Wood/Tile Flooring Insulation to improve warmth.

[lidgetaf]

Hi,
I'm looking to replace cheap worn laminate flooring in my kitchen and dining rooms, a key concern is to try and improve the warmth feeling whilst retainig a the easy to clean/maintain benefits (i.e. not carpets). Both rooms have medium-high usage and have external doors hence potential for muck/damp. I'm thinking ceramic tiles in kitchen and engineered wood or "better" laminate floating floor in dining room. The subfloor is level concrete and I'm wondering what insulation options I have (existing laminate has a very thin roll of green foam plus DPM), height isnt too much of an issue as I'm redoing skirting plus kitchen plinths.

Could I lay polystyrene sheets with plywood over the top then tile, or multiple layers of foam then wood/laminate ?

thanks for any advice.

 

[WoodYouLike]

wood is warm on its own (Melamine Laminate isn't). Extra underlayment only adds to the sound-insulation, not really to the warm-feeling.

Or you could consider cork flooring? Has high thermal insulation value and is also available with a real wood veneer layer.