Thermal BridgesWhere the insulation line breaks, what it costs, and how to find the breaks on a drawing.ArchitectureTrace the insulation line around the whole section without lifting the pen.Where they happenBalcony slabs passing through the wallWindow and door reveals, heads and cillsWall to roof and wall to floor junctionsSteel and concrete columns crossing the lineParty wall and separating floor junctionsWhat they costExtra heat loss, often 10 to 30 per centA cold internal surface at the junctionCondensation, then mould, on that surfaceOccupant complaints about a cold cornerEducational reference. If you cannot draw the insulation line as oneunbroken loop, the detail is not resolved yet.Thermal Bridgeslearnposters.com
Thermal Bridges — printable design wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Thermal Bridges poster

9 entries in 2 groups.

Trace the insulation line around the whole section without lifting the pen.

Educational reference. If you cannot draw the insulation line as one unbroken loop, the detail is not resolved yet.

Questions about the Thermal Bridges poster

What’s on the Thermal Bridges poster?
9 entries in 2 groups. Trace the insulation line around the whole section without lifting the pen. Where they happen: Balcony slabs passing through the wall, Window and door reveals, h…; What they cost: Extra heat loss, often 10 to 30 per cent, A cold internal surface at…. Educational reference. If you cannot draw the insulation line as one unbroken loop, the detail is not resolved yet.
Who is the Thermal Bridges poster for?
Thermal Bridges belongs to the Architecture section rather than to a school year, because design is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning environmental design can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Thermal Bridges poster?
Use it at every junction. A perfect wall build-up loses its advantage at a bad corner. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Thermal Bridges belongs on the wall where that design work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Thermal Bridges?
Airtightness, Embodied Carbon and Orientation sit alongside Thermal Bridges in the Architecture section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AirtightnessEmbodied CarbonOrientation
Is the Thermal Bridges poster free to download and print?
Yes. Thermal Bridges downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Architecture section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Thermal Bridges poster print at?
Thermal Bridges is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Thermal Bridges loses nothing.Printing guide

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