A system providing simplified attachment of insulating mats on wall structures of buildings, and a method thereof.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention is related to a building insulation system and a method thereof, and especially to an adapter fastening insulating mats on respective locations of a wall structure as well as serving as a support of outer wall elements or cladding, and a method thereof.

BACKGROUND

Prefabricated cladding panels is simplifying the process of constructing outer building walls. The outer surface can be arranged with different materials like synthetic materials, wooden panels, marble, bricks etc. providing different patterns and/or different architectural expressions.

Cladding panels can be attached onto concrete walls or onto building frameworks constituted by timber or aluminium etc., or girders or beams, concrete or steel beams etc., or a combination of these types of building frameworks. Building frameworks may also be covered with plywood panels and insulating mats etc. is attached to respective types of frameworks.

When closing the interior space of a house with walls it is important to take note of several different physical phenomena and properties of buildings. A major issue is insulation as well as diffusion of moisture (or water) from the exterior of a house through respective outer walls as well as from the interior of the house towards the exterior of the house. Therefore, transport of heat and moisture through building walls is a technical design challenge.

If the insolation properties of building walls are poor, the cost of heating or cooling a house can be extremely high. It is also important to take into account the increasing need of reducing the overall energy consumption in society.

If moisture is left inside building walls, several biological process may start, for example development of dry rot and/or fungus. This may affect residents of houses as well as reducing the lifetime of the house. There are also other aspect of building houses that influence both the use and design of cladding panels and insulation. Reducing the building time of a house makes houses considerably cheaper, which may benefit house buyers as well as housing developers.

There is known several examples of prior art cladding panels that are

prefabricated providing sets of standardized building elements with integrated insulating mats, which reduces building time and cost.

Cladding panels may not only be used when constructing new houses. Cladding panels may also be used when modernizing or repairing older houses.

US 5765330 disclose a pre-insu!ated prefabricated wall panel comprising a rectangular wail frame having top and bottom rail members and a plurality of spaced apart stud members aligned between the top and bottom rail members. A polystyrene board-stock is affixed to a first side of the rectangular wail frame, thereby defining with the top and bottom rail members and the plurality of stud members a plurality of rectangular cavities, wherein each cavity has a depth corresponding to the thickness of a stud member. The prefabricated wall panel further has a layer of foamed-in-place polyurethane covering a portion of each cavity adjoining the board-stock, and bonding the structural wall frame to the polystyrene board -stock. The layer of polyurethane foam has a thickness, which is substantially less than the depth of each cavity, whereby each cavity provides available space for accommodating sub-trade installations.

It is also known in prior art to combine fagade elements with other types of units or functions of a building DE 102009057355 A disciose a ventilation unit (10) having a facade connection element (11) with a flow-through-able housing which comprises an air hole ( 17) at one end. The air hole is guided outwardly. The ventilation unit also has a ventilation element ( 12) with a base bousing (14) flow- through-able by air.

The problem of moisture inside building walls is usually dealt with by arranging membranes stopping moisture from migrating through for example insulation materials in the wall. However, there may be a huge temperature difference between the exterior of a house and the interior of a house. Therefore, moisture inside walls is also related to condensation of humidity. This may result in forming droplets residing inside the wall. Therefore, airing of the interior space of walls is necessary, not just to transport out humidity in the form of vapour for example, but also to be able to dry out constructional elements inside the wall being humidified through for example condensation. In prior art it is known how to arrange airing channels related to locations of condensation points inside walls.

A common solution, for example when constructing a wooden wall, is to arrange a vapour barrier on interior surface walls, and arranging vertical channels behind the back side of the outer cladding or panel of the wall. It is common to arrange vertical furring strips supporting an outer cladding of the wall. The physical principle is that at the bottom of the wall, close to the ground, the temperature is normally lower than the temperature at a top end of the wall close to the roof.

The temperature difference works as a "motor" creating a vertical airstream flowing from the bottom of the wall up to the roof end of the wall inside spaces defined by the spaced apart furring strips And the backside of the outer cladding or panels.

