Cold floor..

[MrsG]

We are renovating a late 1940's ex army house with solid floors throughout.

We are tiling the kitchen floor but it's very cold, we're thinking of putting down some 10mm "ekoboard" which is basically extruded polystyrene in board form. Has anybody used this? Would it be OK to glue the ekoboard down then tile over it?

 

[Moz]

MrsG
have you thought of UFH

Under Floor Heating
you can get ectric mats or the wet method with the heating

see here about electric mats ...

http://www.underfloorheatingdiy.co.uk/

I aint advertising this firm , it just has loads of info for you to browse an stops me rattling my chimp paws writing it here ...lol

 

[MrsG]

Thanks Moz,

can't run to underfloor heating as we are on a tight budget! Just wondering if putting down 10mm of insulation underneath the tiles will be of any benefit, since the concrete floor has no insulation in the construction (it was put down years ago)

 

[2scoops0406]

I think any benefit will be limited

 

[gcol]

We are tiling the kitchen floor but it's very cold...

Are you saying you've tiled the floor and have found it cold or you're wanting your kitchen tiled but it's cold? Do you wear slippers or do you walk around in bare feet? We have tiles throughout the ground floor and have a nice rug in front of each sofa - that's all we need. No insulation needed.

 

[MrsG]

Thanks for the replies

We are putting in a new kitchen, the existing floor is a concrete slab, and we are going to tile it. We have costed the ekoboard and it works out to about £200 for 25 sq metres. What I was wondering was if there is any benefit in doing this - the concrete slab will suck heat away won't it? And the insulation should help ?

But I don't want to throw the cash away if it won't make the slightest bit of improvement