Exterior renovation

Giving your home a fresh new look and saving on energy costs is possible with an exterior home renovation using ROCKWOOL’s stone wool insulation solutions.

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Deep energy retrofits with stone wool products can improve the thermal, acoustic, and fire performance in residential buildings. Renewing the exterior of your home with superior insulation will ensure you maintain a healthy indoor climate, improve the acoustics, and reduce energy consumption.

Insulating the building envelope with stone wool will limit heat losses, requiring less energy to heat or cool the building. Whether you are considering an exterior renovation of your freestanding house or a multi-tenant building, ROCKWOOL has a suitable solution that will deliver excellent performance over the entire usable life of the structure.

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Why you should carry out an exterior remodelling

A variety of circumstances may prompt you to consider an exterior remodelling or energy retrofit project. The older the house gets, the greater the wear and tear on the building’s exterior will become. To ensure you get the best outcome from your project, you should consider upgrading the external walls and façade of the building with stone wool insulation.

Reasons to consider an exterior remodelling initiative may include:

Improved energy efficiency – As the exterior of the building also has the largest surface area, this is where most of your heat energy will escape through. An upgrade to the exterior walls will help reduce thermal losses and lower your energy costs.
Limiting external noise – Noise pollution remains one of the emerging health concerns for the world’s populations. An exterior design that uses stone wool solutions will reduce the harmful effects of environmental noise with its superior acoustic performance.
Reducing the cost of maintenance – By investing in high-quality insulating material, you will reduce the cost of upkeep on the exterior elements. Additionally, stone wool insulation will also protect interior structural systems from mould and mildew, increasing the usable life of these systems. If you use the right materials the first time, it will also make future renovation projects easier to execute.
Creating a fresh look and style – Finally, you may want to renew the exterior of your home to bring it in line with contemporary aesthetics. With solutions from ROCKWOOL Group, you can create a new and exciting design for your home while also harnessing the benefits of stone wool for increased thermal, acoustic, and fire resilience.

A house makeover is possible with a variety of exterior renovation products and technologies from ROCKWOOL Group. Once you have decided to upgrade the exterior design of your property, consider the following solutions for your project.

How to remodel the exterior of your home

Poorly insulated exterior walls will facilitate heat to escape from the property, increasing the energy costs to heat and cool the inside of the building. By improving the exterior insulation, you can reduce thermal losses, which also means saving money on energy costs, reducing the impact on the environment, and providing for healthier indoor climates. The method of insulation and the solutions available largely depends on the type of wall you are dealing with.

To aid you in your project, you should opt for stone wool insulation as part of the exterior renovation. ROCKWOOL’s insulation technologies harness the strength of stone (one of the world’s most abundant natural resources) to provide superior performance and create efficient barriers between the indoor and outdoor environments.

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Four solutions for renovating your office

1. Cavity walls

While cavity walls were popular in older construction methods, these can create thermal bridges or damp conditions inside the property. Insulating cavity walls with stone wool provides greater thermal performance, protects against the effects of condensation, and reduces noise pollution from the outdoor environment.

ROCKWOOL Group has both granulate and slab insulation solutions available for use in cavity walls, helping you maintain a comfortable inside temperature while requiring less energy to heat or cool the home. With cavity slabs, you can adjust the insulation for any irregular inner walls and sides. Granulate solutions allow you to fill the entire cavity with high-density insulation. Regardless of your home’s exterior design, you can protect the interior using stone wool insulation.

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2. Timber frames

Similar to cavity walls, timber frames remain a flexible building method popular around the world. Installing insulation in timber frames provides better thermal performance than masonry walls as it can accommodate stone wool insulation or slabs and rolls cut to the existing frame dimensions.

When insulating wood exteriors, stone wool insulation also improves the fire resilience of the walls. As stone wool can resist temperatures of up to 1000°C, including these products in a timber frame renovation project will protect against fire damage and improve the compartmentation of individual areas, limiting the spread of fire through the property.

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3. External thermal insulation composite systems

Sometimes called an Exterior Insulation Finish System (EIFS) in North America, an External Thermal Insulation Composite System (ETICS) provides multiple layers of protection for a building’s exterior. With a base coat, reinforced mesh, and a finishing coat, it delivers effective continuous insulation against the outdoor climate while reducing thermal bridging from the exterior.

A ROCKWOOL ETICS solution gives you complete design freedom for both exterior renovations and new construction projects. As it harnesses the power of stone wool in the design, you can renew the exterior of a building while benefiting from the improved thermal, acoustic, and fire resilience it has to offer.

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4. Ventilated façades

A relatively new construction method, ventilated façades help manage moisture levels and regulate heat in exterior walls. Installing cladding systems, like Rockpanel, provide many benefits and have become a popular insulation solution with building designers and architects.

Ventilated façades help to reduce water damage, protect structural elements, and prevent the formation of mould or mildew by protecting the inner layers from excess moisture.

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Renewing the exterior walls of your building with ROCKWOOL’sstone wool solutions

Stone wool insulation can maximise the benefits of any exterior wall renovation project. With superior thermal, acoustic, and fire resistivity, you can ensure you create a comfortable, healthy, and sustainable environment for you and your occupants. ROCKWOOL Group has a solution for any design constraint, enabling you to extend the useful life of your building while drastically improving the energy efficiency of the structure.

Before you start your exterior renovation project, consider the benefits of stone wool insulation available from ROCKWOOL Group’s technologies.

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