It s a common problem in a finished basement because concrete floors continually release moisture making a basement feel damp and they act as a conductor for the cold from the ground under the foundation.
Making concrete floors warmer.
Shell busey shows you how to install a concrete floor warming system delta fl.
It can actually look quite beautiful with gold metals and warmer tones.
In fact the problem could well be your floor especially in a room at ground level or worse yet in the basement.
Concrete gets a lot of flack for making a space not feel homey enough.
A few are expensive or not practical for some homes.
Floors of ceramic stone or concrete are the worst culprits with hardwood a runner up.
Determining the cause of cold floors however is usually fairly simple and can be addressed without massive expenditure.
Radiant below surface heating is the most expensive option but also the most effective.
It radiates heat through the underlayment up to the top flooring layer and through the rest of the room helping your favorite spaces feel toasty even during cold.
Concrete floors work particularly well in.
No matter how nicely the rest of the basement is finished if the floors are cold and the room feels damp nobody is going to want to spend much time down there.
This heat is stored in the concrete slab and slowly released back out into your home after the sun goes down in a way that carpet.
Making floors over the garage warmer duration.
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.
Insulating the floors rim joists and headers can be an effective way to warm these floors.
Keep cold air out warm air in.
As it turns out polished concrete floors are a great choice in winter and are warmer than you might think.
Cold concrete floors are a rather common problem and there are several approaches to warming them up.
A few are expensive or not practical.
I live in minnesota and for the past 4 days our temps have been between a high of 7 below to a low of 23 below.
Luckily there are ways to combat this chilly predicament.
Raised floors are a much better drier and warmer alternative than concrete slab floors.
Thermaldry flooring for warmer basement floors.
However many homeowners like the industrial look of polished concrete slab floors both have their advantages and disadvantages.
A polished concrete floor is a high thermal mass material absorbing heat where it is exposed to sunlight.