Insulation

 

What are examples of insulation?

When insulating your home, you can choose from many types of insulation. Proper insulation protects a home from exterior cold, heat and sound. Properly insulating your home not only reduces heating and cooling costs,  but also improves comfort. Insulation saves your electricity and also creates a cozy environment in your home. 

 

There are four type of insulation in a home.

First, window insulation: cold from outside mostly enters a home through windows and doors. To prevent this, you can install double glass windows with a rubber gasket in it.

Secondly, floor insulation: By installing a layer of wooden flooring/ laminate flooring/ cork-based flooring. You can prevent your home from cold entering through the ground.

Third, walls and roof insulation: Create air pockets in the walls while building it or use AAC blocks as a building material which will provides insulation from harsh sunlight. Apply light color paints on your walls especially on the western wall of your home which will resist the heat from sun. Use China mosaic, light painted or clay tiles on the roof slab.

Fourth, insulation from sound: A wall built from AAC blocks can absorb exterior sound, you can even laminate the interior surface of the walls or cover them sound insulation panels. Double glass windows can also resist exterior sounds.

These were some ways to insulate your home.