The winter can really be considered most wonderful season. However all its charm disappears at only one thought that it is possible to freeze. Fortunately, there is set of ways to remain in heat even at very cold weather.
Warming of windows
A lot of heat leaves the house through small slots between frames and through glass. Usually owners of apartments in which wooden window frames are established face such problem. It is in that case better to replace them with plastic windows. It has to reduce loss of heat significantly. However, if you lack means, it is worth thinking, than it is better to warm windows.
To keep heat in the apartment, it is necessary to find and stick slots in your window. For this purpose it is necessary to check frame for tightness by means of match or the lighter. Carry out by fire along frames: if the flame has gone out or zakolykhatsya, in that place there is slot. It can be stuck with painting adhesive tape or to block special heater and sealant.
Good and cheap option is the heatreflecting film, is established on glass. It absolutely transparent also misses 80% of light, and the most important - keeps about 90% of heat. Besides, material has shock-proof properties, and glass becomes stronger. It is possible to paste house film most without additional devices or materials.
Batteries
In many apartments still there are old batteries. They are not such for a long time effective as modern. New radiators thanks to alloy of steel and aluminum it is better than pig-iron batteries, they have big heat emission. If for new batteries there is not enough money, it is necessary to think how to make heating more effective with old radiators.
If batteries need renovation, choose oil paints, but not zinc which considerably worsen heat emission. Also color is important. Best of all heat keeps dark brown shade (8-10% more than heating in comparison with the battery of white color). When you have collected all necessary, carefully clean radiator from old paint, make surface smooth, and then begin to paint.
Also do not forget to remove decorative panels from batteries, they also take away your heat. It is necessary to release as much as possible space near radiators, furniture or dense curtains considerably reduce efficiency of heating.
Almost in all rooms of the battery are traditionally established under windows. In this case you should not wait for 100% heating of the house, a lot of heat is "taken away" also by external wall. Not to lose excess degrees, between batteries and walls it is better to establish the special heatreflecting material. Best of all will approach foiled penopropilen. It is possible to buy it in shop of construction materials. It is the cheapest and reliable material for heat shield. With its help your house will keep up to five degrees of heat.
Floor and walls
You should not forget also about warming of floor and walls. The most practical option – carpets on floor and walls. If the apartment is on the first floor, then carpet on floor in the winter – thing irreplaceable.
Other ways of warming of walls and floor can manage in the round sum. If you have decided on full repair, then at first it is worth establishing thermal insulation on walls. So you will not warm air on the street. Third of heat of the house is lost because of incorrectly heat-insulated walls. The foam plates, panel boards, aluminum foil, plasterboard will help to solve this problem, mineral wool or thick textile covering is available and cheap ways of isolation.
One of the best heaters is the pith tree. This material is sold in rolls, and it it is easy to fix on wall. It is necessary to do it step by step – at first to warm niches behind batteries, then cold corners and floor.
It is especially necessary to warm floor in apartments of the first floor. Mineral wool, expanded polystyrene, polyfoam, gypsum cardboard and also soft fiber boards (fibreboards) will be economical option. That floor was stronger, put assembly grid on heater and do concrete tie. From above it is possible to put linoleum with heat-insulating layer or carpet. When all works are completed, it is possible to lay on floor carpet with high I vorsoit.
Residents of apartments of upper floors have to think even of warming of ceiling. The budgetary option is to paste decorative plastic plates. For more reliable warming at first it is necessary to make waterproofing. Then – on special profile to attach heat-insulating plates. From above there is finishing material. For warming of ceiling use mainly the same materials, as for floor.
Ventilation
Cold gets not only through badly warmed windows or walls. One more "way" of heat leakage is ventilation. Air vents traditionally are located in kitchen. And instead of removing air, they can "tighten" cold air. Not to lose heat, it is necessary to establish cooking hoods from special gofrotruby for air. However, how to be with other air vents in rooms? As it is impossible to close them, it is necessary to block them special doors or piece of cardboard. It is so possible to raise temperature in the apartment by 5-7 degrees.
Also recuperators will help to keep heat in the house. These devices heat street air which gets into the apartment. Thanks to such heat exchangers it is not necessary to open windows for airing and by that to release heat from the apartment.
Doors
Through outer doors about 15% of heat are usually lost. The only problem – slots. That them to get rid, it is necessary to make sure that door reliably adjoin to wall. When you have found slots, it is necessary to block them. There is wide choice: polyurethane foam, special nagelny rails, sealants, threshold equalizers, and so forth. If there is spare cash, it is better to establish pairs of doors. External metal will protect, and internal wooden to serve warmly - and the sound insulator.