However, building walls are usually not a homogenous object. Cut-outs are made supporting for example windows and doors. With reference to the use of furring strips above, the vertical airing channels may be broken or blocked when for example a window is inserted into an adapted cut-out on a wall.

The natural airing constituted by a temperature difference between the bottom end of a vertical wall and a top end of the vertical wall is effective if the temperature difference is above a certain level. The contributing factors of maintaining a temperature difference, and hence an airing "motor", is normally not constant. Therefore, the airing effect the motor may provide can therefore vary during day and night conditions and changing weather conditions for example.

Even though prefabricated cladding panels with integrated insulating mats do provide some beneficial aspects when constructing houses, the weight of respective cladding panels may be high and thereby positioning of panels on a wall and fastening the panels on the wall can be difficult and sometimes a time consuming processes, usually involving use of cranes.

The more traditional approach of attaching insulating mats separately and then add the cladding afterwards do split the weight of an object representing an assembled cladding panel. Therefore, there seems to be a trade-off between the speed of assembling pre-manufactured wall elements contra ease of handling components like insulating mats etc. used when insulating a wall as well as adding outer cladding onto the wall.

With respect to traditional methods of insulating a house, as discussed above, the flexibility with respect to adapt a wall to specific shapes, sized and conditions is flexible in contrast to more standardized prefabricated cladding panels as discussed above.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a simplified system of insulating a house, including new houses as well as existing houses, provides a significant reduction in construction time and building costs without any use of prefabricated wall elements like pre-fabricated insulated cladding panels.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

In particular, it may be seen as an object of the present invention to provide a fastening adapter attaching building insulating mats in an efficient manner by using at least one fastening adapter on a single insulating mat.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an alternative to the prior art.

SUMMARY

Thus, the above-described object and several other objects are intended to be obtained in a first aspect of the invention by providing a system of mounting building insulating mats, comprising :

- a plurality of building insulation mats,

- a plurality of fastening adapters, - a plurality of aluminum profiles,

- a bolt fastening machine, wherein respective bodies of each of the plurality of building insulating mats has a front side surface and a backside surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of each one of the respective building insulating mats, wherein respective bodies of each of the plurality of fastening adapters has a front side surface and a backside surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of each one of the plurality of fastening adapters, wherein the backside surface of each one of the fastening adapters comprises at least one outwardly protruding blade element attachable in correspondingly arranged slits in the front surface of each one of the building insulating mats, wherein the bolt fastening machine is configured to insert one fastening bolt though one fastening hole in a respective one of the plurality of fastening adapters, wherein the respective one of the plurality of fastening adapters is located on a front side of at least one of the plurality of building insulating mats, wherein the one fastening bolt passes from the front side to the backside of the least one of the plurality of building insulating mats thereby fastening the backside of the least one of the plurality of building insulating mats to a support structure supporting a plurality of assembled building insulating mats.

Further, it may be seen as an object of the present invention to provide a fastening adapter, wherein a body of the fastening adapter comprises a front side surface and a back side surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of the fastening adapter, the back side surface comprises at least one outwardly protruding blade element of a defined length, the front side surface comprises at least one outwardly protruding supporting element, which has a defined height above the front side surface of the fastening adapter, wherein at least one fluted side surface of the at least one outwardly protruding supporting element is fluted, wherein the fluted side surface is running upwards from the front side surface of the body, and is configured to be releasable attachable to a correspondingly outwardly protruding element of an aluminium profile running out from a surface of the aluminium profile, wherein at least one fluted inner surface of the outwardly protruding element of the aluminium profile is configurable to be connectable to the at least one fluted side surface of the outwardly protruding element of the fastening adapter, the body of the fastening adapter is configured with one fastening hole passing through the body providing access of one fastening bolt.

Further, it may be seen as an object of the present invention to provide a bolt fastening machine fastening a fastening adapter, comprising : a tool head having a first side wall and an opposite located second side wall arranged in parallel on respective sides of a bolt opening, wherein a bottom surface of the first side wall and a bottom surface of the second side wall comprises indents corresponding in location and size with locating pegs on a front side of the fastening adapter, the tool head is connected to an axis supporting a spring (26) and a bolt magazine, the axis is further connectable to an electric drill driving the bolt fastening machine.

