Selected Problems of Renovated Apartment Buildings Entrances in Slovakia

Abstract:

During the last decades, only a little attention has been given to the design and renovation of the entrances to residential buildings. Given underestimation of the problem in the design has resulted in a negative impact on both indoor building environment and aesthetics of the building. Recently, together with the renovation of external walls claddings (by application of additional thermal insulation and replacements of windows and doors) and upgrading and modernizing the installations services such as heating and plumbing systems, also the entrance construction components finds their place in the renovation process. This article analyses the problems connected with renovation of building entrances and summarizes information about the current efforts in engineering and architectural praxis.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 649)
• Pages: 117-120
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.649.117
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Katarína Minarovičová, Dušan Dlhý
• Keywords: Apartment Buildings, Entrance, Entrance Door, Refurbishment, Renovation, Residential Building

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