We understand which errors will entail legal issues, drafts, mold and extra spending.
1 Reference without permission
If you started building plans for the warrior insulation - make an accurate list of all changes, prepare drawings and go to BTI. Even if you do not have ambitious plans for the demolition of the walls or installing warm floors, it is better to officially assure any changes. In the future, if you want to sell an apartment, it will relieve you from problems with late agreement.
2 Repair in winter
Of course, if you need to warm the loggia, you can do it in winter. But try to find a company that has such an experience, and do not insulate yourself. The fact is that these work uses materials that must be frozen. Because of the low temperature, they can freeze, and in the spring to start to melting and collapse.
3 Warming due to warm windows
Many it seems that the problem of low temperature is solved with the help of multi-layer glass. This is not true. Good windows will protect you from draft, especially if there are no cracks in the outer wall, but the thermometer will still show the temperature only for a couple of degrees above street. The fact is that the truly warm loggia needs its source of heat: heated floors or oil radiator.
4 Saving space due to insulation
The insulation is placed in several layers and significantly reduces the volume of the loggia. But if it save and try to reduce the number of layers or their thickness, you will come across drafts and low temperatures. Therefore, plan in advance how you will distribute the remaining place and whether it is enough for all your ideas.
5 Frameless glazing
In movies, you can often see beautiful solid panoramic windows to the floor. In practice, it is necessary to immediately take into account that they are thin, and you will need to additionally spend much more electricity to heat the room. In addition, it will be possible to wash them only outside and for this will have to hire professionals every time. You can also do this room, it means that you need a powerful air conditioner with air purification system. Therefore, it is better to use frames and keep yourself the opportunity to air and save on heating.
6 Battery removal for loggia
To carry out the battery from the room to the loggia is forbidden, so such redevelopment will never approve. If you still try to do this, then come across a violation of the heating system, damage to pipes and lawsuits.
7 Unintended remote glazing
Surely you at least once seen ugly allocated on the background of open balconies glazed design. Or discovering the loggia. Even if you are not bothering the external appearance of the building, do not forget that such changes may be interested in housing services, especially if the house refers to the architectural heritage of the city. It is better to stick to the initial plan of architects.
8 Lack of vaporizolation
The layers of insulation necessarily cause a vapor barrier film. If you forget to do it, windows in the winter will fogging and covered with ice, mold crawling along the walls, and the neighbors will appear on the ceiling at the ceiling.
9 Putting from seams sealant
The discovering sealant kills the whole design of the loggia and begins to crumble under the influence of sunlight, dampness and temperature drop. Be sure to remove excess sandpaper, put off and paint acrylate paint.
10 Wall insulation between loggia and room
If you are qualitatively insulated loggia, it makes no sense to warm the wall between it and residential space. But also to demolish it, even if only the wall is left without a window, it is not worth it, is part of the power construction of the slab on which your balcony is. Be sure to specify in BTI, is it possible to make such transformations.