Further, it may be seen as an object of the present invention to provide a method of assembling an insulated wall with a fastening adapter according comprising : arranging a girder along a bottom line of a wall to be insulated, adding at least a first building insulating mat onto the girder,

- attaching at least one fastening adapter to the at least one insulating mat by inserting the at least one outwardly protruding blade element into a correspondingly adapted slit in the surface of the at least one building insulating mat,

applying a bolt machine, wherein the locating pegs on the front surface of the fastening adapter guides the bolt attachment machine to center a bolt in the one fastening hole of the at least one fastening adapter, and inserting the bolt into a wall structure located behind the building insulating mat,

continuing adding further insulating mats, wherein each building insulating mat is attached to the wall structure with at least one fastening adapter.

FIGURES

The building insulation system and method thereof according to the present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying figures. The figure illustrates examples of embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as being limiting to other possible embodiments falling within the scope of the attached claim set. Further, respective examples of embodiments may each be combined with any of the other examples of embodiment.

Figure 1 illustrates an example of a house wall to be insulated.

Figure 2 illustrates insulation mats added to the house wall illustrated in Figure 1 according to the present invention.

Figure 3 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 2 according to the present invention.

Figure 4 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 2 according to the present invention.

Figure 5 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 2 according to the present invention. Figure 6 illustrates a variation of the example illustrated in Figure 1 and Figure 2 according to the present invention.

Figure 7 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 5 according to the present invention. Figure 8 illustrates an example of cladding panels according to the present invention.

Figure 9 illustrates an another example of cladding panels according to the present invention.

Figure 10 illustrates an example of insulating mats and cladding panels around a corner according to the present invention.

Figure 11 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 10 according to the present invention.

Figure 12a illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 11 according to the present invention.

Figure 12b illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 12a according to the present invention.

Figure 13 illustrates an example of a fastening adapter according to the present invention.

Figure 14 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 13 according to the present invention.

Figure 15 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 13 according to the present invention.

Figure 16a and 16b illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 13 according to the present invention.

Figure 17 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 13 according to the present invention.

Figure 18 illustrates the example illustrates an example of wall corner solution according to the present invention. Figure 19 illustrates the example of Figure 18 viewed from a different angle.

Figure 20 illustrate an aluminium profile according to the present invention

Figure 21 illustrates a cross sectional view of the example illustrated in Figure 21 according to the present invention.

Figure 22 illustrates further details of the example illustrated in Figure 10 and Figure 17 according to the present invention.

Figure 23 illustrates a cross sectional view of the example in Figure 22 according to the present invention. Figure 24 illustrates an example of a tool according to the present invention.

Figure 25 illustrates further details of the example in Figure 24 according to the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the specified embodiments, it should not be construed as being in any way limited to the presented examples. The scope of the present invention is set out by the accompanying claim set In the context of the claims, the terms "comprising" or "comprises" do not exclude other possible elements or steps. The mentioning of references such as "a" or "an" etc. should not be construed as excluding a plurality. The use of reference signs in the claims with respect to elements indicated in the figures shall not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Furthermore, combining individual features mentioned in different claims may be advantageous, and the mentioning of these features in different claims does not exclude that a combination of features is not possible and advantageous. An aspect of the present invention is a system and method thereof providing a very efficient mounting of insulating mats on new walls of new buildings as well as on older buildings in need of upgrading of their thermal insulation properties. An interesting aspect of the system and method thereof is that the same system and method used for outside walls of a building can also be used for inside walls of a building. Thermal insulation of internal walls may be appropriate between different flats in a same building as well as providing acoustical shielding between rooms inside a flat or house etc.

Figure 1 illustrates an example of walls of a house 10 that is about to be insulated with insulating mats. The walls of the house 10 in this example is covered with for example plywood panels. Along a bottom line of the walls there is arranged a girder 11 according to the present invention that will support building insulating mats. In the figure 1, there is also illustrated a cut-out 12 made for a window to be installed.

