HELP! Cold kitchen floor!

[weebbbbyy]

Now it's getting a bit colder, we're really noticing how cold our kitchen floor gets. It's a suspended floor and I estimate the void underneath is approx 250-300mm.

The floor is tiled, and there's no underfloor heating, or a radiator in the kitchen! VERY cold indeed! Does anyone know if the best way to prevent the floor getting cold? Is there any insulating materials I can easily install?

[John MacLeod]

Now it's getting a bit colder, we're really noticing how cold our kitchen floor gets. It's a suspended floor and I estimate the void underneath is approx 250-300mm.

The floor is tiled, and there's no underfloor heating, or a radiator in the kitchen! VERY cold indeed! Does anyone know if the best way to prevent the floor getting cold? Is there any insulating materials I can easily install?

There's no insulating materials you can easily install under a tiled floor unless there's enough crawl-space for you to get under the floor.

Quickest and easiest quick-fix without solving the problem -- a couple of kick-space heaters.

Best permanent fix -- lift entire floor and install hot-water underfloor heating in a new insulated concrete floor. If you choose your tubing correctly and have your boiler temperatures set right you can even run it off the same circuit as is used for the radiators, thereby minimising the cost.

[Raf]

i fitted one of those plinth heaters that works off the central heating (elec ones are expensive to run).... i would recommend one.

[Alexanderjames]

you could always save yourself the expense and buy yourself some nice slippers.

[Rossthedon]

It can be insulated fairly cheap if you can access underneath.
Underfloor heating would be best but obviously it will cost you.
IF you can get under the floor then it's easy enough to insulate using kingspan or varme board and this should make a huge difference.

I had a big fancy shower unit fitted in my downstairs toilet, i cut out an access panel on the floor for the plumber to run his pipes, he fitted the panel back and fitted the shower........bathroom was freezing!!!! The floor was ice cold and my new radiator wouldnt warm up the room.
I cut another panel, crawled under the floor and found that the plumber had pushed the insulation away to fit the pipes, he failed to pull it back up and hence the heat loss, shoved it back into place, re fixed netting and sorted

Amazing what difference a little 600X600mm patch of missing insulation can make,
good luck

[ramona]

the best way is to install a heater of any kind. nothing will make your kitchen warmer if it is not well insulated or the floor is simply designed to be cold...

[moderator2]

the best way is to install a heater of any kind. nothing will make your kitchen warmer if it is not well insulated or the floor is simply designed to be cold...

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