Insulation of floors is necessary only with clay, the best building material in the last 5000 years

Until now, clay is the main material for stoves. Over the past 5,000 years, nothing has been invented better than the ceramic and red bricks that people build houses with. Insulation with clay, an environmentally friendly material, has many advantages over mineral wool and foam. Today's edition. "Site" will tell you how and why you need to insulate the house with clay, perhaps this method is suitable for insulating your house.



Not for nothing, according to the safety rules, mineral wool is laid, protecting the eyes and respiratory tract. Mineral wool crumbles, and although it is considered a universal insulation, inhaling dust particles from it is harmful. Everyone likes foam because it is lightweight, and it is convenient to work with it. But the foam crumbles and is easily damaged during installation. Mineral wool gets wet and rots, and foam releases toxic substances when burned. And in one and the other insulation rodents are often injected.



Compared to synthetic insulation, clay is cheaper. Clay is often not necessary to buy if the house is outside the city. Dig all you need. And if other synthetic insulation lose their properties in a few years, the clay will last many times longer. It is easy to install and does not require special skills and tools. In addition to the fact that the clay is very strong, it has good thermal insulation. There will never be insects or rodents.



Unlike concrete, the clay floor will never be cold and less often deformed, whereas concrete can easily crack on an uneven surface. And if any crack is found, it can always be covered with a solution of clay. Clay can insulate the floor and walls. Usually for the preparation of insulation mix wood sawdust and clay in a ratio of 2: 3.

Insulation from clay regulates humidity inside the room in a natural way, in a house with clay insulation is easy to breathe, because clay provides good air convection. Most importantly, environmentally friendly material does not harm health, does not emit toxic substances.



Best for the preparation of insulation suitable red clay, but you can use white, which is slightly inferior in characteristics. The clay can be mixed with straw or sawdust. It is recommended to choose sawdust of oak or coniferous trees. Before mixing straw or sawdust with clay, it is necessary to dry the material well and treat with an antiseptic agent.



Clay can insulate frame houses, apply the composition is easy, it is important to give the insulation to dry well. Therefore, insulation at home is better to do in the warm season. You can also insulate the ceiling with clay. To do this, the clay is mixed with sand in a ratio of 6: 2 with the addition of water.

The ceiling is sheathed with boards, and between them a clay solution is applied to cover all the gaps. Then you need to cover the ceiling with a vapor insulation film. Then you can insulate with a clay solution board with film. The coating shall be from 5 mm thick. But the ceiling is also successfully insulated with clay with sawdust.

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Clay is best to insulate the house outside, then inside it is not necessary to duplicate a layer of insulation from clay. Frame houses are insulated as follows: fasten a lattice-drank on the wall and apply a clay insulation to the surface. When the clay insulation is completely dried, a crate is attached to it and the facade is sheathed.



In Soviet times, ceramzite (foamed and burned clay) was used as a building material. It's cheap. And the disadvantage of such insulation with clay is weight and hydrophobia. In general, the use of clay insulation is desirable in a dry place. Otherwise, qualitatively insulate the house will not work.