Figure 12a and Figure 12b disclose further details of the girder 11. As can be seen from Figure 12a, the girder has a flat bottom restricted by two upright walls 11c, lid. The flat bottom of the girder 11 is arranged with elongated grooves 11a providing airing of insulating mats being placed on top of the girder 11. The wall lid illustrated in Figure 12b is facing outwardly while the wall 11c is attached to a wall as exemplified in Figure 1. The pattern of the grooves 11a in the flat bottom of the girder 11 is made to stop any thermal bridging between the wall lid and llc.The pattern is made such that there is no material part of the flat bottom (for example aluminium) that is not broken by at least one of the elongated grooves.

An upright wall lib located in between the upright walls 11c and lid is arranged to support insulating mats being placed on the girder 11.

Figure 2 illustrates an example of assembled building insulating mats 15 assembled onto the walls of Figure 1.

The building insulating mats 15 has a certain size defined when being

manufactured. At the start of the process of insulating a wall, a first specific one of the plurality of building insulating mats 15 is placed onto the girder 11, and then a next one is placed adjacent to the first one, and so on. When the girder 11 is full of building insulating mats 15, a new row of insulating mats 14 are added to the already mounted building insulating mats 15.

The vertical lines 13 and the horizontal lines 14 indicates the interface between the respective building insulating mats 15 applied on the wall.

A plurality of fastening adapters 16 according to the present invention is located in respective common corners wherein four adjacent located building insulating mats 15 meets. In this manner, one single fastening adapter attach corners of four insulating mats to the wall.

According to an aspect of the present invention, only at least one fastening adapter 16 according to the present invention is necessary to use when fastening respective building insulating mas 15. For example, a single fastening adapter may be located in a middle point of each respective insulating mat 15. In the corner of the wall illustrated in Figure 2, a corner adapter 17 according to the present invention is illustrated.

Figure 13 illustrate an example of a fastening adapter 16 according to the present invention. The illustration disclose the fastening adapter 16 viewed towards a front side of the fastening adapter 16. Figure 14 illustrate the fastening adapter viewed towards the back side of the fastening adapter 16.

Figure 18 AND Figure 19 provides details of a fastening corner adapter 17. More details is given below.

The front side of the fastening adapter illustrated in Figure 13 comprises at least one outwardly protruding element 21b, 21c. The protruding element is configured to releasable attach an aluminium profile 18 as disclosed in Figure 20 and Figure 21. More details is given below.

Figure 3 illustrates how respective fastening adapters may be located around an opening in the wall for a window (ref. Figure 1). The fastening adapter according to the present invention is also configured to support aluminium profiles that are configured to support for example cladding elements or panels. Figure 4 illustrates how a plurality of horizontally apart parallel aluminium profiles 18 is connected between pairs of fastening adapters 16. Around the cut-out for a window there is also arranged vertically oriented aluminium profiles 18.

The notation "horizontal" and "vertical" is defined relative to a house wall.

Figure 5 illustrates a close up illustration of the cut-out 12 for the window. Here it is also illustrated that a fastening adapter 16 according to the present invention can support both vertical as well as horizontal oriented aluminium profiles 18. Refer the corners of the cut-out in Figure 5.

Figure 6 illustrates an example wherein the plurality of aluminium profiles 18 on the wall of the house 10 in Figure 1 are organized in a vertical apart configuration.

Figure 7 illustrates further details of fastening adapters 16 and aluminium profiles according to the present invention. A fastening adapter 16 is located in a corner of the cut-out for the window and a vertical oriented aluminium profile as well as a horizontally oriented aluminium profile is fastened to the same fastening adapter 16. An example of a fastening adapter according to the present invention supporting attachment of both horizontal and vertical aluminium profiles is disclosed in Figure 17. More details is given below.

Figure 7 illustrates also how a tomgue and groove configuration 15a of respective insulating mats 15 helps supporting an insulating mat 15 resting on top of another insulating mat 15.

