasolation of wooden canvas

Osolation of slopes and threshold

How to detect a source of draft

In order not to carry out comprehensive repair and do not fulfill an extra work, you need to figure it out, for what channels the cold does inside, and then eliminate them. There are two options.

• Gaps, through which air from the street passes. It is easier to find them easier - you need to bring a thin sheet of paper or match to the surface. The source of the draft is easy to detect and without these devices. Strong influx Hand feels at a distance of several centimeters.
• Cold bridges - plots, easily transmitting temperature. These include large closed cavities, cross-cutting metal fasteners, sections without insulating layers. Bridges creates dampness that impresses the porous and fibrous structure and fills it with emptiness. Such channels are more difficult to find, however, and they make themselves felt. The main sign is a cold and wet surface. In this area, the air cools down, which becomes well noticeable with weak circulation. Condensate accumulates on the coating. Sometimes it leads to the appearance of the characteristic smell and spots of mold.

How to seal the slots between the box and the opening

The frame is attached inside the mounting foam. Material over time can be sprinkled and covered with mold. If he finally came into disrepair, it should be repeated. For warranty repair, you need to contact the company, which has developed a coupon and an outpathed technical passport. Old windows with an expired warranty period is better replaced with new ones.

Designs from boards and bars are checked for defects. Details are repaired and replaced if necessary. All elements must be processed by antiseptic, antipirens, and coated with a layer of varnish that impede moisture penetration into wood fibers. Then the frame is fixed in the opening and its gate.

Sowing parts of the opening are removed. The base is dried and strengthened by primer. As a rule, it does not need to be reinforced with a metal grid. Typically, edges are plastering using plastic "Paintings". Their sizes should accurately comply with the calculated one. The frame will not fit too close the opening, in too much it will be bad to stay. Before heating the balcony door, it is necessary to remove all sizes. Brick and reinforced concrete need to be protected from moisture, so the fresh layer is treated with a primer that does not allow to penetrate the dampness.

If the cream appeared in the installation process or part of the material came into disrepair during operation, the reinstall can not be carried out. Here, everything determines the degree of wear and the volume of foam, unsuitable for further use. The affected areas are cut. The slots are expanded, purified from garbage and dried with a construction hairdryer. The frame is equal to the level, fixed in the correct position, after which they are married.

Mounting foam has open pores. They have great water absorption, so you can not allow their contact with the environment. They should be closed as quickly as possible a vaporizolation membrane. She misses couples only on the one hand, which allows you to dry the inner space in any weather. Top are installed platbands.

In the case when access to the loggia requires repair, the windows have to be sealing. To discover sources of heat loss, it is better to check all the translucent structures in all rooms.

Suitable materials for insulation

Mineral wool

Mineral wool has low conductivity. Available in plates and in the form of amorphous fibers that fill the crate. Products consist of molten minerals that do not support combustion. They possess the highest fire safety class. Mineral wool is absolutely harmless to health. Open fibers need waterproofing. Over time, they seek under the influence of dampness and form emptiness by which the cold penetrates.

Styrofoam

It has high toxicity and highlights styrene harmful to health even at room temperature. It should be fully isolated from contact with the environment. Material is available in plates. Their effectiveness is not much higher than that of mineral fibers. The structure is a conglomerate of balls with polymer thin walls filled with gas. The walls perfectly conduct sound and even enhance it, acting as a resonator. Polyfoam applies to fire-hazardous products. It burns under the influence of an open flame, even after impregnation with antipirens.

Polyurene Foolder

Polyurethane foam (PPU) is a porous mass sprayed from a hand spray. Its advantage is that it does not create cold bridges. Plastic mass fills all the slots. Its surplus is easily cut into a sharp knife. With a large area, the mass is sprayed onto a laminate from a wooden bar. Suitable not only for the canvas, but also for the box. She often prefers, choosing than to insulate a plastic balcony door for the winter. PPU does not emit harmful substances at room temperature. In case of fire, it melts, highlighting carbon monoxide. Efficiency is not inferior to mineral wool medium density plates.

Porolon

Porolon is made in rolls. It is non-toxic, not a fuel and has low conductivity. After a few years, it loses its insulating properties under the influence of moisture and temperature differences.

