It was found that the warm air in the room is cooled quickly, if not insulated attic and ceiling. T

The question is how to save on heating costs, relevant for our family because we live in an old private house near Kyiv. Our 80 square meters during the heating season, nautilus shells for sale "eat" about 500 USD per month for gas and about 100 - for electricity. So my husband and I, after consulting with specialists, have developed a plan to minimize gas consumption and keep warm in this winter.
It was found that the warm air in the room is cooled quickly, if not insulated attic and ceiling. To keep heat from above, our grandfathers put straw in the attic. However, this is about ten natural insulation dust and happy living mice, not to mention the fact that it is contrary to fire regulations. Because straw had thrown away instead put on the floor loft mineral wool and under her parabar'yer (to wool not pidmokala not "shook" fibers in mikroshparyny ceiling).
If from the cracks in the floor pulling cold air, it will likely mean that at the foundation nautilus shells for sale of the house pidkopalysya some rodents - mice, moles, hedgehogs or shrews. The foundation is then necessary "pour" concrete. You can also concreted same floor. This provides additional stability old house. In order to not freeze in winter on such a floor under the concrete screed put foam thickness not less than 10 cm and a density of not less than 25 kg per cubic meter or more, but stronger and with less heat loss coefficient of polystyrene. On this plate you can put wooden logs and apply traditional wood floors or install a so-called "warm floor" which will not only maintain a high temperature in the room, but nice warm feet. Plain tile, laminate or linoleum laid on insulated concrete screed, nor cold feet.
Cold wall - a trouble many private homes. Especially if they mokriyut inside and covered with mold. Wall thickness "brick" (20 cm) and (osoblyvo!) Concrete should further insulate the outside. There are several options.
The cheapest and conviction of many experts, the most effective wall insulation foam or polystyrene. However, this material has a number of drawbacks. First, nautilus shells for sale the foam is a vapor-proof, ie underneath condensation can form and the wall is moist. This is especially dangerous for wooden houses. Secondly, it is ephemeral material that is destroyed by high temperature under the influence of sunlight, as well as physical damage, such as a ladder attached to the wall. They say that the foam "upholstery" enough for not more than 10 years. Although life also depends on what foam cover - siding, stucco or clapboard.
Alternatively, wall insulation - with the help of wool - is expensive and many do not like cotton because of the ability to absorb water, making its insulating factor nautilus shells for sale decreases. For me, the best mineral wool heat insulation inside walls, covering them plasterboard. The most expensive option is using wall insulation with insulating plaster-type "TEPLOVER." This plaster is not mokriye and does not create condensation and wall house "breathes". There are only two "but" - a very high price and the need to apply a plaster layer depth of 510 cm While experts argue that it is not a problem, because the plaster lightweight and has the consistency of foam.
Winterizing a home can reduce half the cost of gas, but as they say, perfection has no limits. So try to consider alternative options for gas heating. Most cost-effective and proven way for centuries - a stove, nautilus shells for sale I mean rough wood or stone. Please note that a fireplace nautilus shells for sale can heat only one room (which is the one in which he was drowned), while crude, heating the hot air from the furnace wall channels can heat several rooms. Heat the crude held daily, while vyholodzhuyetsya fire as soon as it no longer "feed" the wood. This is because the fireplace has a large combustion chamber and direct nautilus shells for sale access to the smoke. Quirky owners who want to heat the house and just do not produce, and enjoy a blazing bonfire, make pichkyhruby with large combustion chamber is covered with heat-resistant glass. Unfortunately, the cost of the glass "bite". However, the efficiency of metal fireplace with termosklom - 70 percent, while in the open - only 10.
On the downside heating equipment should be attributed dry house, and inability to maintain nautilus shells for sale the same temperature overnight. You throw first few hours in the wood stove, then it warmed up, arranging the house real "Tashkent", but in the morning the room is cool and this leads again to lunge for the ax and carry armfuls of wood and branches into the house.
There are electric fireplaces (something like "tuning" infrared heaters), and metal fireplaces are made on a "stoves". Last stoked with wood, the heat comes from a heated metal casing and pipes. These fireplaces are very easy to install nautilus shells for sale because they do not integrate into