Figure 8 illustrates how vertical oriented wooden panels 19 can be attached to the horizontal configuration of the aluminium profiles 18 illustrated in Figure 4. The wooden panels 19 can be attached to the respective aluminium profiles with self- drilling screws. Figure 9 illustrates how horizontal oriented wooden panels 19 can be attached to the vertical configuration of the aluminium profiles 18 illustrated in Figure 6. The wooden panels 19 can be attached to the respective aluminium profiles with self- drilling screws.

Figure 10 illustrates a fastening adapter 17 according to the present invention configured to bend around a corner of a wall. Further details of the fastening adapter 17 is illustrated in Figure 18 and Figure 19.

Figure 11 disclose a etailed illustration of a corner in Figure 10 viewed directly towards the right most wall at the corner of the wall. The fastening adapter 17 has one part supporting an aluminium profile 18 running along the left most wall of the corner illustrated in Figure 10. Only the end surface of the aluminium profile is visible. The aluminium profile 18 arranged on the rightmost wall is visible in this projection.

The protruding elements of a fastening adapter according to the present invention provides a distance between an attached aluminium profile 16, 17 and an insulating mat 15 the fastening adapter is applied. In figure 11 a space 20 is constituted between an outer cladding panel 19 and insulating mats 15. This defines an airing space of the wall. The elongated grooves in the flat bottom of the girder 11 is in fluid communication with the airing space 20.

Cladding panels can be attached to the upright wall lid of the girder 11 illustrated in Figure 12a and Figure 12b. Self-drilling screws 19a can be used.

Figure 13 depict a front side of an example of fastening adapter 16 according to the present invention. A body 21 of the fastening adapter 16 comprises a front side surface and a back side surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of the fastening adapter. The back side surface comprises at least one outwardly protruding blade element 21e of a defined length, which is more visible in Figure 14 depicting the backside of the body 21, wherein four protruding blades 21e is arranged. The protruding blade(s) 21e is configured to be inserted into a surface of a building insulating mat 15 the fastening adapter 16 is used. A slit is made in the surface of the insulating mat enabling the blade element to enter inside the body of the insulating mat. The tension in the material of the insulating mat is normally enough to keep the fastening adapter 16 in place until further attachment is done as discussed below. When four blades are used, the better the adapter is fastened inside the insulating mat.

Respective positions of fastening adapters on an insulating mat can be decided beforehand, and corresponding slits can be made on respective surfaces of the insulating mats 15. It is also possible to arrange slits in a pattern on the whole surface of an insulating mat, for example with a plurality of horizontal and vertical slits on the surface. The horizontal and vertical directions are defined relative to the circumference of an insulating mat.

The front side surface of an adapter comprises at least one outwardly protruding supporting element, which has a defined height above the front side surface of the body 21. Figure 13 depict two outwardly protruding supporting elements 21b and 21c. At least one side surface running from the top of an outwardly protruding supporting element down to the front side of the body 21 of an adapter 16 is fluted. The fluted side surface is configured to releasable connect an aluminium profile 18 as disclosed above.

The aluminium profile is illustrated in Figure 20 and Figure 21. Figure 21 is a cross sectional view of the aluminium profile 18. On a backside of the aluminium profile there are two protruding walls 18a and 18b, wherein at least one of the inner surfaces of the walls 18a or 18b is fluted. The fluted pattern on at least one protruding element on the aluminium profile 18 is configured to engage releasable connected to a corresponding one of a fluted side wall of a protruding supporting element 21b, 21c on the front surface of the body 21 of an fastening adapter 16.

The orientation of the fluted walls on both protruding supporting elements define which direction an aluminium profile will be running relative to a wall of a building. This is also related to which orientation the attachment of a fastening adapter 16 provides on an insulating mat 15. Figure 16b disclose a first protruding element with a fluted side surface being relatively orthogonal to second protruding element ^' s fluted side surface. What will be "horizontal orientation" or "vertical orientation" relative to a house wall is therefore configurable. Depending on the orientation of a fastening adapter when mounted.

