In this video i time lapse the process of insulating underneath a suspended floor taking up the floor boards installing insulation boards celotex 100mm insul.
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Solid floors in theory shouldn t need as much insulation as suspended floors as they re thicker and harder for heat to escape through.
Conventional foil faced impervious non breathable pir pur boards are commonly used in suspended floor upgrades and this can provide some thermal performance benefits in the short term at least.
Stone floors can be as much as 50cm thick in old builds.
This video shows how.
Computer animation of insulation and airtightness strategies for a suspended ground floor developed by green building store as part of the warmer homes project.
Once the pipes have been insulated and the insulation placed between the.
I have retrofitted rockwool type insulation to a suspended floor without taking up the floor boards.
However some heat can still be lost through these types of floors so it s good to assess the options and weigh up the benefits of a warmer more.
However many of the more commonly used insulation materials available are not ideal for suspended floor improvements for various reasons.
In this part of the restoration we install the netting and thermafleece insulation.
We are planning to insulate and airtight the ground floor before replacing.