The insulated beam can be considered a novelty. This material appeared recently and has not yet become truly popular. Nevertheless, having obvious advantages over other types of construction timber, the insulated beam has every chance to win a certain audience of fans.
As it already becomes immediately clear by the name, the insulated beam has a warming material in its composition. Of course, the beam (wood as a whole) is already a sufficiently warm material incomparable in this indicator with stone, brick or blocks. You will be interested in a house from a bar in Moscow.
However, according to modern ideas, the material cannot be too warm in principle. That is, the warmer the building material, the better. This was guided by the developers of the insulated timber.
Unlike standard types of timber, the beam insulated is not solid. The core of the insulated beam – insulation material of various types. And on top of the insulation is sheathed with high -quality dried wooden strips. In appearance, this is still a beam familiar to everyone, but the insulation that is laid in this material gives it more thermal insulation properties.
As a heater, manufacturers try to use the most effective, but at the same time not very expensive materials so that the insulated beam remains available to all. It succeeds. In particular, most often materials such as foam glass or mineral wool are laid in the insulated beam. Both of these insulation have proven effectiveness repeatedly at the most complex objects. They are really not very expensive.
It is no more difficult to build from the insulated beam, but nothing easier, from a bar of other types. This is still a wooden beam that has a well -established and time -tested assembly and construction technology. The features of the use of the insulated beam do not exist. This, right, can be considered an advantage of this wonderful material.
The main plus of the insulated beam is, of course, in its increased thermal insulation qualities. The ability to hold the temperature of such a beam is higher than in another material that can generally be used to build walls and build certain structures.
If an insulated beam was used to build a house, the insulation can be additionally not used. However, most experienced builders still believe that this is additional insulation, and you cannot refuse the main one, no matter what. That is, it is better to use the insulated beam in order to make the structure even warmer than it would be if a bar of other types was used.