Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Jan 28, 2007 9:03 pm Hi Folks,
Just wondering about anyone's experiences with insulation under tile floors? I'm looking at incorporating a few large tiled areas in my new construction and am keen to get rid of that chill underfoot. The house will be on a slab .. One idea we've had so far is to lay chipboard or something similar on the slab, with flooring materials (carpet / tiles) over the top. That may take off some of the bite, but perhaps there are dedicated insulation products for this purpose? Slab / under-tile heating is another option .. But the running costs are a little off-putting. Any ideas would be welcome! Cheers, Matt Re: Insulation under tile floor? 2Mar 08, 2007 9:04 pm Matt,
When building on a slab, the cold factor always comes into it. I am on a slab; I have carpet in all my bedrooms and lounge room only. Tiles running from the front door to the back door, tiles in my dining room, (you have to see it understand) I have a huge rug under my dining table ….that takes care of that! I really don’t have a problem with the slab and tiles. I also don’t live in really low temps in the winter. Bowral NSW is 1 hour away from me. NOW there is gets cold. I know a lot of people over there do the under floor heating and I hear its pretty good. Expensive….but good. The only real way to get out of it is to lay carpet every where you can. All tiled areas; you just wear socks or shoes in the winter! This would be the cheapest …… Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Insulation under tile floor? 3Apr 19, 2007 6:55 pm My undertsanding is that the underslab stuff is not the best in most of oz as we do not really have the long cold winters where we need constant heat pumping out. Hence these systems tend not react quick enough for our climate too hot and wasting energy, or too cold and not warming up quick enough. I think the old rugs and ugg boots if the way to go.
Or masses of insulation under the slab and carpet. I've lived in a new house in Sweden for 3 months and it sat in 600mm of polystyrene foam all around it, and had the same thickness in batts as ceiling insulation, as well as the walls, triple glazing etc, and in sept with 15 degree days and 10 degree nights it was a constant 22 inside with 3 people generating the warmth and no heating on. The floors were covered with very thin almost fake lawn style carpet with lots fo rugs in places where people rested. My thoughts. SJ 1 10129 Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. A quick search on… 3 8413 |