How to choose insulation for doors
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If you have already insulated the walls and put plastic Windows that retain heat, to reduce heat loss, you should deal with warming the front door. It is estimated that the entrance door can take up to 30% of the heat. To insulate the entrance better in the summer because in the cold during such work out of your home or apartment will take a lot of heat.
Of course, a fully sealed door design is impossible, but to strive to reduce heat loss, which will reduce the size of payment for heating.
Before you begin, you should establish the cause of heat loss. This can occur due to high heat transfer of the door itself, as well as drafts, due to the presence of gaps between the blade entrance door and door unit.
If the door system – wood, over time it can crack. A tree with strong frosts decreases in size, so gaps between the door frame and the door through them easily takes the heat. Using the same leakage of cold air enters the room, if you have a metal door. To remove these troubles, the door needs to be insulated. To decide which insulation for the front door better, you can get expert advice or read reviews on sites about repair.
The process of insulating the doors depends on the material from which made the door design. It can be:
- plastic;
- wood;
- metal.
In the first case for warming you will need the help of professionals. Wooden and metal options are available to insulate yourself.
What insulation for metal doors is better to choose depends on a door, and your financial capabilities.
Insulation for metal doors ↑
If a metal wing team of two sheets, and design to promote, without prejudice, it must be disassembled and the internal cavity to fill with insulation. To do this:
- to remove the door from its hinges and laid on a horizontal flat surface on the floor or on stools the same height;
- loosening the bolts and split the inner and outer parts;
- inside the door to place the heater and secure the mounting foam;
- to return the inner lining in place, assemble structure using fasteners;
- to install the door on hinges.
If half the doors are connected without fasteners, such designs it is better not to disassemble, as for the back Assembly you will need professional help with a welder.
A metal system consisting of one sheet can be insulated by attaching an insulation material to the inside of the door, then close decorative plastic.
As insulation for metal doors used mineral wool insulation. Experts recommend to opt for insulation with a high density, they have good heat and sound insulation and fireproof.
Order installation of insulation ↑
Produce the frame of wooden slats 3h2sm, the total length of the strips depends on the size of the door leaf, attach to the inside of the door screws to the base. To this end, the metal of the drill holes and place the frame for the insulation, indentations gloss over window putty and paint and oil paint.
As insulation inside a metal frame laid the foam sheets of the required size, they can be fixed with liquid nails, cracks at the joints of leaves better blow out foam.
The laid insulation material closed laminated MDF and are fixed with screws to the wooden slats. Mount better to start from the top to a sheet of hardboard lined. Instead of MDF use wood planks or plastic panels, customized size door leaf.
This way you will reduce the thermal conductivity of the door. For best results, you need to remove the drafts, securing the insulation between the door and the boxes. More efficient insulation, if the insulation material to fix on the door and the door frame. Should pay attention to the thickness of the gasket, since excessive thickness of the door shutter will be closed with difficulty, and, if necessary, is the required thermal insulation effect.
The material can be purchased at hardware stores or make your own. Ready for sale a foam or rubber gasket, usually they are self-adhesive.
Ready to install insulation, you need to clean the point of attachment of the seal from the street dust and dirt, wipe surfaces dry and degreased with alcohol. You can then stick the gasket to the door frame.
The thickness of the gasket can also be determined empirically. You need to knead until soft piece of clay, wrap it in a plastic bag and place between the door and the opening in the place where you intend to attach the seal. When the door is closed the clay will is dangerous, its thickness will be equal to the thickness of the insulation in a compressed state.
The preparation of such insulation material can be done independently. For this you will need faux leather and strips of foam. Faux leather is cut into strips, width about 10cm, the total length of the whole strip should be equal to the perimeter of the door. Appropriate length of the harvested strips of foam, the width of the foam can be up to 4cm Foam wrapped faux leather to the joint has been turned to the door frame and fix with nails or glue.
Insulation wooden lucky-door ↑
Wooden structure has a lower thermal conductivity than metal, but, nevertheless, efforts in the insulation help reduce heating costs.
Insulation wooden sash also comes down to the insulation of the door leaf and to eliminate leaks in the doorway to avoid heat losses.
Classic insulation wooden doors is its upholstery with the use of insulating materials. As insulation for doors used soft materials:
- the foam can only be used in dry areas, moisture he quickly destroyed;
- izolon – quite an expensive heater, but it fits all the requirements for insulation of doors; there are also foil izolon, made of different thickness and density, you can choose the most suitable option;
Wool is almost never used, because over time it rolls down, it pests infest wood that can damage the door and it will have to be replaced. Mineral wool insulation to use is not necessary, as they will not maintain the necessary volume under the skin;
On top of the wooden surface is covered with a decorative material, it can be faux leather, faux or genuine leather.
How to sheathe the wooden door insulation ↑
You first need to remove the door handles, lock fittings and other protruding objects. To remove the sash from the hinges, put on the floor horizontally, you can use a large table or other suitable flat surface. Cut out faux leather or other upholstery used on the size of the door leaf, with the inventory on the hem about 5cm from all sides. To reduce the distance between the door frame and the sash, the edge rollers are made.
The door leaf is evenly distributed insulation, it must be attached to the array every 10-15cm using furniture stapler. Then the outer surface upholster with leatherette or other chosen material. The upholstery starts to consolidate from the upper corners, the material need a good pull, watch, in order to avoid distortions, the edges tuck, fixing rollers, and then attached on the sides from top to bottom, the last close up of the bottom of the door.
To give a view of the outside surface of the door stud decorative nails, but keep in mind that the nails worsen the insulation.
For insulation of wooden doors you can use another method. On the inner side of the structure along the perimeter of nailed wooden slats, inserted between the sheets of foam, blow out the cracks with foam. Then the inner side together with the heater is closed or plastic panels laminated fiberboard.
Insulated front door, do not forget to check the door of the box. Perhaps over time frame is deformed or crumbled polyurethane foam, or plaster, and between the door frame and the wall, a crack that penetrates the cold air.
To eliminate this defect, it is necessary to remove the covering of the doorway with internal and external parties to check the status of the gap between the door frame and the wall, if necessary, to clean it from debris and crumbling plaster, blow out foam, plaster cement mortar. Then the slopes are set in place. With a little effort, you can significantly reduce heating costs and increase comfort in your home.