Kind of insulation: Floor insulation
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Construction: Mion-AG, Neuhausen
am Rheinfall / CH, Architect: Rolf Lüscher, Schaffhausen
/ CH |
Contact:Ansprechpartner: Gregor
Erbenich,
or Guido Bründler,
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VIP product: Porextherm Dämmstoffe
GmbH, ZZWancor / CH |
Location: Historic court house
in Schaffhausen / Switzerland |
Date of realization: August
2002 |
Funding: --- |
Description of the construction: The task
was to transform an unheated room in an old court house, built
in the 17th century, into a heated and therefore usable space.
Two problems had to be solved:
1. This part of the building had a cellar underneath
2. Space and height were limited due to the fact that it was
not possible to install new doors.
The old historic doors as well as the doorframes were too low
to install thick floor insulation. To achieve acceptable floor
insulation values against the cold coming from the cellar without
adding too much height, the only solution was to use Vacucomp®
(ZZWancor's trademark) vacuum insulation panels. This insulation
problem was solved by using a three layer system of 5 mm
Dow “Ethafoam SD”, 10 mm VIP and another 5 mm
Dow “Ethafoam SD” without ruining the historic character
of the building.
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Figure 1: Entrance area of
the historic court house in Schaffhausen / Switzerland. The doors
inside the building originate from the 17th century
as well and had to be retained. |
Figure 2: Mounting the vacuum
panels according to an assembly plan. VIPs with irregular, slanted
sides had to be specially supplied for the edges of the room.
All the VIPs were numbered according to the plan. |
Figure 3: Typical floor construction
with Vacupor® vacuum insulation panels. |
