Insulated Timber Floor Construction

This is the fifth in a series about building my own garden room office space here in the uk.

Insulated timber floor construction.

We offer a range of timber floor frames and construction methods. A typical suspended floor construction with clear ventilated void. Suspended timber floor with floorboards removed. Kingspan installing insulation on top of the floor can present problems with ceiling door and window cill heights.

For most heritage properties the most effective and appropriate way to insulate a suspended floor and improve its airtightness is to retrofit insulation. All ground floor constructions unless very large commercial floors will require some insulation to be included within the floor zone to comply with building regulation requirements. Floor cassettes are in open closed and insulated formats. To achieve this grilles are incorporated at the base of the walls to allow a cross draught.

Kingspan s new range of vacuum insulated panels vips offers an interesting solution for those needing an ultra thin build up. Solutions include pre fitted insulation edge wrapped cassettes and pre formed service holes which ensure the building fabric performs and is easy to build. In this video i show you the completion of the foundations and. If the ground floor in question is of a suspended timber construction and whether this is a renovation or new build project then the insulation would normally.

Environmental protection agency ireland. It is important that the underside of a suspended floor is ventilated to avoid the build up of moisture.