Hi I have a lounge which has your typical approx. 6inch wide floorboards and there are airbricks in the front of the house and back. We were getting terrible drafts through the cracks , so one year I decided to silicon the gaps and around the skirting edge. We also put down a rug but it is still not great especially when its really cold like now.
You end up not wanting to put your feet down as even the rug is cold and if I go feeling around the floor I can find areas where some drafts are still getting through. We also have a brass floor vent which has a slide open and close thing on it which I find pretty crappy for stopping drafts and in any case we have a gas coal effect fire in that lounge so don't think I want to stop all air getting in.
Read up on a few ideas but no one seems to have suggested this
Airtec Double Insulation 1.5m x 25m Screwfix item number 50913
I could lift the floorboards and staple this to the rafters and then replace the floor but would it be ok?
ie would I get sweating problems or cause any lack of airflow problems? Or can anyone see some other problem with it?
I understand about keeping the airflow in an attic when insulating and how to maintain it and applying the same sort of idea to this task, this method seems ok but am I missing anything or would you not use that and go for something else instead such as Kingspan etc. Kingspan seems good stuff but this Airtec stuff could almost create a unbroken sheet across the whole floor if you tape the joints.
Any help or info appreciated.
You end up not wanting to put your feet down as even the rug is cold and if I go feeling around the floor I can find areas where some drafts are still getting through. We also have a brass floor vent which has a slide open and close thing on it which I find pretty crappy for stopping drafts and in any case we have a gas coal effect fire in that lounge so don't think I want to stop all air getting in.
Read up on a few ideas but no one seems to have suggested this
Airtec Double Insulation 1.5m x 25m Screwfix item number 50913
I could lift the floorboards and staple this to the rafters and then replace the floor but would it be ok?
ie would I get sweating problems or cause any lack of airflow problems? Or can anyone see some other problem with it?
I understand about keeping the airflow in an attic when insulating and how to maintain it and applying the same sort of idea to this task, this method seems ok but am I missing anything or would you not use that and go for something else instead such as Kingspan etc. Kingspan seems good stuff but this Airtec stuff could almost create a unbroken sheet across the whole floor if you tape the joints.
Any help or info appreciated.
