Increasingly, future owners prefer frame houses. This is a relatively inexpensive, comfortable, reliable and environmentally friendly housing, which is very well insulated. The basis of the insulation for frame houses lies in the use of ecowool, which in its structure is a specially processed waste paper.

However, high-quality thermal insulation is only part of the problem; a new homeowner almost immediately has to think about efficient heating frame house. The modern market offers many systems for heating a frame house with electricity or using gas equipment. We suggest you understand in more detail how to set up , and perform this work as inexpensively as possible, obtain high reliability and minimal effort and costs during further maintenance.

Heating of a frame house based on TM heating film

According to research by specialists and statistical data, heating film TM, which is a low-temperature film electric heater, today makes it possible to produce an ideal heating system for a frame house.

Firstly, the TM heating film provides record efficiency - up to 93%. This is due to the absence of elements that increase heat loss: pipes, coolant, etc.

Secondly, these are minimal total energy costs, which were previously unattainable when heating a frame house with electricity. When installing the system on the ceiling, it is enough to use 70% of the material from the total heated area.

With good insulation of frame houses, minimal energy consumption for heating is guaranteed. According to the calculations of specialists, confirmed by practice, when using TM heating film, the energy consumption per meter of area will not exceed 10-15 W.

Advantages of TM heating film in frame houses

In addition to the high efficiency of systems based on soft infrared radiation, which we have already discussed, such systems have whole line advantages:

. absolute safety. Usually heating a frame house with electricity poses a threat of fires, electric shock, drying out indoor air, etc. But not when using film materials!
. noiselessness. There are no rubbing parts or circulating liquids;
. ease of installation. Even a person with little experience can organize heating of a frame house with his own hands, using detailed instructions. There is nothing easier than fixing the film on a perfectly flat ceiling and connecting the system to the power supply;
. efficiency and minimal energy consumption. In conditions where there is no alternative to electricity, such heating of a frame house will be an ideal solution;
. zoning. Even in one room, you can organize several temperature zones to ensure comfort;
. invisibility. The system can be decorated with almost any material that is used for interior decoration ( suspended ceiling, drywall, plywood, eurolining);
. automation and lack of maintenance. This system allows you to program the heating operation of a frame house and monitor its condition even remotely.

How much will heating cost in a frame house?

We suggest making a preliminary calculation together. Let's take a one-story frame house with a total heated area of ​​100 sq.m. Here you can distinguish 4 zones with different temperatures. By installing the TM heating film on the ceiling at the rate of 70% of the total heated area, we obtain 70 sq.m of material.

In addition, we will need 4 Orbis Clima ML thermostats. To connect branch wires and group power lines, you need 70-90 connectors with a Scotchlok 534 or OV-2 mortise contact. If you use pin soldering, you won't need Scotchlok 534 connectors. All of the listed materials can be purchased from our company:

. Heating film TM: 700 rub./1 sq.m; 700x70 sq.m. = 49,000 rub.;
. thermostat Orbis Clima ML: 850 rub./1 pc.; 850x4 pcs. = 3400 rub.;
. Scotchlok connector 534: 18 rub. 1 PC.; 18x90 pcs. =1620 rub.;
. diagram for connecting and placing the heating film TM (paper and electronic version) - free of charge;
. step-by-step instructions for installing TM heating film (electronic version on the website) - free;
. delivery within Russia - no more than 1,700 rubles. Dispatch from Yekaterinburg.

Total for materials, equipment and delivery: RUB 55,720.

What additional requirements are required for a heating system in a frame house?

To execute heating a frame house with your own hands, at your place of residence you will need to purchase (based on a house with an area of ​​100 sq.m.):

. PV wires 1-2.5 sq.mm: 200-230 linear m - 3000 rub.;
. cable channels 25x25 mm: 20-23 linear. m - 1300 rub.;
. corrugation 20 mm: 20-50 linear m - 250 rub.;
. distribution board for 12 modules: 1 pc. - 400 rub.;
. circuit breakers: 5-7 pcs. - 800 rub.;
. fastening materials (staples, screws) - 250 rubles;
. unforeseen expenses - 1000 rubles;
. electrician (laying wires and cable channels, connecting films, connecting thermostats, working in an electrical panel) - 7000-9000 rubles. The work of an electrician involves only the electrical part, in the presence of fixed strips of TM heating film on the ceiling. If you are well versed in electrics, then you can save money on the last point.

Total for additional services and materials: 16,000 rub..

Please note that in the list of additional materials and equipment that you need to purchase, we did not include foil-coated isolon (penofol) 3 mm thick. Frame houses have very good insulation, this also applies to the ceiling where the TM heating film will be installed. Therefore, in order to save money, you don’t have to use foil-coated isolon, and without it, the system works great in frame houses.

Thus, DIY frame house heating system on an area of ​​100 sq.m will cost RUB 71,720

Independent installation and connection will last 4-6 days, our specialists will complete it in 2-3 days with a guarantee of quality of work.

How to order a heating system?

