MaterioInsulating a house with EPS
An ETICS system is not just the foam: it is the adhesive, the dowels, the mesh, the reinforcing layer and the render. Every one of them comes off the same area.
Step by step
- Work out the facade area: the building's perimeter times its height, less windows and doors. Count the reveals separately if you are insulating them.
- Choose the foam thickness and count the bundles. Then the dowels (typically 6 per m², more at corners and above 8 m) and the adhesive — one lot for bonding, another for the reinforcing layer.
- Allow about 10 % on the mesh for overlaps, and take the thin-coat render from its own consumption per m².
Calculators used in this guide
Tip
The dowel count is not one number for the whole house. The corner zone needs them denser than the middle of a wall, and above 8 m the building moves into a higher wind zone. Check the design or the system's guidance before ordering.
The same formula in the app Materio for Android uses the same engine offline — with the material catalogue and results saved into a project. Download