Hello
I have a bit of a "special" problem. I have a house with a basement where moisture rises 10-15 cm in the wall. It is paneled inside with wooden studs. The insulation will be moved to the outside in connection with the re-insulation of the whole house. But since we have had problems with odor, we decided to buy ourselves some time and have therefore cut off the bottom 20 cm of the wall, removed the sill (the horizontal wooden stud) and supported the standing studs with bricks and sill paper. Looks a bit funny but we only have an entrance and hobby room there
However, it's a bit drafty through the hollow core concrete and my thought was to put Styrofoam in the wall and staple wind-proof paper on the inside. The wall would thus look as follows the bottom 20 cm from outside and in:
plaster
hollow core concrete
Styrofoam
wind-proof paper.
Question: Can you mount a heater on the outside of the wind-proof paper or is this a fire hazard? If so, could you please help with an alternative solution? It is not a permanent solution but should stay until next summer.
Question:
I have a bit of a "special" problem. I have a house with a basement where moisture rises 10-15 cm in the wall. It is paneled inside with wooden studs. The insulation will be moved to the outside in connection with the re-insulation of the whole house. But since we have had problems with odor, we decided to buy ourselves some time and have therefore cut off the bottom 20 cm of the wall, removed the sill (the horizontal wooden stud) and supported the standing studs with bricks and sill paper. Looks a bit funny but we only have an entrance and hobby room there
However, it's a bit drafty through the hollow core concrete and my thought was to put Styrofoam in the wall and staple wind-proof paper on the inside. The wall would thus look as follows the bottom 20 cm from outside and in:
plaster
hollow core concrete
Styrofoam
wind-proof paper.
Question: Can you mount a heater on the outside of the wind-proof paper or is this a fire hazard? If so, could you please help with an alternative solution? It is not a permanent solution but should stay until next summer.
Question:
Yes, direct-acting with electric heaters under the window in the basement wall. The heater is attached to the part of the wall that remains, as I’ve only cut the lower 15 cm. So the heater hangs down about 5 cm on what is now "open." Before, there was insulation, wind barrier, and chipboard. So the idea was the same but without the chipboard and with polystyrene instead of insulation.
You have to buy so much mineral wool, hence the idea for polystyrene. It's about a stretch of 3 m x 15 cm.
You have to buy so much mineral wool, hence the idea for polystyrene. It's about a stretch of 3 m x 15 cm.
The tip is to place your hand on the same spot on an element that is already installed and feel how warm it gets.
Unless you have very strange electric heaters, they're unlikely to reach more than 55-60 degrees surface temperature, and they're unlikely to ignite anything.
Unless you have very strange electric heaters, they're unlikely to reach more than 55-60 degrees surface temperature, and they're unlikely to ignite anything.
Thanks for the response.
I was a bit mistaken as well, I mixed it up a little and thought that wind barrier was more like foundation paper (which we've worked with a lot) and there was a risk it would soften and emit fumes (odor) at higher temperatures. I'll simply have to try with windpaper, they say colder weather is coming in tomorrow so I'll have to hurry up a bit
I was a bit mistaken as well, I mixed it up a little and thought that wind barrier was more like foundation paper (which we've worked with a lot) and there was a risk it would soften and emit fumes (odor) at higher temperatures. I'll simply have to try with windpaper, they say colder weather is coming in tomorrow so I'll have to hurry up a bit