My parents live in a bungalow with wooden floorboards. Five or so years
ago they replaced the (probably expensive though quite old by that time)
carpet in the living room with an engineered maple floor.

This floor was installed with whatever the standard offered underlay was
at the time.

The living room is now (and has been since installation) significantly
colder than it was with carpet.

They are now at the point of replacing the carpet along the corridor
(the house is C-Shaped with the corridor the length of the house & so is
quite a large though narrow area).

They want to lay another engineered floor but are worried that if they
do so heating bills are going to sky rocket.

If it generally the case that carpets insulate better than wooden
flooring or is it likely that the floor in the living room is badly laid
(visibly it looks fine)?

Assuming that carpets are better can this be offset by the choice of
underlay or the type & thickness of the flooring?

Thanks in advance for any pointers.
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Dave Cunningham dave at upsilon org uk
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dave cunningham wrote:
My parents live in a bungalow with wooden floorboards. Five or so years
ago they replaced the (probably expensive though quite old by that time)
carpet in the living room with an engineered maple floor.

This floor was installed with whatever the standard offered underlay was
at the time.

The living room is now (and has been since installation) significantly
colder than it was with carpet.

They are now at the point of replacing the carpet along the corridor
(the house is C-Shaped with the corridor the length of the house & so is
quite a large though narrow area).

They want to lay another engineered floor but are worried that if they
do so heating bills are going to sky rocket.

If it generally the case that carpets insulate better than wooden
flooring

Yes. thats why everyone fitted carpets in the 60's.

or is it likely that the floor in the living room is badly laid
(visibly it looks fine)?

Assuming that carpets are better can this be offset by the choice of
underlay or the type & thickness of the flooring?


Oh yes, about 6mm of celotex under it would bring it up to carepet
standard..

Thanks in advance for any pointers.

In message , The Natural
Philosopher wrote

Assuming that carpets are better can this be offset by the choice of
underlay or the type & thickness of the flooring?


Oh yes, about 6mm of celotex under it would bring it up to carepet
standard..


This is Greek to me TBH. From googling Celotex I've come up with a range
of stuff but the closest I can see is this
http://www.celotex.co.uk/Products/Celotex-Products/Celotex-TB3000 -
though it's 12mm. Is this the sort of stuff you're talking about?

Thanks!
--
Dave Cunningham dave at upsilon org uk
PGP KEY ID: 0xA78636DC

dave cunningham wrote:
In message , The Natural
Philosopher wrote

Assuming that carpets are better can this be offset by the choice of
underlay or the type & thickness of the flooring?


Oh yes, about 6mm of celotex under it would bring it up to carepet
standard..


This is Greek to me TBH. From googling Celotex I've come up with a range
of stuff but the closest I can see is this
http://www.celotex.co.uk/Products/Celotex-Products/Celotex-TB3000 -
though it's 12mm. Is this the sort of stuff you're talking about?

Thanks!
Yes. All I meant was that proper floor insulation with a decet insulant
would solve the problem.