Repair of the balcony can be done with PVC panels. PVC panels are a good waterproofing barrier. can be made with your own hands. I will show you how to insulate the walls and make a crate of metal profiles for fixing plastic panels. To insulate the walls I will use styrofoam, although it is better to use polystyrene foam. The principle of insulation is the same. Styrofoam is suitable thickness of 5 centimeters, but the thicker, the better.
The procedure for insulating the loggia is as follows:
- Cut with a knife and ruler sheets of plastic of the appropriate size;
- Fasten it to the walls of the loggia with special mounting “mushrooms;
- Carefully fill all the gaps and holes that remain between the sheets of foam or polystyrene foam.
The order of installation of purlins for fixing plastic panels is as follows:
- Marked on the walls of the horizontal lines at the points of attachment of metal profiles CD with a pitch of 50-60 centimeters;
- On these marks to secure dowel-nailed metal