Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Dec 12, 2016 6:05 pm Hebal flooring 2Dec 12, 2016 6:21 pm Cheers Nom Newhaven 36 by M Blog - North Shore Newhaven (http://nsnewhaven.blogspot.com.au) Build - https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=85092 Re: Hebal flooring 8Sep 19, 2017 9:31 am alexp79 I frankly doubt that most people expose the second floor thermal mass a lot as generally you would put either carpets or hardwood to your first floor bedrooms and both materials are good insulators. My understanding is that mostly people use Hebel PowerFloors for their acoustic and rigidity properties. Yeah, we're building a passive solar house, and are using the PowerFloor for those reasons (acoustic and rigidity), not for thermal mass (for that, we're increasing the slab thickness instead). There's definitely some thermal mass with the Hebel - much more than wood - but not a lot in the scheme of an entire house. Note that insulating mass can be a double-edged sword; insulation doesn't stop heat transfer (only slows it down); it makes the mass slower to heat up, but if/once it does then it's also harder to cool back down (or vice-versa). Mind you, if you plan it right you can use that to advantage, too. EDIT: Actually, there is one spot where we are using it for thermal mass - we have an upstairs living area that we're tiling to capture passive solar heating from northern sunlight (with the PowerFloor you can 'get away' with tiled flooring upstairs). But that's mostly for the benefit of that room only, and we don't consider that a significant amount of thermal mass for the house as a whole. 1000000% definitely add insulation. I have in my home and it makes a big difference minimising sound transfer. Insulation is pretty cheap and definitely worth it 2 6173 Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15884 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6432 |