When your house has cracked plaster and faded paint, it's about time, to overhaul the facade. Do you care about saving energy and protecting the environment?, improve the thermal insulation at the same time, with. B. with stone wool plaster base lamellae.
Speaking of the house facade, the catchphrase "weather coat" is often used, the masonry against rain, protects against hail and frost. This symbolic term is not so wrongly chosen. Because like a tightly woven, impregnated and breathable fabric protects people against inclement weather and takes care of it, that he doesn't get wet, prevents an intact plaster facade, that moisture penetrates into the masonry and can thus damage the building fabric. With a few inconspicuous cracks, penetrates into the wet and which are later broken up by the frost, it often starts. Not rare is already two, three years later structural damage occurred, which must be renovated at considerable expense.
To pay attention to a plaster facade, is therefore recommended. But when it's about time, to thoroughly overhaul the facade, one can think, whether the outer skin of the house should not be better insulated at the same time, to save even more heating energy.
A recommended material for the subsequent thermal insulation of external walls are plaster base lamellae made of rock wool. These 20 cm wide, 120 cm long insulating elements have a high pressure- and tear strength due to its fibers oriented perpendicular to the building structure. They are water repellent, diffusionsoffen, resistant to aging and - an important point- absolutely incombustible. These slats are used as the base material for thermal insulation composite systems, with which you can create a whole new, breathable facade can build.
How to do it and what to watch out for, see on the following pages.