On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 09:30:44 +0100, Mike Barnes
wrote:



Not sure how cold the floor will feel without any heat under it. My sister
has a slate kitchen floor onto screeded insulation, and right now this feels
refreshingly cool under bare feet. In an upstairs room it should be a whole
lot warmer. I can only suggest you get a couple of the slates out, let them
aclimatise and see how they feel.

Now that's what I call a sensible suggestion... right, I've got a couple
of flooring slates from the shed, have placed them on the bathroom
floor, and have asked SWMBO to try them out from time to time.


I'd concur with this. I have slate floor on insulated concrete base
over most of the ground floor of the house. Typically I wander round
in bare feet and it never feels cold. I think it tends to acquire
the temperature of the surroundings and my impression is that compared
with ceramics or marble it is a lower conductor of heat anyway - hence
not feeling cold underfoot.

Another useful factor is that even if you use calibrated slate (i.e.
machined both sides), it is still not slippery when wet.


..andy

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