Please provide us with the following information in any form:

1 . Characteristics of enclosing structures. Example: frame house, walls 150 mm, ecowool;
2 . Linear dimensions rooms, ceiling height. Preferably a house plan, for example, drawn by hand. If there are floor beams, a stove and other obstacles on the ceiling, then it is necessary to display them in the plan.

Please note that furniture in the house that does not interfere with the operation of the heating system does not need to be indicated (this is a bed, tables, chairs, cabinets, household appliances, etc.);
3 . Indicate the allocated power per home. Example: allocated power - 15 kW;
4 . Contacts: full name, phone number, company details or your passport for concluding an agreement, delivery city, desired transport company and payment method. Example:

. Ivanov Ivan Ivanovich +7 922 111-00-00;
. passport: 4509, 129078, issued by the Federal Migration Service of Russia in Moscow on October 12, 2007;
. place of residence: Moscow, st. Moskovskaya, 45G, apt. 40;
. I ask you to make delivery to Moscow by the transport company “Business Lines”, payment to the card of SberBank of the Russian Federation.

Send all the necessary information to any email address specified in the “Contacts” section. We will receive your data, process it and be sure to respond as soon as possible.

Delivery of materials and equipment

We work throughout Russia. We dispatch the order by agreement using the following transport companies: “Kit”, “PEC”, “Business Lines”, “Russian Post”. We will consider your delivery option by any other transport company.

A couple of years ago the availability own home was considered a special luxury. But modern technologies house structures are gradually changing this state of affairs.

Today, anyone can afford to build a frame house. But the interior decoration and arrangement of the house will depend on the preferences and financial capabilities of the owners.

The technology for constructing frame houses was invented and patented in Canada - where the climate is very similar to the climate of the regions of Russia. The technology was modernized over time, and it became widespread. This frame technology house structure allows you to save up to 70% on heating. The main building material is SIP panels.

House made of SIP panels

A SIP panel is a “sandwich” of outer and inner boards and thermal insulation material between them. OSB-3 is an external board, the characteristics and properties of which will allow it to withstand structural external loads even under conditions of high humidity. The cost of this slab is significantly less when compared with the price of wooden panels, and in terms of mechanical, installation, operational and other properties it is much higher.

Internal walls and thermal insulation material differ in their characteristics depending on various projects and models of frame houses. Because of this, it is better to check the composition, full name and exact characteristics of these building materials with the company building these houses. But we can say for sure: heating of a frame house made of sip panels can be arranged different methods, designed for a variety of possibilities.

Heating a frame house

Scheme and types of heating

How to heat a frame house? Heating options wooden house can be considered at the design stage. Because they may require certain changes to be made in finished project. The presence of a Russian stove or fireplace entails strengthening the section of the foundation over which they will be installed.

But today, using a stove with an open fire for high-quality heating of a private home is hardly possible.

But heating a frame house with a fireplace exists, but mostly in form decorative element, which gives the interior additional comfort. This can be explained by the fact that when heating with a fireplace, air plays the role of coolant, and this is not a very good heat conductor.

The space in front of the fireplace warms up very much, but the whole house will be quite cool. This can also be attributed to the heating system of a frame house, the walls of which, due to their properties, will not retain heat sufficiently. That is why the fireplace is considered only as another source of heating.

The Russian stove causes even more controversy in its functionality. It can be installed in the kitchen or in some summer kitchen, when decorating an old Russian interior.

But according to its features and characteristics, the Russian stove is most suitable for heating a large residential wooden house, and most property owners will give their preference to more modern methods heating

For example, such as:

• electric heating of the house;
• heating the house with gas;
• heating the house with water;
• heating air type.

Heating in a frame house using electricity

Using electricity for heating, we can say with confidence that this is the most common and well-known method. Electricity itself is not cheap, and there is a large number of heating options using electrical appliances, and quite economical ones. Below we will consider these devices in more detail.

Convector in a frame house

Heating a frame house using convectors is modern way, when compared with Russian stoves.

The essence of heating is that the air is heated in the area of ​​the device. After this, under the influence of common physical laws, the heated air rises, and colder air takes its place. And thus natural air circulation occurs.

The efficiency of the electric convector is very high – 90% and above. But it will take a lot of electricity to heat a large room. And its monthly cost will increase significantly. Certain advantages of this type heating is a possibility of automation. In all models, you can set the desired temperature mode, then the convector will save energy.

Heating with fan heaters

For small room heating can be organized using a heat gun or an electric fan heater. The operating mechanism is similar to that of a convector, but with forced circulation air. This is why air exchange occurs much faster and the room warms up more evenly and quickly.

Although this heating method is recommended rather as an extreme one, for example, if you need to heat a room or a certain area in a short time. In addition to the huge cost of electricity, there is also a certain noise that these devices make during operation, and this can be distracting.

Oil-type radiators are often used to heat a private home. The principle of their operation is to accumulate heat with a special oil, which receives it from an electric coil. Due to the inertia of heat transfer by oil, this device will retain and distribute heat for a long time even after it is turned off.

