How To Make Concrete Floors Warmer

Start with the simplest solution which will help provide a comfortable temperature for the whole house not just the floor.

How to make concrete floors warmer.

Hardwood will stay warmest in newer well insulated homes. Floors of ceramic stone or concrete are the worst culprits with hardwood a runner up. Cold concrete floors are a rather common problem and there are several approaches to warming them up. Keep cold air out warm air in.

This allows the new floor to not come in direct contact with the old subfloor which can give you a warmer floor. Lay the barrier down first and tape the seams really well. Carpet your buddy to savage through those winter months carpets and rugs are ways to keep your home from losing heat at a convenient cost. Our thermaldry floor tiles rest in raised plastic pegs on the floors of your basement creating a thermal break on your floor that makes its surface 8 10 degrees warmer than the cold concrete below.

Luckily there are ways to combat this chilly predicament. For example a bathroom on a slab would feature a layer of cork or synthetic cork underlayment on top of the concrete subfloor followed by the electric heating element and topped with the flooring substrate. Below the surface will be a bit warmer than this. Hardwood isn t quite as warm as carpet or cork but it s still one of the warmer flooring surfaces on the market.

You can expect the stone floor of your screen porch or the basement linoleum laid on cement to be cold and carpet is the logical warmer. And the ground underneath your house will be warmer still because there s a relatively warmer house sitting on top of it. Take up as much flooring as you can without breaking it too much hence the extra flooring for oops. Transform your old floors for a cushiony delight by merely placing an area rug on the cold floor.

In cases of a concrete slab in a basement for example this can be easily done without too much of an issue as demonstrated in the diagram below. A few are expensive or not practical. Some issues are structural and logical. Shown on the right are our unfinished subfloor tiles.

If your home is drafty the cool air will make your hardwood floor cold as well. Determining the cause of cold floors however is usually fairly simple and can be addressed without massive expenditure. Thermaldry flooring is also available in two tiled and two carpeted designs. While choosing your vinyl flooring prefer the thicker variety to provide softer and warmer feel under your foot.

Get 2 boxes and a roll or two of vapor barrier. Get that amount of rigid board insulation. The most common application however is an in floor heating system installed between the finished concrete slab and the flooring above.