Ok well this is a 2 bedroom ground floor flat so I think any improvements would have an impact on the energy rating. It is a relatively small 1930s flat and so should be cheap to run but something just popped through the door recently from the energy supplier stating an an increase in both gas and electric in the region of 20%, and another increase planned the year after and the year after that. In 3 years time this will mean outgoings of over £1000 on gas and electric for a small 2 bedroom flat. All the government do is refer people to price comparison websites rather than tackle the issue head on.
Wet UFH I won't be doing as I don't like the sound of what's involved by those here. Electric UFH still sounds much like a novelty, which is surprising really given all the technological advances there 'appear' to be. It's been around long enough to be more than a novelty.
Trouble is it's an american white oak solid floor secret nailed, so insulation is not easy, and I've posted here before asking about what to do with the floor and never went anywhere with it.
I'd prefer to keep it, but it's squeaks like fukc and there doesn't appear to be any solution to this that's actually workable.
Seems a more workable solution would be to rip out the entire floor room by room, fit rockwall (joists are 400 centres), lay and screw FG Chipboard or ply or whatever such suitable panelboard, lay on top 5mm standard laminate floor underlay and then lay a standard laminate or engineered board.
I wouldn't even need to remove the skirting, just cover the expansion gap with standard trim.
Then would come replacing front/back doors with properly sealed ones, perhaps with thermal layers built into them. Cavity wall insulation, but this would require the consent of other flat owners so left until last.
