High ceilings are probably the dream of all apartment owners, especially those people who had the chance to live in Brezhnevka and Khrushchevka buildings.
The expert of the online publication Belnovosti, designer Yulia Tychino, often had to work with this request.
According to her, many homeowners are ready to remove the backfill underneath along with the screed in order to achieve their goal during the renovation process, because in this way they can achieve the desired effect, increasing the overall height of the room.
So why is this decision not a way out of the current situation, but a fatal mistake that the people living here will regret?
The whole point is that the backfill performs a soundproofing function.
Without this element, the apartment will be very noisy, especially if there is a family with small children or people who like to sing karaoke at night among the neighbors.
Therefore, you will have to either leave the backfill under the screed, or compensate for its loss by using expanded clay, which should be filled with cement milk (in this case, you will have to raise the floor), or by choosing the Shumanet material, which has waterproofing properties.
In addition, do not forget to take care of soundproofing the walls.