Since heat exchange between heated and cold air occurs quite slowly, then large room You won't be able to heat it this way. Oil radiator temperature regulators do not have an entirely accurate scale in degrees, and this can be explained by the operating mechanism itself of this device. It will not be possible to set the heating temperature with a certain accuracy. The surface of these radiators heats up, as a rule, only up to 50 degrees, but this will be quite enough to heat a small room.

Another type of electric heating system for a frame house is the installation of IR emitters. Their difference from all the systems described above is that they heat not the air around them, but the objects that will be affected by the radiation. That is, any objects that are in the range of action of these emitters act as a heat source - walls, floor and ceiling, furniture, various items interior and the person himself. Mechanism of operation infrared emitters will eliminate overheating or underheating. Because the temperature in the entire room will be approximately the same, creating a positive, cozy effect.

Infrared heated floor

You can assemble this heating option in a frame house yourself. And even in a finished frame house. The latest home heating system using heated floors will make it easy to install the required heating surface areas even for a non-professional, you just need to carefully follow the instructions. This heating for a frame house has every right to exist. The advantage of a heated floor is that it is more pleasant to walk on, especially if there are small children, they will be protected from colds.

Other advantages include the ability to adjust the temperature, uniform heating of the room and the absence of visible parts of the heating system, such as pipes or radiators.

The disadvantages of this method are the cost of electricity when using this system over large areas.

Most often, heated floors are used in zones, for example, in the bathroom, in the nursery, in the hallway, in the hall, if this is justified by the specific design and purpose of the interior.

Frame heating with gas

If your house has the ability to connect to a central gas pipeline, then the heating problem will be solved, because almost all of the above devices can be used as a source of electrical energy, but not gas.

Air heating in a frame house

A more progressive method of creating a good microclimate in a room, which is widely used in homes in the USA and Europe, is heating the house with air. By installing additional special modules, the air in the room can be heated and conditioned, as well as humidified or disinfected. Thus, together with the heating system you will receive ventilation system. Air heating in a frame house is a recognized method all over the world. It gained its popularity and widespread use due to its savings and the ability to install appropriate options.

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Heating a frame house: types of heating

More and more city residents are moving to cottage villages. In your home you can hide from the bustle of the city and live more healthy image life. Frame houses have become widespread due to their low price and high quality. Engineers offer many options for the heating system of a frame house, and sometimes it’s not easy for us to decide right choice.

It is worth noting that the walls of a frame house are multi-layered. This is a Canadian technology that allows you to build warm house For harsh winters for a low price.

Design specifics

Frame house - great example simultaneous use of many innovative technologies, the construction of such a structure will cost much less than buying a ready-made brick or block cottage.

Even the heating system in our case is several times cheaper than in brick and concrete houses. The basis of the house is a wooden frame, the cladding is mounted directly on it, and the walls are multi-layer pies, which in general terms represent three layers: internal, external and a filler layer. The filler can act as mineral wool, and polystyrene foam, polyurethane foam. For soundproofing purposes, some of the voids between the layers are filled. This simple technology allows you to save up to a third on heating when compared with brick and concrete structures.

Homemade solar collectors will help you use the sun's energy for heating purposes. For manufacturing, you need to prepare the site, make a radiator, and a forward chamber. You will also need a pump and system automatic adjustment and protection. A system of black pipes of large and small diameter, which are located inside the box under glass, can act as a radiator. You will need a thermal storage tank and a front chamber - any sealed tanks with a volume of 40 to 400 liters, depending on the total area of ​​the frame house. Next, it remains to implement the hydraulic connection of these elements of the device and connect the structure to the water supply network.

The heating systems of many private houses use water as a coolant. In this case, it is better to place the pipes inside the walls or under the baseboard; this arrangement will improve the aesthetics of the room and allow you to avoid radiators.

If you are building a heating system with your own hands, do not forget that frame floors and walls are often not designed for contact with boilers heated to high temperatures. For protection, brick structures can be erected between the boiler and the wall. It is worth considering that a boiler located away from the walls is easier to insulate, and a wall-mounted one takes up less usable space.

Gas and air heating

Gas heating system - a good choice for a frame house, but installation of a boiler and installation of heating elements require vocational training, it is not recommended to start work without experience and special tools. Many difficulties will arise in the early stages, you will have to calculate gas demand, get technical specifications, develop a project and much more. An insignificant price may attract your attention natural gas, but the cost of constructing heating and connecting equipment reaches tens of thousands of dollars. Considering these prices, we can say with confidence that such expensive equipment will not pay for itself soon, and it is not a fact that it will pay for itself at all.

In the West, air heating systems are increasingly being used. Thanks to this heating, the air in the rooms quickly heats up, but the heat generator requires a spacious area for its placement. Due to the multi-layering and insulation of the walls of a frame house, not only does the thermal efficiency of the structure itself increase, but also the air in the house remains insulated from external environment, which in the absence of ventilation is very unhygienic and dangerous to health, fraught with rapid concentration harmful substances and the formation of a dry microclimate. Therefore, installing a ventilation system is mandatory, and in combination with air heating, it allows you to save even more on space heating.

