We moved to a flat in old Victorian house in Kent. We are not from here so for use British winter is very VERY cold.
House is 3 floors (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor) has 3 apartments, each apartment is 170sqm, house on top of the hill and 360 degrees views, no buildings around so wind hit the house from everywhere, good views and nice air circulation as we have windows everywhere.
We are renovating the flat completely(we are the top flat, 2nd floor) we are insulating the walls with 100mm Celotex, and also renovating the loft and change insulation up there.
Problem is the floor:
Downstairs neighbour (we talk with her about temp she has), she sets the whole flat to 15 degrees Celsius during winter. And she has no insulation in walls as is not renovated. Plus one thermometer controlling all 170sqm flat, so I guess is not all unanimous temperature and is probably colder in other rooms.
We like our heating to 21 degrees during winter, (new boiler and smart heating every room),so every room is on check.
We have carpet as previous owner re carpeted not while ago, like a year before moving, it’s very thick.
We got tired and want to insulated under our floor as everything seems warm except the floor, when walking barefoot it feels cold but the body feels warm except feet. We have to put rugs on top of the carpet and the kids are complaining the floor is cold.
Builder who’s helping with our renovation advice not to insulate the floor as it takes the heating from downstairs and that benefit us (but I guess he don’t get the point as he is not barefoot and wears boots inside the house). But we differ. What heating we gonna take if downstairs is 15 degrees or probably less and the height of the ceilings are 3.2 meter tall, I doubt by the time the heat goes up and goes to my floor I’m getting something tbh. Am I crazy or we really are getting heating from downstairs?
Am I right putting insulation in between floors?
The underfloor is wooden planks and wooden joists, and then is the ceiling of our neighbour.
The gap between floors is 22cm, we thinking to put insulation and fill it. I guess that should do? Should we just fill 22cm or get more insulation and compress it a little bit to be tight.
what about air gap, does it need it mineral wool or glass wool?
thinking on something cheap, could I just use loft roll that is cost effective, or I have to go for something more expensive like insulation slab which is more solid but expensive. I will have to avoid celotex as is super expensive for whole flat.
Would it be needed to cover heating pipes? I hear is good to insulate them to avoid heat loss, but if I gonna put insulation would not be enough already? . About electric wiring, if left there on top of insulation, could it be fine by itself?
thank you.
House is 3 floors (ground floor, 1st floor, 2nd floor) has 3 apartments, each apartment is 170sqm, house on top of the hill and 360 degrees views, no buildings around so wind hit the house from everywhere, good views and nice air circulation as we have windows everywhere.
We are renovating the flat completely(we are the top flat, 2nd floor) we are insulating the walls with 100mm Celotex, and also renovating the loft and change insulation up there.
Problem is the floor:
Downstairs neighbour (we talk with her about temp she has), she sets the whole flat to 15 degrees Celsius during winter. And she has no insulation in walls as is not renovated. Plus one thermometer controlling all 170sqm flat, so I guess is not all unanimous temperature and is probably colder in other rooms.
We like our heating to 21 degrees during winter, (new boiler and smart heating every room),so every room is on check.
We have carpet as previous owner re carpeted not while ago, like a year before moving, it’s very thick.
We got tired and want to insulated under our floor as everything seems warm except the floor, when walking barefoot it feels cold but the body feels warm except feet. We have to put rugs on top of the carpet and the kids are complaining the floor is cold.
Builder who’s helping with our renovation advice not to insulate the floor as it takes the heating from downstairs and that benefit us (but I guess he don’t get the point as he is not barefoot and wears boots inside the house). But we differ. What heating we gonna take if downstairs is 15 degrees or probably less and the height of the ceilings are 3.2 meter tall, I doubt by the time the heat goes up and goes to my floor I’m getting something tbh. Am I crazy or we really are getting heating from downstairs?
Am I right putting insulation in between floors?
The underfloor is wooden planks and wooden joists, and then is the ceiling of our neighbour.
The gap between floors is 22cm, we thinking to put insulation and fill it. I guess that should do? Should we just fill 22cm or get more insulation and compress it a little bit to be tight.
what about air gap, does it need it mineral wool or glass wool?
thinking on something cheap, could I just use loft roll that is cost effective, or I have to go for something more expensive like insulation slab which is more solid but expensive. I will have to avoid celotex as is super expensive for whole flat.
Would it be needed to cover heating pipes? I hear is good to insulate them to avoid heat loss, but if I gonna put insulation would not be enough already? . About electric wiring, if left there on top of insulation, could it be fine by itself?
thank you.