When connecting an aluminium profile 18 onto a outwardly protruding supporting element 21b or 21c, the protruding element of the aluminium profile is pushed over an outwardly protruding supporting element 21b or 21c. The fluted nature of the respective side surfaces makes it possible also remove an attached aluminium profile 18.

With reference to Figure 8 and Figure 9, it is therefore possible to remove or loosen a part of a building wall with cladding since the cladding panels 19 are attached to respective releasable aluminium profiles 18.

The fastening adapter is configured with one fastening hole 21f passing through the body 21 of the fastening adapter 16 from the front side of the body to the backside of the body of the fastening adaptor, thereby providing access of one fastening bolt.

It is within the scope of the present invention only to use one bolt and one fastening adapter when attaching one insulating mat 15 onto a wall structure supporting the insulating mats. When in need of further attachment points of respective aluminium profiles 18 further fastening adapters may be used.

Further, the body 21 of a fastening adapter 16 may have an auxiliary hole 21g for an auxiliary bolt as illustrated in Figure 15. If for example a blade element 21e inserted into a body of a building insulating mat 15 does not provide enough grip around the inserted blade element 21e, an auxiliary bolt may be applied via the auxiliary hole 21g providing a temporary fastening until a fastening bolt is inserted into the fastening hole 21f.

With reference to Figure 13, it is possible to add an extra supporting element 22 disclosed in Figure 16a for example. The additional supporting element 22 is attachable in a space defined between the first and second protruding supporting element 21b, 21c, wherein the additional supporting element 22 is oriented orthogonal to the plane constituted by the at least one fluted side surfaces of the first and second outwardly protruding support elements (21b, 21c). The additional supporting element 22 is arranged with one fastening hole 22c coinciding with the one fastening hole 21f on the base plate 21 when mounted. The additional supporting element 22 may comprise at least one outwardly protruding support element 22a with at least one fluted side face configured to be attachable to an aluminium profile 18.

Figure 17 depicts an assembled fastening adapter with the extra supporting element mounted. It is also within the scope of the present invention that the base plate 21 and the extra supporting element 22 is manufactured in one piece. Figure 18 disclose further details of a fastening corner adapter 17, which is illustrated in Figure 10 and Figure 11.

The fastening corner adapter 17 may be functionally equivalent with for example the fastening adapter 16 illustrated in Figure 13 for example. A Base plate 21 of the embodiment in Figure 13 is angled ninety degrees along a line going through a middle point of the fastening hole 21f. The fastening hole 23f has the same function as the fastening hole 21f of Figure 13.

Figure 22 illustrate an example of a corner profile 24 that can be attached onto the outwardly protruding elements 23b and 23c that are configured with at least one fluted surface each, providing the same effect as discussed above with respect to the example of embodiment disclosed in Figure 13. Figure 23 illustrates a cross sectional view of the corner profile illustrated in Figure 22. The protruding walls 24a and 24b are arranged with at least one inside surface being fluted.

Figure 19 depicts the fastening corner adapter 17 viewed towards a backside of the fastening corner adapter 17.

Figure 24 illustrates a bolt fastening machine 30 fastening a fastening adapter (16) according to the present invention. A tool head 27 is configured with a first side wall and an opposite located second side wall arranged apart in parallel on respective sides of a bolt opening 29. A bottom surface of the first side wall and a bottom surface of the second side wall comprises indents 28 corresponding in location and size with locating pegs 21d on a front side of the fastening adapter 16, as illustrated in Figure 13. The tool head 27 is connected to an axis supporting a spring 26 and a bolt magazine 28, and the axis is further connectable to an electric drill for example.

In use the tool head 27 is mounted to an electric drill for example, and the tool head 27 is pushed downwards, and is at the end of the movement downwards connected to a front surface of a fastening adapter 16. The situation is illustrated in Figure 25. The spring 26 will be compressed when the movement downwards towards a body 21 of a fastening adapter 16 is stopped by the contact made between the body 21 and the tool head 27. The compression of the spring 26 may release a bolt from a bolt magazine 25 and the bolt may come out of the bolt opening 29.

