floor insulation

Hi all, To cut a long story short, I have a 17 year old extension that is much colder than the rest of the house. The floor in particular is really, really cold to walk on. I've taken a laminate board up, and underneath is some 4mm foam underlay straight onto concrete/screed. I have no idea if...

Hi everyone, For a while now I've noticed how ridiculously cold my lounge is, and one of the main reasons is because the floor is so cold. I've finally managed to pull up some of the laminate flooring (had to remove skirting board as well), and I've found that all that is under the laminate is...

I am buying a 5m x 3m shed and have a nice flat concrete slab to put it on. shed is pre fabricated and will be assembled on delivery. https://noahgardenrooms.co.uk/product/aspen/ I have requested damp proof course and 22mm t&g flooring. There is no option to insulate under the floor so am trying...

I'd like to insulate my (concrete) garage floor. It's single skinned so I will seal the concrete (1st coat sealant, 2nd coat sealant + SBR). I will then use tanking slurry on the walls (1st coat slurry + SBR, 2nd coat just slurry). I expect a little slurry left over so I will use that to re-coat...

Hi I took my carpet up and I am in the process of sending my floor boards but the room is noticeably colder. There is a draft coming up through the floor boards and I have a decent sized crawl space to put some kind of insulation under there. I was thinking easiest would de just get under there...

I have a ground floor , suspended timber floor with rockwool insulation between the joists. Do I need a DPM/vapour barrier between the insulation and the floorboards. My setup is simple - hope this is enough information. 1) floorboards 2) 8" joists 3) rockwool between joists - held up with...

Hi Folks I've done lots of research into this for many months now but I'm just after some advice really on exactly what approach I should take. I am insulating my suspended wooden floor in my 1910 built house, I have gained access to the sub floor which has about 5 ft of space at its deepest...

I have removed the fugly laminate from the downstairs in my 1990's build house and whilst the concrete floor is dry - its freezing cold. What is the best insulation I can put down, onto the solid concrete floor, and float my engineered wood floor on top of? I know the thicker the insulation...

Morning all, I'm refurbing a ~100yr old house and currently doing the kitchen. It sits on a ~250mm (9'') concrete slab and gets a bit nippy in there so I want to insulate it. Problem is the height of the room is just 2.2m so height is an issue. Any ideas how I can insulate the floor with minimal...

Here's videos of my efforts and progress so far I've almost completed the whole ground floor now just the remaining of the hallway I can't do till I remove the old stair but I have completed the entire downstairs central heating pipes all now insulated. So my next project now is building the new...

I've started a massive upgrade on my house following finding out I had a cowboy builder who done my loft did everything wrong as he didn't fire proof and insulate the loft which is technically dangerous. Which the building control failed to enforce the regulations at the time and after forcing...

Hi everyone, I need to raise a garage floor that is sloping. The floor currently is concrete and I want to build up with insulation boards and then concrete screed. Lowest end needs to be raised 180mm and shallow end by 125mm. What is the best thickness boards and screed to achieve this? Do I...

Hello everyone I have just had the floor of my wooden lodge insulated. The lodge is on wood piles. It is a suspended 18mm flooring grade chipboard floor, open underneath on all sides and the floor is very cold in the winter. The builder quoted 60mm Roofmate and a vapour barrier, but has...

Hi all, We're installing a plywood floor in our 1800's home. At the moment the room in question has a concrete floor (which at some point was put down to replace an original floating wood floor) with a pathway in the middle that is original hallway tiles (the rooms either side of the hall were...