Electric heating system

Convector heaters and infrared floor coverings have become widespread. These are environmentally friendly and comfortable systems, however, electrical energy is not the cheapest and heating problems arise if there are problems with the electricity supply.

Can one convector heat a room from 15 m? up to 25 m?, it depends on the height of the ceilings and the power of the device. It is quite simple to calculate the total power required to heat a room. From the fact that heating 1 cubic meter requires about 40 W electrical power It follows that for a room of 25 m2? with ceilings of 2.75 m, the total power of the collectors must be at least 2,750 W. Installation of such a heating system will require much less funds, when compared with a gas design, but it is not a fact that it will be the most economical.

The most budget-friendly option for a frame house would be to install infrared heated floors. For a room of 20 m? you will need about 15 m of coverage: it is sold in rolls. You can save money if you do not place the film under the furniture, and the thickness and weight finished design are quite insignificant, it follows that additional reinforcement of the floors will not be required, and the ceiling height will practically not change. You can place the remaining film on the wall or even the ceiling, it is such an undemanding system. This method can be used to heat rooms of any type and size, with any covering: from linoleum to ceramics.

Read also: Pipe system for installing a warm water floor

DIY installation of heated floors

Construction of a heated floor is a very simple job that does not require special skills.

You will need:

1. Vapor barrier film;
2. Road mesh (200 x 200 x 4 mm);
3. Perforated tape;
4. Pipes;
5. Electrical clamp;
6. Fitting;
7. Sensors;
8. Balancing valves;
9. Scotch;
10. Self-tapping screws;
11. Construction stapler.

First, let's prepare the floor - use a vapor barrier film to create a closed loop and protect the floor from cement mortar. Next, we need to lay the road mesh; for this we will use punched tape and self-tapping screws. Incomplete immersion of the mesh in the middle of the screed may lead to a decrease in the reinforcing properties, but this should not worry you when building a residential building.

Taking into account a pre-drawn up diagram or project, lay the pipes and secure them using an electrical clamp.

Now we have to install the floor collector using fittings and install beacons. Prepare a sand-cement mortar, first mix the mixture with a shovel or in a concrete mixer, then add a small amount of crushed stone and fill the screed. To harden the screed, it is enough to stop the access of air to the premises, and after that you need to remove the beacons and wipe out doubtful places. When installing each new collector, you should install balancing valves, with the help of them the flow and temperature of the coolant are regulated in each section of the system.

The quality of thermal insulation installation significantly affects the efficiency of the heating system as a whole. Always read and follow the manufacturers' recommendations, install the wiring for the sensors in advance, and the boiler and its shutdown switch should not be located in different rooms. If you are going to use underfloor heating and electrical system heating, then think about the suspension. In any case, follow safety rules.

Features of arranging a water heated floor

Water is increasingly used as a coolant. This design uses water heated to low temperatures, and its heating efficiency is much better than many competitors. For supporting comfortable temperature the radiator and coolant heat up to less than 70 °C and 50 °C, respectively. It is the heated floor that allows a positive effect on the human body and warms up the entire room to the flow, because cold air heavier and falls, and warm is lighter and rises.

The main advantage of a water floor is the ability to directly regulate the temperature in the room, thanks to the installed mixing system, which dilutes the hot water from the radiator with already cooled water.

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Heating a frame house

One of the most successful technologies for constructing frame-type buildings is the construction of composite SIP panels, which is also called “ canadian house", allows you to obtain strong, durable buildings with an excellent level of heat retention.

This makes it possible to obtain convenient, comfortable residential buildings suitable for long-term living. Heating a frame house of this type can be built using an extremely economical scheme, obtaining a good level of heat. In this case, the choice of a specific engineering solution can be made from a huge number of options.

Many development companies immediately offer to make heating for a frame house based on modern convectors, which at the same time work as a supply ventilation system. There are several advantages that such heating has:

• each room has its own device, so the microclimate can be adjusted within one room;
• automatic control systems allow you to create a heat distribution scheme in the house that takes into account the time of use of each room;
• The heaters are compact and easily fit into the interior.

Despite the fact that heating of this class can be created with your own hands even after the construction of the house and completion finishing premises, the system has a lot of disadvantages:

• the level of electrical power consumption is quite high. This immediately places demands not only on wiring, but also causes significant financial costs during the cold season;
• heating depends on many factors. With frequent power outages, which may be typical in suburban areas due to the low power density of the supply networks, the house may not warm up to an acceptable level;
• When a heater fails, expensive repairs are often necessary, which may require dismantling the installation, leaving the room without heating.

As a result of taking into account the above disadvantages, electric convector systems with a forced ventilation function have not become widespread and are rarely created with your own hands after the construction of a house is completed.

Read also: Do-it-yourself plans for frame houses

Gas fueled convectors

Availability liquefied gas made solutions for heating systems on it very attractive. The owner of a frame house only needs to spend money once, install a gas holder on a plot of land, and equip it with a system of sensors and supply pumps. After this, the use of fuel is economical, and the purchase of gas reserves is not a problem.

