Home insulation, possible solutions

Finally having arrived at the practical side and getting closer to the beginning of the work, we have started a series of macro-arguments on the methods of intervention and the allocation of budgets. Comparing ourselves with technicians, heat technicians and energy experts, we have summed up and we have wisely decided to be more generous with the cost of insulation and the energy recovery of our house.

Faced with the assessments made last time , we realized that everyone likes beauty, but with a budget that is not unlimited, we have had to make technical choices that have led us to targeted investments on the housing and plant design of the house , with a view to maximizing the economic return on the investment. Being deliberately identified with the majority of situations like the “famous IN-born entrepreneurs”, although supported by various professionals, we have examined and sifted broadly the possible solutions for a correct intervention.

In summary what emerged, there are three possible ways to isolate the house, internally, externally or inside the cavity (the empty space between the two layers of bricks). Each of these viable ways, as often happens for other things, presents points in favor and points against, which I would recommend if interested, to go into detail on technical portals, but let’s see them more closely.

External thermal coat

Examining them one by one, it emerged that the most technically performing one on the market today seems to be precisely that of the outer coat, which can be found in many more or less efficient versions. The drawback of the coat is that overall it turns out to be very expensive, although apparently they say it offers good guarantees of durability (in my opinion, perhaps it still has little history to say, but we know that to sell they are all good and beautiful …) but alas in a building of several units, or they all intervene or cannot be limited to a single unit. Moreover, in the case of buildings in hand guard, therefore with exposed brick, it would not be possible, unless you cover the whole building and then repaint it 360 °.

Therefore the second viable, perhaps the most versatile and applicable in most cases is that of the inner coat. With this technology you can achieve high performance and all in all you can discreetly solve even certain thermal bridges. Although not at the level of the outer coat in terms of performance (due to the thicknesses that cannot be increased much), these offer a basic economic advantage because they do not need the external scaffolding for their assembly.

The big drawback, however, is that you lose valuable internal space and as it did with mobile phones 10 years ago, the more you want it small (in this case thin) and more powerful and spend. The cost of the solutions starts roughly from a minimum of 30 € per square meter up to 200 € (material and laying) with those that are commonly called ‘nanotechnologies’. These undoubtedly offer high-level insulating results with very low thickness (from 1 to 2 cm substituting the 6/8 cm of the traditional one), with costs in my opinion, a little too prohibitive. There is also a vast series of “plasterboard – insulation” laminates, which seemed to us the best compromise between simplicity of installation, performance and reasonable costs; attention, however, to the too cheap and attention to the smart ones who (unfortunately there are) tell you to put X and then put you Y.

For lovers of greenbuilding and green building, there are then all natural fibers with performances comparable to those listed earlier, but unfortunately the downside here is that we are definitely more price than the “synthetic cousins”. We have also heard of earth plasters, with good insulating properties, but also excellent for the healthiness of the environment. We then heard of a brand new plaster that to feel, it seems to be really miraculous, on which I am getting a little better information out of pure personal curiosity. but unfortunately the downside here is that we are definitely more price than the “synthetic cousins”. We have also heard of earth plasters, with good insulating properties, but also excellent for the healthiness of the environment. We then heard of a brand new plaster that to feel, it seems to be really miraculous,

on which I am getting a little better information out of pure personal curiosity. but unfortunately the downside here is that we are definitely more price than the “synthetic cousins”. We have also heard of earth plasters, with good insulating properties, but also excellent for the healthiness of the environment. We then heard of a brand new plaster that to feel, it seems to be really miraculous, on which I am getting a little better information out of pure personal curiosity.