The locating pegs 21d on the front surface of the body 21 and the indents 28 of the tool head 29 makes sure that the bolt coming out of the bolt hole 29 is centred above the fastening hole 21f. Further pushing downwards results in that for example an attached drill (not illustrated) is able to turn the bolt around thereby enabling attachment of fastening adapter 16.

According to an example of embodiment of the present invention, a system of mounting building insulating mats, comprises:

a plurality of building insulation mats 15,

a plurality of fastening adapters 16, 17,

a plurality of aluminum profiles 18,

a bolt fastening machine 30, wherein respective bodies of each of the plurality of building insulating mats 15 has a front side surface and a backside surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of each one of the respective building insulating mats 15, wherein respective bodies of each of the plurality of fastening adapters 16, 17 has a front side surface and a backside surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of each one of the plurality of fastening adapters 16, 17, wherein the backside surface of each one of the fastening adapters comprises at least one outwardly protruding blade element 21e attachable in correspondingly arranged slits in the front surface of each one of the building insulating mats 15, wherein the bolt fastening machine 30 is configured to insert one fastening bolt though one fastening hole 21f in a respective one of the plurality of fastening adapters, wherein the respective one of the plurality of fastening adapters is located on a front side of at least one of the plurality of building insulating mats (15, wherein the one fastening bolt passes from the front side to the backside of the least one of the plurality of building insulating mats 15 thereby fastening the backside of the least one of the plurality of building insulating mats 15 to a support structure 10 supporting a plurality of assembled building insulating mats 15.

Further, the front side surface of each one of the fastening adapters 16, 17 may comprise at least one outwardly protruding element 21b, 21c configured to provide releasable attachable fastening of respective ones of the plurality of aluminium profiles 18, wherein a defined height of the respective ones of the outwardly protruding elements 21b, 21c provides fastening of respective aluminium profiles 18 in a defined distance from the front side of respective building insulating mats 15 providing an airing space 20.

Further, respective fastening adapters may be pre-installed on front surfaces of respective building insulating mats 15.

Further, wall cladding elements may be attachable to the plurality of aluminium profiles 18. Further, airing channels, electric wires, pipes, cables may be configurable within the airing space 20, and attachable with configured brackets to the plurality of aluminium profiles. Further, respective aluminium profiles of the plurality of aluminium profiles may be arranged between respective pairs of fastening adapters in a configuration providing horizontally apart parallel profiles, or in a configuration providing vertically apart parallel profiles, or wherein some profiles are configured to be horizontally apart, while others are configured to be vertically apart.

Further, the wall structure may part of outside walls of a building, or inside walls of a building.

Further, the wall structure may comprise at least one of the following elements, or a combination of the following elements: plywood panels, concrete walls, frameworks constituted by timber or aluminium, or girders or beams, concrete or steel beams.

Further, at least one of the respective horizontal arranged aluminium profiles may be arranged horizontally above or below a window frame, or above a door, and wherein at least one of the respective vertical arranged aluminium profiles is arranged on a vertical side of a window, or a door.

Further, the insulating mats may be manufactured with added silicon.

According to an example of embodiment according to the present invention, a fastening adapter 16, wherein a body 21 of the fastening adapter 16 comprises a front side surface and a back side surface spaced apart by a defined thickness of the body of the fastening adapter, the back side surface comprises at least one outwardly protruding blade element the front side surface comprises at least one outwardly protruding element 21b, 21c, which has a defined height above the front side surface of the fastening adapter, wherein at least one fluted side surface of the at least one outwardly protruding element 21b, 21c is fluted, wherein the fluted side surface is running upwards from the front side surface of the body 21, and is configured to be releasable attachable to a correspondingly outwardly protruding element of an aluminium profile 18 running out from a surface of the aluminium profile 18, wherein at least one fluted inner surface 18a, 18b of the outwardly protruding element of the aluminium profile 18 is configurable to be connectable to the at least one fluted side surface of the outwardly protruding element 21b, 21c of the fastening adapter 16, the body 21 of the fastening adapter is configured with one fastening hole 21f passing through the body 21 providing access of one fastening bolt.