Widespread received so-called gas converters. They are a compact device, the unit inside the building is similar to regular battery made of aluminum. It all works as follows:

• from the central point of gas distribution are distributed engineering Communication in the form of thin copper tubes, along each of which fuel is supplied to the converter;
• the exhaust pipe is led outside the wall of the house;
• ignition, temperature adjustment, control of gas pressure and flame presence are performed fully automatically.

As a result, heating using systems of this class can be created in an already built frame house. It is enough to make thin and invisible gas connections (usually they are carried out in hard metal frames or pipe to protect against mechanical damage), place the convector units on the walls, which will require a minimum of work and damage. This work can be easily done with your own hands, but you will have to hire specialists to install gas supplies.

Classic schemes

A house made of SIP panels can have heating built according to classical schemes. In this case, the heating of a frame house uses the usual equipment:

• gas heating boilers, liquid fuel, solid (pellets, coal or firewood);
• heating radiators (cast iron, aluminum, bimetallic);
• distribution pipes (plastic, metal-plastic, metal).

Within the framework of classical schemes, a water treatment system can also be implemented; one of the most efficient boilers is secondary heating units, which transfer heat to the liquid using the coolant of the heating system. Do not forget about the possibilities of creating underfloor heating systems, which is very attractive for modern bathrooms, the use of automatic control systems, as well as the creation of control circuits that allow you to change the microclimate of each room separately.

Read also: Features of sewerage in a frame house

The disadvantages of systems based on classical design principles include the high labor and financial cost of their creation. To create heating using a classic boiler, you will need to equip a technical unit in the house and place large equipment. In addition, when installing communications, you will need to carry out a lot of construction operations. The cost of the equipment is also relatively high. But despite the frightening amount of initial investment, a heating system based on classical principles pays for itself very quickly.

Latest generation systems

Many people have heard about “warm baseboard” or “contour” class systems. Such heating, in fact, is built according to the classical scheme of heating and coolant circulation, but differs in slightly different standards, namely:

• the amount of coolant in the system is small;
• the circulation rate is high, it occurs forcibly, using pumps, while classical systems can use natural convection circulation.
• As a result, contour systems have the following advantages:
• can be installed by hand without significant volumes construction work;
• often do not require the creation of technical areas where heating equipment will be located.

However, heating with contour systems also has disadvantages:

• the initial period of warming up the house lasts a very long time;
• when the heater is turned off, the system temperature drops quickly;
• electricity consumption is necessarily higher, since even in circuits using gas heaters, circulation pumps are used.

It is possible to build a “warm baseboard” or “circuit” system using only electric heaters, but the cost of using such a solution is very high.

Non-standard systems

Today, the market offers a number of solutions that make heating a house from SIP panels even more optimal and economical. The most notable and commercially used systems include:

• solar collectors;
• vacuum radiators.

Let's consider general principles work and benefits for owners in more detail.

Solar collectors heat water in their own circuit, which can be used for secondary heating. When placing a heating accumulator in the house, proceed as follows:

• the heat exchanger circuit is connected to solar collectors in spring and autumn;
• In winter, the heating accumulator is heated by a gas, liquid or solid fuel boiler.

Read also: Features of electrical wiring in frame houses

As a result of using a solar collector, it is possible to save a lot of fuel, since the main heating system will start much later and turn off earlier. Simultaneously, solar collector can be used as a source of secondary heating for water treatment systems.

Vacuum radiators look exactly the same as conventional aluminum or bimetallic ones. However, inside them there is only a thin tube through which the coolant passes. Air was partially evacuated from the rest of the radiator cavity and a small amount of compound with an evaporation temperature of 30 degrees was poured in. The following happens:

• as the coolant passes, the internal liquid evaporates and fills the radiator space;
• the surface is heated over the entire area, which increases the quality of heating.

As a result of installing vacuum radiators, the amount of coolant can be significantly reduced if heating based on classical schemes is used. Experience using such heating devices shows that they make it possible to reduce the cost of purchasing fuel by up to 25-35%, while improving the rate of heating of premises by up to 60%. Also, vacuum radiators allow you to create electric heating, which will have good efficiency indicators.

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Heating systems for frame houses

• What is a frame house?
• Water heating at home
• Heating boiler installation
• Installation of heating system for frame houses
• Connection and launch

The frame house design was invented and designed by engineers from Canada in the 20th century. The result is a comfortable, warm and at the same time inexpensive type of housing. Since any house needs to be heated, heating a frame house, i.e. the method of its heating system can be chosen depending on the preferences of the owner (electricity, gas, stove, etc.).

Diagram of a frame house.

What is a frame house?

Firstly, you should know that the walls of a frame house consist of three layers. The first layer is outer wall, which is a frame made of wooden beams to which the sheathing is attached. The second layer is filler, which is used to fill the voids between the boards to provide heat and sound insulation. And the last layer is the inner wall.

Heating scheme for a frame house.

