Recent years have been marked by a huge leap in the development of building technologies. New materials have appeared, and ways of developing existing ones have also been improved. If we talk about their relatively new samples, then almost any professional builder used ecowool, the disadvantages and positive features of which we will discuss today.
It is known that any material used in construction has its weaknesses. For example, in our case, these include poor compressive strength, which is why ecowool, the disadvantages of which we are considering today, cannot be used as a basis for plaster or for floating floors. That is why its use involves the construction of a conventional frame of bars.
In some way, the disadvantage of this material can be considered its increased hygroscopicity (absorption). Under no circumstances should it be used where it may come into direct contact with moisture from the environment. ATIn particular, when insulating the basement of a building, it is necessary to make high-quality waterproofing. Otherwise, ecowool (the disadvantages of which we are discussing) will quickly become saturated with moisture and will contribute to the destruction of the foundation when it freezes in winter. For the same reason, in places where there is such a heater, through ventilation holes cannot be made.
Despite this, there are many such situations where ecowool can be used. Its disadvantages in such cases are successfully outweighed by a considerable number of advantages. In particular, with the help of it, builders can make seamless layers of thermal insulation, which can reduce heat loss to almost zero. In addition, in the summer, this design keeps the interior cool much more efficiently.
The same property of the material greatly simplifies the task of creating a layer of thermal insulation in hard-to-reach places, allowing you not to think about creating reliable fasteners. Among other things, the insulation of houses with ecowool is good because there is no need to buy additional material for sound insulation, since its sound absorption coefficient is almost an order of magnitude higher than that of any mineral wool.
As follows from the prefix "eco", this cotton wool is good for its complete environmental cleanliness and safety for the he alth of those people who live in a house insulated with this material. In particular, even if there are allergy sufferers in the family, they can comfortably live in such a house for years without experiencing the slightesthe alth problems. Given its unique ability to selective heat transfer, you will get a room in which it will be easy to breathe even for those who suffer from bronchial asthma or other diseases of the respiratory system.
Technologists who invented ecowool added boric acid to its composition. Because of this, fungus or mold will never appear on it, and rodents will avoid building nests in its thickness. The hygroscopicity described above is (as we said) a conditional disadvantage, as it prevents the formation of condensate on internal structures, saving them from decay and corrosion.
Thus, ecowool insulation has many more positive features than disadvantages, without which no building material can do.
