ᐅ Insulation of window reveal, exterior wall insulation system (EIFS), and brickwork including the transition areas

Created on: 18 Jun 2016 13:01
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SimonMoers
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SimonMoers
18 Jun 2016 13:01
Hello everyone,
I have the following wall construction:
Ground floor: brick 175mm (7 inches), mineral wool 120mm (5 inches), air gap 15mm (0.6 inches), facing brick 105mm (4 inches).
Upper floor: brick 175mm (7 inches), external insulation system (EIFS / external thermal insulation composite system) 135mm (5.3 inches).

What is the best way to insulate the window reveals? Can I use XPS (extruded polystyrene) reveal boards with the EIFS on the upper floor, even though the EIFS insulation is made of mineral wool? Or should the same insulation material be used throughout?

How do you best create a transition between the EIFS and the facing brick insulation? We want to use mineral wool boards behind the facing bricks, and also mineral wool in the EIFS, but the EIFS boards will be a different type than the simple attachable boards behind the facing bricks. Do you have any reference websites or resources for me?
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Legurit
18 Jun 2016 14:22
So, we have 16cm (6.3 inches) of mineral wool insulation everywhere, with XPS (pink) glued on top throughout.
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SimonMoers
18 Jun 2016 18:39
Thanks, do you have ETICS (External Thermal Insulation Composite System) or facing bricks?
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Legurit
18 Jun 2016 19:05
Facing bricks – but for the entire house.
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Sebastian79
18 Jun 2016 21:54
BeHaElJa schrieb:
So, we have 16cm (6 inches) mineral wool everywhere and always had XPS (pink) glued on.

Mineral wool? Are you sure?
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Legurit
18 Jun 2016 22:32
Yep – Rockwool Kernrock. Unless Rockwool also manufactures glass wool, then maybe that as well – the lower area was insulated with XPS (I think up to about 40cm (16 inches)?), then stone wool was used above that all the way up.

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