Polyethylene foamed

Foamed polyethylene is also available in rolls. It has a thickness of about 1 cm. Thanks to the closed inner structure, it is perfect for waterproofing. As an example, you can bring foamophole. It is non-toxic and does not support burning. The sides of the product have a reflective foil coating that improves their protective properties.

How to warm the door from plastic

Before heating the balcony plastic door with their own hands, you should choose the finish for slopes in advance. It should be well combined with a frame in color.

The double-glazed glass is a complex system consisting of profiles, window chambers, seals and internal mechanisms allowing to control the sash. Details are collected in the factory conditions and it is impossible to carry out their overhaul. After such intervention, the buyer loses the right to warranty service. It is better to contact the company that has been guaranteed.

During operation, it is sometimes necessary to adjust the accessories. The density of the fold of the sash and its mobility in the opening depends on its position.

The leaks occur due to the wear of the seal - the rubber band, located around the perimeter of the box. If it is possible to remove it without damaging the base, you will have to select a new seal of the same size. Too thin will not cope with the task, and too thick will quickly move and erased. The rigid strip will deform the sash and leave the traces on it. In no case can you try to replace the seal on the glasses - this will lead to a damage of the block.

How to insulate a wooden balcony door

It consists of tightly adjacent boards or a covered frame. The finish depends on the temperature outside. On a glazed heated loggia, it is always positive and there is no careful insulation. If the box borders on the unheated space, it will need reliable protection from the cold. Before starting work, you need to adjust the loops and check the condition of the elastic band passed on the inner side of the box. Perhaps they are the cause of drafts. Then the opportunity to avoid integrated repair work.

Layout layer

It is fixed in the frame, as well as from his outside facing the street. In this case, the pairs will be condensed in the insulating layer. With the inner arrangement of the zone of its loss, it will move into the sash or to a part of the insulator located in the room. This will lead to temperature-humid deformations of the array and its destruction. In its fibers and in the inner insulator will appear microorganisms. Double covering may be less efficient. So that it performs its function, it will take a heat engineering calculation.

How to sheathe the cloth

The cold can penetrate the slots in the sash or through the canvas if it is well performed. Work on its restoration and isolation takes place in several stages.

• The sash is removed from the loops and laid horizontally on the pre-prepared base - chairs, bricks, drawers.
• Accessories remove and believes an old coating.
• Details that have come into disrepair are replaced with new ones. Boards and parts of the frame are customized so that there are no cracks between them. All elements should be processed by antiseptics, antipirens and covered with a layer of varnish. Not allowed to use parts with mold trails.
• Empties are filled with sealant or spit.
• For upholstery, dermatin fit perfectly. The fabric is measured by the size of the sash, making the supply of 3-5 cm on each side. It is nailed with upholstery nails from one edge.
• The material is placed on the surface that serves to insulate the balcony door. The gaps between the plates should not remain.
• Free edges are closed with upholstery cloth and are trimmed with nails with a pitch of 10-20 cm. The edges are converted.
• The sealer can be made independently of the foam rubber wrapped by dermatito. Three blanks need: two of them are equal to the width of the box, one - its height. The foam rubber fit into the strip from the leatherette with a width of about 20 cm and is sewn. The obtained billets of nails are attached from the inside to the jamb.
• At the final stage, fittings are mounted.

How to properly insulated slopes and threshold

Sucks - this is the edge of the opening. They are made from plaster, drywall, plastic, metal, natural array and its analogues. As an example, consider the installation of the design of PVC.

• Old cladding is removed. The surface is cleared and thoroughly dried with a construction hairdryer. Mold traces are removed. Fat stains are erased with a cloth, wetted with alcohol. The reinforced concrete surface is impregnated with antiseptics and hydrophobic primer.
• With the help of self-tapping and dowels, an aluminum doomle is attached. It is not worth the wooden to use, as it will quickly come into disrepair - condensate constantly settles in this zone, and the temperature changes widely.
• The space inside the crate is filled with mineral wool. You can calculate the sizes of the frame of the frame in such a way that the whole plate in the shell placed in it.
• PVC bands are stacked on top. They are cut out with a metal with a metal and fix on glue or self-tapping screws. Put holes in the surface better first with a thin drill, otherwise it will give a crack.
• The edges are closed by a F-shaped polymer strip.