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.
How to make concrete floors warmer.
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.
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.
Luckily there are ways to combat this chilly predicament.
Below the surface will be a bit warmer than this.
Some issues are structural and logical.
Lay the barrier down first and tape the seams really well.
Get 2 boxes and a roll or two of vapor barrier.
The most common application however is an in floor heating system installed between the finished concrete slab and the flooring above.
Floors of ceramic stone or concrete are the worst culprits with hardwood a runner up.
Hardwood will stay warmest in newer well insulated homes.
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.
Hardwood isn t quite as warm as carpet or cork but it s still one of the warmer flooring surfaces on the market.
While choosing your vinyl flooring prefer the thicker variety to provide softer and warmer feel under your foot.
Keep cold air out warm air in.
On a cold winter s morning the air temperature up close to the edge of the concrete floor can be colder than the ground underneath the house.
Transform your old floors for a cushiony delight by merely placing an area rug on the cold floor.
A few are expensive or not practical for some homes.
Shown on the right are our unfinished subfloor tiles.
Get that amount of rigid board insulation.
A few are expensive or not practical.
Make sure to measure out the room you are doing to get the square footage.
Cold concrete floors are a rather common problem and there are several approaches to warming them up.
If your home is drafty the cool air will make your hardwood floor cold as well.
Thermaldry flooring is also available in two tiled and two carpeted designs.
This allows the new floor to not come in direct contact with the old subfloor which can give you a warmer floor.
Start with the simplest solution which will help provide a comfortable temperature for the whole house not just the floor.
Determining the cause of cold floors however is usually fairly simple and can be addressed without massive expenditure.