Dan:

I can sympathize with your wanting to get to the ultimate root of the
problem and solving it. That's usually the best route -- but not always
the most practical or reasonably decent on the wallet. If I was in your
position, and if your cold-floor problem doesn;t seem to be caused by
something that will cause you other problems down the line (i.e.
moisture/cold leaking in big time from holes in the wall, etc., that
could cause damage to the "exposed" space beneath the house over the
long haul), might I suggest this relatively inexpensive fix that has
eliminated ALL of the cold-floor problems in my basement (as well as
provided the solution to my basment's chronic seepage problem).

Menards stocks these 2' x 2' Dri-Cor panels that might just be the
ticket. They're the really nice tongue and groove chipboard panels that
fit togethr like a dream and have an inverted-waffle sheet of plastic
mounted to the underside that, all in all, raises everything about 3/4"
off the primary surface floor. I'm not kidding you -- when I put these
panels down, there's at least a 5-8 degree difference between the new
subfloor and the original main floor. And you can then put a laminate
floor or carpeting over them just like any wood subfloor. Matter of
fact, I had a few people tell me they'd look great on their own without
any additional cover --altho I personally wouldn't be that charitable
about the issue.

The only drawback is, they run about $4.80 per panel. But IMO as far as
my own experience with these things, it's money well friggin' spent.

I was kinda skeptical about these panels, but I bought 2 of them, laid
'em on the floor and stood barefoot with one foot on the concrete floor
and one foot on the panels. MAJOR difference.

Check it out for yourself and see.

AJS


In article ,
Dan Hartung wrote:

AJScott wrote:
Hi, guys. My eyes kinda glazed over a little while back, so perhaps an
interested party can translate for me: Is this merely a case of someone
wanting a cold floor to be less cold when they put in a new, laminate
flooring if I recall right, or is the problem/desired result a bit
deeper than that?

Well, the basic problem is a cold floor. When I started thinking about
that I realized it is "deeper", and this is the time to solve it.