Years ago, I lived in a building that had formerly been a
car repair garage. Had cement floor. One cold winter day, I
was laying on the bed, watching television. A space heater
was keeping the ceiling warm, but the floor was bitter cold.
At one point, I noticed that my left foot was not as cold as
my right foot. I looked down, and noticed that left foot was
on a carpet scrap plus the room carpet. Right foot was only
on the thin carpet. So I moved the carpet scrap so it could
be under both feet.

Since that time, I've been a big believer in having a big
thick carpet sample where my feet hit the floor, stepping
out of bed.

Anyhow, I find that carpeting does have insulation value.
Use that information as you wish.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"Kevin" wrote in message
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I an getting near the point of having to decide what type of
flooring to
install on the concrete slab in my basement addition.
Ignoring for the
moment other considerations such as durability, I'm
wondering about the
'heat sink' effect of the slab, and whether carpeting will
have an effect. I
seem to recall that at the time the Title 24 calcs were
done, being told
that an exposed slab, would have a positive effect on the
calcs, but a
carpeted floor wouldn't figure into the equation.

This addition is in the half of the basement area that
wasn't already a
finished room. The pre-existing half does have carpet, and
in the hot weather
we are currently experiencing, I'm noticing that the new
room does stay
cooler than the pre-existing room.... (I don't have a/c for
the lower half
of the house). I would like to keep it that way, and
am wondering if carpeting will have a noticable effect. My
alternative to
carpet would be real linoleum, which I'm assuming would have
a very limited,
insulating effect.

Would appreciate any comments, especially from those who do
title 24 calcs
for a living.

TIA
Kevin