Secondly, you need to remember a few rules. The foundation of a frame house must have a safety margin. When constructing a frame, to ensure its rigidity, dry planed material with fire-resistant jumpers should be used. To insulate a frame house, you need to use either bulk insulation (sawdust, shavings, etc.), or hard (foam or polystyrene slabs), or soft (mineral wool slabs).

First, you should complete the construction of the roof, and then insulate the floor so that the thermal insulation material does not lose its properties from moisture that gets on it. Ceiling, walls and interior decoration you need to lay it with a vapor barrier material, gluing the seams. Then you can move on to choosing a heating system for frame houses.

For comfortable living in a house, only walls and ceilings are not enough. You definitely need to think about heating a frame house. Due to the fact that there are several heating systems, the choice is complicated. Let's try to put everything in its place!

Initially, frame houses came to us from Canada and the USA. Approximately 95% of such houses use air heating . This system requires that the heating of a frame house be designed together with the construction of the structure. Therefore, it is important to establish close communication with the system designer and the house designer. Thanks to this interaction between specialists, the air ducts will be hidden as much as possible in the ceiling structure.

With proper, coordinated work in the bedrooms, living room, corridors and dressing rooms, the heating system itself can be completely invisible. To ensure that the ceiling height is not hidden due to pipes, we recommend using an American duct joining system. In this case, they are joined together using special rails. Thanks to this, the metal parts will not stick out. This will increase the air space of the room, the stay in which will be more comfortable, and breathing will become much easier.

A gas heater supplies warm air to the ductwork system, causing air-fired heating to warm the entire home. As additional options, you can install an electronic filter, a humidifier and an ultraviolet air purification lamp into the system. An electronic filter, using cassettes built into it, ionizes the air space of the premises. During its use, all dust particles stick to special plates. In the future, when the filter becomes clogged, it is enough to rinse it under running water.

An evaporation unit is installed in the humidifier, through which water flows. Evaporation of liquid from its surface occurs due to blowing with warm air, which is supplied from the air duct through the inlet channel. Using special sensors that are built into the return air duct system, the humidity in the house is monitored. To disinfect the air, they cut into the system of channels that provide air heating. ultraviolet lamps. They, with the help of a working element, ensure the removal of all pathogenic bacteria.

Air heating is controlled in a frame house thanks to a programmed thermostat. Some of them have Internet access. The priority in this case is that the adjustment can be done remotely.

The thermostat has heating ranges that are time-adjustable. Due to this, you can set different temperature levels for certain periods of the day. So, for example, when no one is at home, the air heating of the rooms can be reduced by a couple of degrees, and when you come home from work, the system itself will increase the temperature. This will save significant money. Also, using the ventilation panel, you can set the required ventilation mode.

Many people know that one of the most effective coolants is water. To use it to warm up the house, it is more traditional to use systems. The main feature of this type, and at the same time a disadvantage, is the heating, first of all, of the walls and only then of the air. The temperature around the floor will always be several degrees lower than at head level.

This is determined by the laws of physics - warm air rises upward, and cold air is below. Therefore, the feet will always be located in a cold space. To heat a frame house with water radiators, it is necessary to lay pipes, radiators and risers along the walls. In this case, all heating elements will be visible. Therefore, more careful designer selection.

Probably, many remember that recent period when they installed in all apartments and houses. For a more presentable appearance, it was necessary to paint the radiator unit once every 1–2 years. But, despite this main drawback, today they have the leading ability to withstand high pressure. They can also boast for a long time services.

If the main thing when choosing is price, then you can pay attention to steel radiators. They look quite attractive. In terms of performance, they have good heat transfer and convection. Thanks to its price and positive characteristics, they have become widespread. But their main disadvantage is their susceptibility to corrosion.

Heating of the house can be carried out using aluminum radiators, which are divided into extrusion and cast. Cast ones have proven to be better in quality heating systems. An important advantage of aluminum radiators is their low weight and high heat transfer. The ease of their maintenance includes the fact that each section can be replaced individually. But when choosing such radiators, you should know that they do not like sudden pressure drops and are sensitive to chemical composition in the coolant. Also requires special attention connection of all sections. There are times when the thread fails.

Among the radiators that incorporate the characteristics of steel and aluminum heaters, bimetallic ones can be distinguished. Their ribs and outside surface made of aluminum. Inside there are steel channels through which water circulates. Essentially, it's almost the same aluminum radiator, only steel tubes are not subject to corrosion due to contact with water.

Thanks to aluminum, rooms warm up very quickly. Also to positive property can be attributed to the ability to withstand high pressures. These radiators boast excellent heat dissipation, attractive appearance and practicality. But, unfortunately, such heaters have a high price.

This type of heating is one of the youngest and modern systems. It uses pipes laid in the floor through which warm water circulates. In such a system, plastic tubes are laid evenly over the entire area of ​​the room, thereby reducing temperature differences in different parts of the room.

The heated air will be evenly distributed throughout the entire volume of space. But what is important for health is that your feet will always be warm!

This system can reduce heating costs by heating water between 30 and 50 ºC. The room is quickly heated due to the uniform rise of heated air from the floor to the ceiling. Therefore, staying in a room with a lower coolant temperature is significantly more comfortable compared to other heating systems.

