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My extension was built with an underfloor cavity

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.27 PM

My ground floor extension was built with an underfloor cavity, because digging out large roots would have been financially and time costly. I believe this is an acceptable method, but the room is always very cold and it is coming from the floor. Is this a known solution and what can I do to make the room warmer and so use-able?

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j.mcdonald building and joinery

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Cheadle
If the cold is coming from the floor it must not of been insulated properly.
Answered30 September 2019
5

Precision Brickwork

Rating: 5 out of 5
Llanelli
Presuming that the floor is timber it is highly unlikely that it has been insulated. You would need to take up floor boards and insulate between the joists using a 4 inch or 6 inch think insulation board
Answered30 September 2019
2

Anonymous user

Remove flooring and insulate between joists using kingspan or the equivalent 100mm foil back foam insulation. Ensure the kingspan is towards the bottom half of the joist allowing air to flow freely under the finish floor level. Use fix n fill foam to hold them in place and close up any gaps from cutting. Relay Flooring... Kind Regards Craig
Answered30 September 2019
1

BPS (MK) LTD

Rating: 5 out of 5
Blackfriars, London
The floor is either a block and beam floor (most likely) or a timber joist floor (not very common and not the correct way to build it). If it's block and beam then you would need to take the screed up and fit new solid insulation like kingspan or celotex. As much as you can get in but then lay a 22mm chipboard floor straight on top of the insulation.(known as a floating floor) . This will help keep the cold out. If the floor is timber joists then do as previous builders have suggested and fit insulation between the joist to the full depth of the joist. You'd be better off battening the underside of the joists in the opposite direction to the joists which will hold the insulation in place. You need to maintain the air gap below the floor. Then foil tape all the joins and refit flooring. Hope this helps. Dan BPS (MK) Ltd
Answered3 October 2019
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W Scott Building Services

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Batley
The radial tree roots that extend outwards that are of primary concern here; these can influence soil conditions well beyond the circumference of the tree's leaf canopy. ... Conversely, healthy trees take large amounts of water out of the soil, often forcing clay soils to shrink. But Building Control Officers should have seen this if you notified them? keep an eye on any wall movement. Your “cold floor” needs to be looked under. If there’s no insulation at all, then you need to lift ALL the floor boarding up and cut & fit 100mm ridged insulation in between all the joists. Leave a 50mm air gap above the insulation and spike nails below to stop it falling out. You could also fit floor heating? Wayne Scott Building Yorkshire
Answered4 October 2019
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Roy Durn plastering and Building services

Rating: 5 out of 5
Bingley
Insulation should be secured between the joist , this should have been done during the build ! , a building inspector would have /should have requested this ? .
Answered4 October 2019
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