Warming of plastic windows for the winter. Adjusting the plastic window with your own hands

It's no secret that through the windows a lot of heat from the rooms is wasted - this is especially noticeable in the winter. Consequently, it is these structures that need to be protected, and the sooner it is done, the better. Fortunately, such work can easily be done on your own, and if there is no time for it - just hire specialists. Even our distant ancestors were aware of how to properly fill the cracks in the window structures - in their houses the heat reigned even in a frigid frost, while the heating required little. However, the warming of plastic windows for the winter is somewhat different from the traditional solutions that were popular ten years ago, technologies in our time are different, the approaches to solving problems are also chosen by modern ones.

We warm plastic windows

First of all, you should know that when performing insulation, it may be necessary to adjust the plastic window. With their hands this task is performed without problems, especially if recommendations and advice on the topic are taken into account. However, everything in order. Despite the fact that manufacturers always assure the reliability of their products, even the most high-quality window may require warming.

The cheapest way to protect yourself from the cold is to hang a hole with some kind of dense material that will be able to keep the heat. In the past, for example, blankets were used for this, but today such a solution can be applied, perhaps, to windows made of wood. Modern means for double-glazed windows - a special colorless polyethylene film, which is fixed on your design. This method guarantees effective insulation of plastic windows with your own hands, nothing needs to be dismantled during operation, which is very convenient.

Blinds and insulation

Someone chooses blinds to minimize heat loss through double-glazed windows. The window frame is not affected. An important point - if you are doing the warming of plastic windows for the winter in this way, you should always stick strips of woolen cloth on the blinds, only in this way you can achieve the desired effect.

Electrical glass heating

If cheap options do not suit, it's time to pay attention to an expensive means of warming - installation of a system that will provide electrical heating to windows. Today, especially for insulating glass, you can buy a lot of different heaters - they are installed on the windowsills. There are also special filament spirals (they are glued directly to the glass). The right way is not to worry about the cold - put in the apartment a metal-plastic window, the construction of which consists of a minimum of three glasses. One of them will necessarily be energy-saving. Applying such glasses is advantageous - the heat-saving characteristics of the whole system are significantly increased. If you make repairs and insulation of plastic windows in this way, your double-glazed window should have elements of thermal frac, in which also there should be inserts from metal. The space between the glasses is usually filled with krypton or argon. In general, this is a very expensive solution, but drafts and frosts can be forgotten for a long time (of course, if there are no more vulnerable places in the house).

Why you need to warm the slopes

When old windows made of wood are changed to modern plastic, they usually expect that there will be an excellent protection against various negative factors: dust, noise, cold. Indeed, the PVC profile justifies itself for the first time, but then it starts to let in moisture and cold. This happens due to wall subsidence, as well as from the depressurization of the joints. Of course, this situation will not make your house comfortable, and you will have to perform the insulation of the slopes of plastic windows. What is characteristic - these works are performed both from inside the premises and outside. For everything to be successful, you need to perform additional heat insulation and protective layers. For this we need some materials:

• Extruded expanded polystyrene;
• Styrofoam;
• mineral wool;
• Isover (fiberglass);
• sandwich panels.

These materials are sold usually in the form of slabs. One more question - which of them is better to choose if the windows are made of plastic by hands? It all depends on the size of the gaps. For example, if they are not less than 0.4 cm, polystyrene foam, polystyrene foam, and also fiberglass, the thickness of which is usually in the range of 20-30 mm, is perfect. When the gap is narrow, choose a mounting foam or mineral wool.

Warming up the slopes of plastic windows is not the most difficult task, if you have at least minimal building skills, there will be no problems.

In which cases it is necessary to warm the slopes

If the walls in your room are multi-layered and carefully laid with various insulation materials that reach the window box, warming the plastic windows for the winter is not an obligatory procedure (if there were no precedents). This wall structure is a reliable protection against freezing. But if they are single-layered or the house is made of panels with ribs of rigidity, you still have to make thermal insulation - without it, anywhere. Special slips are placed along the slopes.

How to insulate slopes

The material chosen for thermal insulation is fixed to the surface of the window opening. The seam, which is obtained during installation, should be closed, the window frame is partially blocked. Drywall is installed over the material, its surface is first shpaklyuyut, then paint - to achieve maximum effect. If using expanded polystyrene is extruded, GCR is not necessary.

Sheets of insulation are glued on the top of the slopes, moreover, the top should be fixed plaster mesh. On it a thin layer is applied a cement-sand mixture, then - a finishing putty is made to fix the result.

Warming of foam plastic

Another technology that deserves attention, if you are carrying out the warming of plastic windows for the winter, is the use of foam plastic. When the frame is already installed, the opening is plastered, for this purpose a cement-sand mixture is used. It is important that the surface is well dried - after it is glued a layer of foam plastic, the thickness of which does not exceed 5 mm. After all, putty and color. This reception gives excellent protection against cold air - now it will be much more difficult for him to get into living rooms from the street. Window opening in the same way is often warmed with expanded polystyrene, plaster is applied on it - a very decent result is obtained.

Swedish technology

Recently, many choose for the house Swedish insulation windows. The name of this method arose from the material used in the work. Tubular seal of silicone rubber - it is made in Sweden. As manufacturers say, this material is very durable - up to twenty years, while it does not lose performance even at a wide temperature range. The impact of paints and dirt is not afraid.

Doing the Swedish windows warming yourself is not the easiest task. You can not do without professional skills, there must also be a special tool at hand. On the perimeter, it is difficult to make a sample with a milling cutter, especially if as a result you need to get a groove to roll up the seal - so that in time the material does not peel off or fall off. Best of all, when in this way experts do in your home insulation of plastic windows. The price can vary - everything depends on the region, but the result of the work is worth your money. In addition, the cost includes different services: the dismantling of window flaps, fitting the groove under the seal, the placement of tubular silicone in it, if necessary, the plastic window is also adjusted. It's not everyone who can do this with their own hands, only an experienced builder.

When to adjust

Thermal insulation of plastic windows for the winter has been fulfilled, now is the time to think about adjustment. When it is necessary?

• If the window leaf is sagging (because of this the plastic frame is touched by the bottom door). You need to adjust the vertical or horizontal plane.
• Due to the displacement, the middle casement touches the frame. To get rid of this, the problem part is evenly shifted to either side.
• When air enters through the seal. In this situation, the leaf clamp is simply adjusted.
• If the handle is loose. With this problem, turn the plate located at the base, then tighten all the screws.
• The handle turns too tight. Tuning is easy - for this, machine oil is used. Cotton buds, and also any brushes are great for lubricating eccentrics, loops and clamping mechanisms.