It can also be emphasized that with this heating option there are no batteries. Therefore, there is no need to think through the design combination of radiators with the interior. There is also room cleaning positive traits, which consist in the absence of dust on the floor. When there are small children in the house, the use of such a heating system will be invaluable. The child will play on a warm floor and there is no need to worry about drafts.

Among the disadvantages is that to install this system you have to raise the floor by 10 cm. It is much easier to do this when the house is just being built. You will also have to carefully select the floor covering, since a warm floor is demanding on the thermal conductivity of the flooring. It is not recommended to lay thick carpets or use coatings with low thermal conductivity in places where pipes are laid. This will reduce the efficiency of the underfloor heating system significantly.

When choosing this type of heating, you should remember that it will be a huge problem to repair it. Therefore, it is necessary to comply with all available technology for laying and connecting pipes. It’s better not to save money and buy quality materials. It would be a good idea to entrust the installation process itself to specialists who will provide a guarantee for the work done.

Among modern heating systems for frame houses, warm baseboards can also be distinguished. It is a type of water heating. The point here is that radiators are laid along all the walls. They are only 20 cm high. The tubes and radiator elements themselves are hidden under a decorative protective profile. So small and great aesthetic appearance will add special sophistication to any room.

Its heat exchanger is made of copper-aluminum materials, so it has very good heat transfer. It is not susceptible to corrosion and is not afraid high pressure. The heat from such a baseboard is evenly distributed throughout the room, due to which there are no cold zones. Therefore, it is very comfortable to be in such a room.

The importance of design is determined by the fact that the building must have certain proportions, which means engineers need to come up with a decent system for implementing a heating structure. Other factors are the climate situation in a particular region, the local price of electricity and gas, and the possibility of connecting any communications.

Wind and average precipitation levels are also taken into account. I think it’s already clear to you that southern cities will require less heat in winter than northern cities, with a rather cool autumn and spring. Even within the M1 highway alone you can see completely different conditions temperature and humidity. Let's figure out which heating is better to choose for a frame house.

The frame house today is one of the most modern and inexpensive ways the buildings. Heating of a frame house depends on several factors that must be taken into account at the stage of creating a layout and developing a project. Therefore, for the design and construction of frame houses, it is better to contact a well-established company - WOODSTRONG LLC, also known as KDom.

Features of frames

Before considering options, it is necessary to identify the main features associated specifically with this type of structure. What is a frame? This is a house made using the so-called Canadian technology. Its popularity in the CIS is due to several factors:

• Similar climatic conditions in Canada with Russia, Belarus and neighboring countries
• Low cost of construction, which is more economical than traditional methods construction
• High speed. For example, good companies can build such a dwelling within a month
• Enough good equipment walls and ceilings that retain heat indoors
• Manufacturability coupled with durability. The estimated lifespan of such buildings can reach 100 years.
• Possibility of free planning, allowing owners to choose the number of rooms and their size at the design stage

It is the last factor that does not allow us to give any exact recipes for heating. After all different area requires different approach to air heating. But the basic method remains the same. Let's move on to them.

Types of heating

The choice must be made in advance. This is due to the fact that during turnkey work, builders hand over the facility without further possibility of major reconstruction. Options such as stove heating or a solid fuel boiler require preparation. For example, installing a foundation for a boiler.

The main set from which owners choose and leave positive reviews is as follows:

• Electric heating. A whole complex that includes both fixed devices and portable ones
• Gas heating. Here we need a gas pipeline in the area of ​​construction
• Stove, traditional method, known since ancient times
• Air and water. Some of these are methods related to electricity, but they are often isolated as separate
• Solid fuel boiler. Can be classified as a stove, but with a water circuit

Electric heating for a frame house

Let's start with electricity. Let us immediately outline the pros and cons of this method:

• Quite a technologically advanced product that produces excellent heat. Some models are capable of “accelerating” to 150-170 degrees Celsius
• Usually consists of several various elements, which can be replaced if they fail, without losing the overall circuit
• Suitable for both small and large spaces
• High level of security. There are no obvious hazardous elements that could become a source of fire or smoke.
• The main disadvantage is the cost. The price of such devices is quite high, but the electricity bill hits the budget even more. If you plan to connect to a public network and not to your own generator, then planning a budget will be very difficult

The main element is the convector. Heating with convectors is an analogue of traditional “batteries”, which are installed under the windows of the room. They are supplied with voltage, which heats the air. Warm currents go upward, and cold ones are attracted from below. The result is a good cycle and microclimate.

On modern models It is possible to adjust the temperature. This gives you a reason to save money by reducing power consumption and warm days, which is sometimes so lacking in heating in apartments. In addition to convectors, a whole range of equipment can be used, including heating with an electric boiler.

Warm floors and heaters

Warm floors have long ceased to be some kind of luxury and today are available to many. It can operate both from the mains and from a water boiler. But it is the connection to electricity that is the most popular. You can even do this with your own hands, if you have installation skills and instructions. But it is better to contact specialists for whom laying heated floors is their core job.

