Cold Concrete Floor Solutions

A poorly insulated house can cause cold floors.

Cold concrete floor solutions.

A few are expensive or not practical for some homes. You can check the insulation in. Check out this article for a list of slab edge insulation solutions and episode 125 for my interview with henry edney of maxraft. One of the most recommended systems.

Always remove any deposits and excess moisture from the surface of your slabs. Prevent moisture on industrial concrete floors with good housekeeping practices. A home inspector or energy auditor can check the level of insulation in your home to determine whether it is enough. The first thing to consider when looking into different types of concrete floors is why it s so important to insulate the floor slab.

I have also thought about a diy forced air underfloor ventilation system similar to an radon mitigation system that could keep dricore dry. Cold concrete floors are a rather common problem and there are several approaches to warming them up. To combat the cold floor some form of insulation is needed. One way to do this is to turn down the air conditioning and turn up the heat.

In fact the problem could well be your floor especially in a room at ground level or worse yet in the basement. Listed below are some problems and solutions for working in cold environments. Keep cold air out warm air in. Many basement flooring materials like paint epoxy tile and rubber flooring for example can go down directly over the basement s original poured concrete floor as long as the concrete is in good condition.

But this direct installation will result in a floor that s cold underfoot. A gas torch is used to dry the frozen concrete and drive back frost before repairing a threshold with 10 minute concrete mender. Floors of ceramic stone or concrete are the worst culprits with hardwood a runner up. Up to 80 of heat loss in a floor slab occurs around the edges.