ᐅ Very Cold Floor

Hello everyone. I have the following problem. Last September, I bought a single-family house built in 1963, about 110m² (1,184 sq ft). Since I had to move in quickly, I thought it would be enough to just remove the old tiles and carpet from the living room, kitchen, and dining area (which I combined into one large room) and then immediately install new stylish tiles.

Well, now I have a problem: the floor is extremely cold and really cools down the room. When sitting on the sofa, you can really feel the cold along your feet, even when the heater is on.

What can be done? Is the only option to completely remove the floor, then insulate and pour a new screed? Or is there a way to just remove the tiles and insulate on top of the existing screed? The ceiling height is currently about 235cm (7 ft 9 in).

I would appreciate any advice.

Looking forward to your replies.

Hello,

It would be helpful to know the exact floor construction. With a height of 2.35 m (7 ft 9 in), there isn’t much room left to work with.

Regards

I currently live in a rental apartment from the same year of construction, on the ground floor. The floors are very cold here as well. Only one room feels comfortable. In the children's room, the previous tenants installed a very stylish cork floor. For me, it feels pleasant there.
Personally, I also prefer it a bit cooler on my feet and dislike underfloor heating.

Maybe cork could be a solution.

Der Da schrieb:
I currently live in a rental apartment from the same construction year. Ground floor. Our floors are also very cold. Only one room is comfortable. In the children's room, the previous tenants installed a very stylish cork floor. For me, that is pleasant.
Personally, I also prefer it a bit cooler underfoot and dislike underfloor heating.

Maybe cork could be a solution.

Cork is definitely a very good idea; we had it in our old apartment as well. It also looks very nice.
However, it is perfectly understandable that you don’t want to tear out the entire floor. I am very familiar with this issue since we also have cold tiles in our current apartment. I noticed it right away during the first nights sleeping on a cheap mattress on the floor. There was really cool air coming through the room despite the heating. But we didn’t want to cover the entire apartment with carpets because the tiles are very attractive, and underfloor heating is not an option for us.

We have found a good solution for the winter here. There are so-called floor convectors, also known as low-level convectors. These are installed very low and warm the floor naturally. We installed these instead of traditional radiators – since the heat automatically rises, the rest of the room is always very warm as well.