Heaters can also be used to create warmth in the home. There is a whole set here: oil radiators, fan heaters, infrared device. An oil radiator can be installed either instead of a convector or as an additional device.

Infrared emitters are perhaps the most technologically advanced invention in this area. This is a device that does not provide heat itself, but heats objects in the room. This could be furniture, walls, windows, or even a switched off oil radiator. The advantages are low operating costs. Disadvantages: low power in a small or empty room.

Gas heating

Gas is a classic method of heating a home. Popular in various premises, both residential and technical. The main advantage is undeniable - the low cost of equipment and operation. On average, when calculated, a season on gas will cost you two times less than on wood and almost 7-8 times cheaper than on electricity. Of course, the accuracy of such calculations depends on the specific prices in your region.

But if there is no highway in your area, all this may become useless. Or you'll have to use custom cylinders, which is more expensive (but still cheaper than a number of other methods).

The scheme itself is quite simple: a boiler in which combustion occurs and pipes are routed along the contours of the rooms. They create a temperature that is transmitted to the climate of the room. An important point is the selection of boiler power. We need to calculate the area of ​​the house, as well as the factors affecting heating. Based on these data, we select according to efficiency. The boilers provide 90-95% efficiency, that is, they do not waste power just like that.

But if you make a mistake with the calculations, then a weak boiler will not produce heat and will also overheat. A boiler that is too powerful will produce excessive gas consumption. In this case, it will be too hot and you will have to ventilate the rooms or use air conditioning. Which, again, affects the cost of operation.

Stove and solid fuel

The stove is a traditional part of the Russian home. It is located in its place, on the prepared foundation. Gives its own warmth. But many models allow you to install a water heating tank behind it, from which water will flow through the pipes according to the contour. Hot water becomes part of home heating.

A solid fuel boiler can also be installed. This is a special stove that burns wood and coal inside itself and heats the water released through the pipes. The rest of the principle is the same. The boiler is usually placed in a separate room, say, in the basement. It must be periodically refilled with firewood and coal.

Modern models allow you to do this quite rarely, conducting double combustion. That is, not only firewood burns, but also the ash and gases released by it.

This method is considered perhaps the main one in areas where it is not possible to connect a gas main. In terms of cost, it is also one of the cheapest, inferior to the same gas. It provides a number of additional functions, including the ability to heat a bathhouse, as well as cook food over a fire, if we are talking about stoves.

Eventually

Let's summarize our review:

• It is worth choosing the type of heating for a frame house at the design and construction stage. The same stove will require strengthening the foundation and laying pipes in all rooms
• Each region has its own climatic characteristics, therefore, you need to rely only on the initial data of local specialists
• Electricity is the most technologically advanced method, but it will be very expensive if you have a cold region and high electricity prices
• Gas heating requires a fuel supply line. In modern cottage villages this problem has been solved, so this is the most cheap method warming up your rooms
• Solid fuel heating is an excellent option both in terms of cost and results. The disadvantages are relative: you need to order firewood, coal and store it somewhere. Otherwise, you get warmth in your home for little money

Just a couple of years ago, having your own home was considered a special luxury. But modern technologies for building houses are gradually changing this state of affairs.

Today, anyone can afford to build a house. But the decoration and arrangement of the house will depend on the preferences and financial capabilities of the owners.

House made of SIP panels

For example, such as:

• electric heating of the house;
• heating the house with gas;
• heating the house with water;
• air type heating.

Heating in a frame house using electricity

Using electricity for heating, we can say with confidence that this is the most common and well-known method. Electricity itself is not cheap, and there are a large number of options for heating using electrical appliances, and quite economical ones. Below we will consider these devices in more detail.

• Convectors

Convector in a frame house

Heating a frame house using convectors is a modern way when compared with Russian stoves.

The essence of heating is that the air is heated in the area of ​​the device. After this, under the influence of common physical laws, the heated air rises, and colder air takes its place. And thus natural air circulation occurs.

The efficiency of the electric convector is very high – 90% and above. But it will take a lot of electricity to heat a large room. And its monthly cost will increase significantly. Certain advantages of this type of heating are the possibility of automation. In all models, you can set the desired temperature mode, then the convector will save money.

• Fan heaters

Heating with fan heaters

For a small room, heating can be organized using a heat gun or an electric fan heater. The operating mechanism is similar to that of a convector, but with forced air circulation. This is why air exchange occurs much faster and the room warms up more evenly and quickly.

Although this heating method is recommended rather as an extreme one, for example, if you need to heat a room or a certain area in a short time. In addition to the huge cost of electricity, there is also a certain noise that these devices make during operation, and this can be distracting.

• Oil radiators

The disadvantages of this method are the cost of electricity when using this system over large areas.

Most often, heated floors are used in zones, for example, in a room, in a nursery, in a hallway, in a hall, if this is justified by a certain design and purpose.

Frame heating with gas

If your house has the ability to connect to a central gas pipeline, then the heating problem will be solved, because almost all of the above devices can be used as a source of electrical energy, but not gas.