How do you insulate the top floor? Suspended ceiling or roof insulation?

1. Laying the thermal insulation layer:

The common method of top layer insulation is to lay the insulation layer, which can effectively prevent the irradiation of the sun in summer, the commonly used materials for laying the insulation layer are laying the heat insulation bricks, and the top floor is brushed with heat insulation paint, pasting reflective material tin foil, the simplest insulation layer investment is relatively small is to lay a layer of soil about 15 cm thick on the roof, these methods can play a role in heat insulation.

2. Build an awning

In addition to laying the insulation layer close to the roof, there is also a sunshade net on the roof of the building, building an awning, the advantage of this practice is that people can be on the roof activities, such as drinking tea and chatting and enjoying the starry sky, but the investment is relatively large, the construction is unreasonable, and it will also affect the lighting.

3. Roof planting:

There are many planting methods for planting vegetables and fruits on the roof of the building, which can be planted directly in the soil layer, and there is a combination of shelves, which is to buy a ready-made vegetable planting box, build a simple vegetable shelf, and plant some climbing vines or vegetables, these methods can also play a role in heat insulation, and at the same time you can eat fresh vegetables, but you must do a good job of drainage.

4. Water storage and heat insulation

Build a swimming pool on the roof, inject water with a height of about 20 cm in the pool, which can also play a role in heat insulation, and if the load-bearing function of the roof is relatively strong, you can also build a swimming pool, but this method needs to do a good job of waterproofing the roof.

5. Ceiling plus thermal insulation material:

The thermal insulation on the roof is input is the outer layer of thermal insulation, and you can also consider indoors, such as making a suspended ceiling, adding thermal insulation panels or thermal insulation cotton to the ceiling, so that it can be ventilated and insulated.

6. Close the south window and draw the curtains:

In addition to making a fuss on the roof, you should also pay attention to some things, in the heat, close the south window, open the north window, and pull the curtains of the south window, these daily small actions can also reduce the temperature in the house a lot.

7. Decoration furniture selection:

Living on the roof, the temperature in the house is high, which is annoying, so people who live on the roof of the building, in the choice of interior decoration and furniture, choose some cold colors, such as blue and green, especially the curtains should choose cold curtains that shade the sun, so that it will not feel so hot.

You use painted keel mineral wool board or insert board ceiling, can be effective insulation, as for the roof insulation layer, I think it will not be of much use.

Hanging hall on the line. My house is a hanging hall, it really works.

In the case of insulating ceilings, a certain amount of space is required.