People who live in the penthouse in the summer is very hard to bear, because close to the sun plus the relationship with the high temperature, the penthouse is often hot and bubbly, even if the house is open inside the air conditioning can also feel the hot temperature. In order to let the penthouse people can live comfortably, in the roof of the place will often do a good insulation project to avoid the roof overheating and affect the people living. The roof can be insulated in a variety of ways, the following I will introduce some roof insulation simple methods, you can see which methods to try.
Recommended simple methods for roof insulation
The air circulation can take away the heat, so you can lay the heat insulation layer on the roof, the sunlight will be directly on the heat insulation layer, and the elevated temperature can be guided away by the air between the roof and the heat insulation layer to prevent the ceiling of the roof from heating up sharply, this is the traditional effective heat insulation method. The picture below shows the traditional thermal insulation layer, which can be laid with pre-supported concrete insulation bricks or emerging materials, but it is not recommended to use non-refractory materials, otherwise it can’t be controlled in case of fire in summer.
As the laying of insulation affects the residents’ activities on the roof of the building, and it is difficult to affect the beauty of the renovation if the quality of insulation laying is not good, therefore, awning insulation has become popular over the years.
In order to avoid the high insulation brick affect the roof beauty and crowd activities, avoid the awning construction cost and affect the lighting, then you can lay a layer of insulation material (also can insulation waterproof two in one), the same can use the principle of air insulation. This method generally uses foam material to insulate, and there are many insulation materials that can be used, such as foam cement board and foam cotton. For the sake of safety, try to choose the material that can be fireproof.
Water is a good heat-conducting fluid, so you can also store water in the roof insulation, the deeper the water layer, the better the insulation effect, the conditions can also be built into the roof pool, a multi-benefit. It should be noted that to use the water layer insulation, the quality of the roof must pass, otherwise the time will appear roof ceiling seepage; in addition, the water quality must also pass, in order to prevent the body of water corrosion of concrete.
In recent years, the family green movement has flourished, and roof insulation can also be achieved through home grown vegetables and fruits, etc. You can directly fill the roof with soil to plant vegetables in a large area, or you can use containers to plant vegetables, and it is recommended to plant leafy vine crops so that the vines cover the entire roof. Rooftop gardening must be a good load-bearing premise, and crops can not corrode the concrete building.
Light-absorbing or reflective devices can be installed to convert the sunlight shining on the roof into electricity or reflect it out. Solar panels can be installed to generate electricity from the sunlight when available. If it is not suitable to use solar energy, you can set up a mirror reflective array on the roof, glass, thin stainless steel plate, tin foil plate, etc. are good reflective materials.
The several methods introduced in the article are used by many people in life, and several methods are used together to effectively reduce the temperature of the penthouse, and also help the penthouse to play a warm effect in winter, to achieve winter warmth and summer cool. In fact, in real life, many penthouse insulation is done with various professional engineering and materials, which effectively protects the effect of heat insulation, so you don’t have to worry too much about the house overheating in summer when you live in the penthouse.
