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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1004946" data-attributes="member: 176704"><p>Insulating under the floor is absolutely the right thing to do!:</p><p>- decades ago I had to get a ground-floor extension built on my mother's house because she was becoming disabled. An architect friend at the time recommended using breeze blocks below the top screed because that was what they did when building pigstys (!!!) in order to keep the pigs' feet warm. Did that, and the floor was always warm for my Mum to walk on (especially compared to the older kitchen which had quarry tiles over the concrete screed)!</p><p>- nearly 20 yrs ago we had the utility room and conservatory built on the side/back of this house, and I had the builder put 50mm of Jabolite below the top screed, and then there is laminate flooring on top of that. The floors are always relatively warm to walk on, even when the heating is not on in those areas!</p><p>- a bit later, we had the front and rear downstairs knocked together and I had to lay a new suspended wood floor. Unfortunately, SWMBO didn't want carpets because of her dustmite allergy, and so, to keep the floor warm and stop draughts from between the boards, I fitted 50mm of rockwool matting in netting between all the joists. The floors are always warm to walk on!</p><p></p><p>PS: and I have lived in enough properties with uninsulated floors to know that they are NOT warm to walk on <img src="https://www.satellites.co.uk/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sad.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1004946, member: 176704"] Insulating under the floor is absolutely the right thing to do!: - decades ago I had to get a ground-floor extension built on my mother's house because she was becoming disabled. An architect friend at the time recommended using breeze blocks below the top screed because that was what they did when building pigstys (!!!) in order to keep the pigs' feet warm. Did that, and the floor was always warm for my Mum to walk on (especially compared to the older kitchen which had quarry tiles over the concrete screed)! - nearly 20 yrs ago we had the utility room and conservatory built on the side/back of this house, and I had the builder put 50mm of Jabolite below the top screed, and then there is laminate flooring on top of that. The floors are always relatively warm to walk on, even when the heating is not on in those areas! - a bit later, we had the front and rear downstairs knocked together and I had to lay a new suspended wood floor. Unfortunately, SWMBO didn't want carpets because of her dustmite allergy, and so, to keep the floor warm and stop draughts from between the boards, I fitted 50mm of rockwool matting in netting between all the joists. The floors are always warm to walk on! PS: and I have lived in enough properties with uninsulated floors to know that they are NOT warm to walk on :( [/QUOTE]
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