The Hiss Reet Wall as a Non-Bearing Partition for Interior Finishing Works
From an ecological point of view and with regards to building biology the renovation of an office building should make particular use of the historic building materials clay and reed. After gutting the building an inside insulation with reed panels was installed in order to preserve the façade of the timbered house. All non-bearing interior walls were built using Hiss Reet walls. After the installation of the wall heating the complete interior of the old building has been plastered with clay.
The Hiss Reet wall units can be fitted following these six steps:
1. Prepare tools and materials
2. Fit substructure
3. Fix the wall connections
4. Place the first wall unit.
5. Place the next wall unit.
6. Place the last wall unit.
Here, we provide you with detailed fitting instructions for our partitioning system for an ecological interior finishing.
Illustration 1: When you have prepared the materials required and fixed the upper and lower lathing you can fit the wall connections. Under the upper and lower lathing as well as under the wall connections an impact sound insulation made of cork has been placed.
Illustration 2: The interior wall had to be cut to size in order to fit under the roof pitch (4.5 m).
For this reason the elements of 2.5m height were divided into smaller parts. The production of cross joints should be avoided.
As a protection against rising damp a bitumen sheeting has been laid out under the lower lathing. On top a cork impact sound insulation has been installed.
In the background: The inside insulation of the building (Hiss Reet panels extra 8 cm and Hiss Reet pellet panels).
Illustration 3: The interior wall after completion. In the next step the plaster fabric (fabric lath by Hiss Reet) is applied.
Illustration 4: After the application of the fabric lath a 2 cm layer of clay undercoat plaster is spread with the help of a plastering machine. Then the plaster is covered with a glass cloth.
Later, a 3 mm layer of final loam rendering is applied.
Illustration 5: On this side of the interior wall the Hiss Reet wall has been planked with prefabricated wall heating modules made of clay (climate panels) by the manufacturer WEM.
With 62.5 cm the climate panels have the same width as the Hiss Reet wall elements. Thus, they are easy to screw to the timber studs.
Illustration 6: A look inside the finished wall: The climate panels have been screwed on the timber studs of the Hiss Reet walls and then plastered with clay.
Illustration 7: A prefabricated wall heating module (climate panel) by the manufacturer WEM.
This clay wall heating module is perfectly suited for ecological dry wall constructions. The advantage of a wall heating system is, that it provides an evenly distributed heat radiation. In contrast to a floor heating, which mainly radiates heat to the feet, the wall heating warms the entire human body. Furthermore, the human body is more sensitive to radiant heat.
When using a wall heating you can reduce the room temperature by app. 3°C without experiencing a loss in comfort. This saves heating costs as well as energy for the sake of the environment. A further advantage of a wall heating is, that the air is almost heated without turbulence, which means that the amount of particles floating in the air as for example fine dust, house dust, pollen, mites etc. can be reduced.
