Cold winter residents of private homes often suffer from the loss of heat or icy drafts. The reasons for the leakage of warm air can be many, but the most common places are windows and doors. Increasingly, people prefer plastic windows, which, if properly installed, guarantee the preservation of heat, and we will tell you how to insulate the door in a private house.
The main cause of drafts
The main reason for the appearance of a draft in the house is a loose fit of the door leaf to the door frame, the formation of cracks. This can happen with old wooden doors that eventually settle down, and with new metal, which can simply erase or peel off a layer of rubber sealant. In this case, to insulate the front door with your own hands is very simple: you need to choose a sealant of the desired thickness and paste it around the perimeter of the frame. Using too thick rubber can cause the door to not close.
How to insulate the entrance metal door
Metal doors can be made from one sheet of metal or from two, between which there is free space. That's it and it is necessary to fill it with a material that prevents heat losses. How to insulate the door? In a private house or apartment, first remove the inner lining of the door, insert a layer of insulation inside, attaching it with a mounting foam. After that, you can install the back paneling. Thermal insulation of a single leaf door is produced in a similar way: wooden frames are made of a frame that is screwed with screws to a metal surface. Inside it is laid insulation, the thickness of which should be less than the width of the profile of the door. This element is attached to the "liquid nails", and the empty space can be sealed with foam. The last step is to sew a surface with laminated fiberboard or plywood. As a heater for a metal door, it is recommended to use foam sheets, polystyrene foam, it will retain its properties much longer than foam rubber. This is the main way to insulate the door in a private house.
Warming of a wooden door
Today people buy mostly metal doors, but wooden doors are often found in houses already built. How to insulate a door in a private house if it causes a heat leak? Wooden doors are also different. Some have a cavity inside, you can simply fill with a heater, as described above. But if your door is made of solid wood, it is insulated differently. First, around the perimeter, dermantin bands are attached about 10 cm wide (the wrong side outwards). Next on the door using a stapler fastened padding, which is usually used foam rubber thickness of 2 cm To extend the life of this short-lived material, it is recommended to cover it with 2 layers of cotton on top. Further the door is lined with canvas dermantine, which is fixed with the help of simple furniture nails. During installation, it should be tightened as much as possible, so that there are no hillocks, start from the middle, gradually moving to the edges.
It is not difficult for an economical person to insulate the front door with his own hands, especially now you know the basic ways how to do it.