Floating Floor Thermal Insulation

Kingspan installing insulation on top of the floor can present problems with ceiling door and window cill heights.

Floating floor thermal insulation.

Kingspan s new range of vacuum insulated panels vips offers an interesting solution for those needing an ultra thin build up. About floating floors floating floors as the name states is a type of flooring or more precisely a type of floor construction that is not anyhow directly attached i e. Interior wood framed floor insulation. Kingspan vips offer an ultra thin build up of just 26mm image credit.

A good quality insulating underlay will act as a high quality thermal barrier. Rockwool offers stone wool insulation products to meet and exceed thermal regulations in floor constructions as well as solutions for separating floors to prevent heat transfer between the upper and lower floors. It is an excellent way of improving the thermal performance of an existing property as installing thermal insulation above the slab isolates the thermal mass of the slab from the building interior giving the building a rapid thermal response. Glued or nailed to the subfloor substrate but is instead floating over it.

It can even be used with pergo laminate with attached pad to enhance the performance of your floor. Insulating solid ground floors with a timber floating floor. It also has a built in damp proof membrane and a noise reduction rating of 19db. Because it is only 3mm thick it will allow the heat from under the floor to come into the room.