How To Insulate A Cold Basement Floor

The long accepted method for addressing cold basement floors is to insulate the basement ceiling thereby protecting the floor from the chill of the space below.

How to insulate a cold basement floor.

In other words you re in for a lot of work. Insulating the basement floor before installing finished flooring dramatically improves the comfort of a basement living space. An excellent move is to insulate the ceiling. Thanks for sponsoring this video audible.

Check periodically to make sure. Shell busey shows you how to insulate a concrete floor. Also insulate 4a any portion of the floor in a room that is cantilevered beyond the exterior wall below. When the floor is above an unheated crawl space install insulation between the floor joists.

If you live in a cold climate then you re no stranger to cold concrete floors in the winter. This is especially true in tight homes with a strong seal around upstairs windows and doors where a large portion of heat loss comes from an uninsulated basement. Hot air rises after all and it would be a pity to waste the warm air you are paying for your hvac system to produce by losing it through the ceiling. And now that your basement is going to be cold in the winter you ll also need to insulate any ductwork and hot water pipes that are below the ceiling weatherstrip the basement door and wrap a thick layer of fiberglass around the water heater tank.

However this option has several flaws and it is not a permanent solution for keeping a warm comfortable home. Floors above cold spaces such as vented crawl spaces and unheated garages. 4b slab floors built directly on the ground. Hard flooring laid directly on concrete is often very cold and tends to suck up the heat around it making the basement feel cold even when you ve got the space heater on or the fireplace going.

On walls this is normally done by furring out the concrete block walls with studs filling the stud cavities with insulation then finishing off the walls with drywall or paneling. Department of energy insulating your basement walls can save up to 350 annually in some regions. According to the u s.