Further, the fastening adapter may comprise one auxiliary hole passing through the body of the fastening adapter from the front side to the backside of the fastening adaptor.

Further, the fastening adapter may comprise a base plate 21 comprising the front side surface and the backside surface of the body of the fastening adapter 16, 17, and the fastening hole 21f, wherein a first protruding supporting element 21b, 21c is arranged on the first side, and aside from the fastening hole 21f, and wherein a second protruding supporting ekement 21b, 21c is arranged on a second side, and aside from the fastening hole 21f, wherein the at least one fluted side surface of the first protruding element and the at least one fluted side surface of the second protruding element is running in a same plane.

Further, the fastening adapter may comprise an additional supporting element 22 is attachable in a space defined between the first and second protruding supporting element 21b, 21c, wherein the additional supporting element 22 is oriented orthogonal to the plane constituted by the at least one fluted side surfaces of the first and second outwardly protruding support elements 21b, 21c, wherein the additional supporting element 22 is arranged with one fastening hole 22c coinciding with the one fastening hole 21f of the base plate 21 when mounted, wherein the additional supporting element 22 comprises at least one outwardly protruding support element with at least one fluted side face 22).

Further, the fastening adapter comprising the base plate 21 and the additional support element 22 may be manufactured in one piece.

Further, the fastening adapter may comprise two outwardly protruding elements arranged to support at least one aluminium profile running in a same direction as the plane constituted by the at least one fluted side surfaces of the first and second protruding support elements 21b, 21c.

Further, the fastening adapter wherein two outwardly protruding support elements 21b, 21c may be arranged to support at least one aluminium profile running vertically relative to the plane constituted by the at least one fluted side surfaces of the first and second protruding support elements 21b, 21c. Further, the fastening adapter may comprise locating pegs 21d arranged adjacent to respective corners of the body 21 of the fastening adapter 16.

Further, the fastening adapter 17 may be angled ninety degrees along an axis passing through a center of the fastening hole 21f.

Further, the adapter of claim 18, wherein an adapted aluminium corner profile 24 may be attachable to the angled adapter 17.

According to an example of embodiment of the present invention, a bolt fastening machine 30 attaching a fastening adapter 16 comprises: a tool head 27 having a first side wall and an opposite located second side wall arranged in parallel on respective sides of a bolt opening 29, wherein a bottom surface of the first side wall and a bottom surface of the second side wall comprises indents 28 corresponding in location and size with the locating pegs 21d on the front side of the fastening adapter (16), the tool head 27 is connected to an axis supporting a spring 26 and a bolt magazine 2, the axis is further connectable to an electric drill. According to an example of embodiment of the present invention, a method of assembling an insulated wall with a fastening adapter comprises: arranging a girder 11 along a bottom line of a wall to be insulated, - adding at least a first building insulating mat 15 onto the girder 1),

- attaching at least one fastening adapter 16 to the at least one insulating mat 15 by inserting the at least one outwardly protruding blade element 21e into a correspondingly adapted slit in the surface of the at least one building insulating mat 15,

- applying a bolt machine 30, wherein the locating pegs 21) on the front surface of the fastening adapter 16 guides the bolt attachment machine 30 to center a bolt in the one fastening hole 21f of the at least one fastening adapterl6, and inserting the bolt into a wall structure 10 located behind the building insulating mat 15,

- continuing adding further insulating mats 15 one by one, wherein each building insulating mat is attached to the wall structure with at least one fastening adapter 16.

Further, the fastening adapter may be pre-installed on the surface of respective insulating mats. Further, the girder 11 may arranged with a plurality of airing slits in a bottom of the girder, wherein a pattern of the slits are configured to stop thermal bridging of the wall the girder is attached to.

Further, the method may comprise using more than one adapter 16 when attaching an insulating mat 15. Further, the method of claim 21 may comprise a single fastening adapter 15 is located in a common corner of four adjacent building insulating mats 15.