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My wife would like laminate flooring - I feel that with our 1930s house we could purely take up carpets, sand and stain to whatever colour we like.
My wife says 'NO' as it would be too draughty. We brought the house 13 years ago and took everything back to basics so were without carpets for 3/4 months or so - it ideed was draughty so I accept what she says about it being draughty with no floor covering/carpet.
I am establishing now whether this issue has been explored before, hense why I'm on DIYnot from one of my Google searches.
It appears that I could take up floor boards and insulate level to the bottom of the roof joists. I thinks my joist will be 6"x2"s so would I be best adding a small lip on the side of the joist near the bottom stopping the insulation sections falling through? I guess the space below the joists is there for a reason, below the joists is bare each. Does anyone know what the reason is? I could trim the foam insulation to fit between the joists then fill gaps with expanding foam. I would use roof-mate type hard foam, which I know comes in 100mm thickness, fitting well under the floors but not protruding below the bottom of the joists. Does anyone like the? sound of this option or are there any other ideas which I should consider.
My wife would like laminate flooring - I feel that with our 1930s house we could purely take up carpets, sand and stain to whatever colour we like.
My wife says 'NO' as it would be too draughty. We brought the house 13 years ago and took everything back to basics so were without carpets for 3/4 months or so - it ideed was draughty so I accept what she says about it being draughty with no floor covering/carpet.
I am establishing now whether this issue has been explored before, hense why I'm on DIYnot from one of my Google searches.
It appears that I could take up floor boards and insulate level to the bottom of the roof joists. I thinks my joist will be 6"x2"s so would I be best adding a small lip on the side of the joist near the bottom stopping the insulation sections falling through? I guess the space below the joists is there for a reason, below the joists is bare each. Does anyone know what the reason is? I could trim the foam insulation to fit between the joists then fill gaps with expanding foam. I would use roof-mate type hard foam, which I know comes in 100mm thickness, fitting well under the floors but not protruding below the bottom of the joists. Does anyone like the? sound of this option or are there any other ideas which I should consider.