Suspended timber floors consist of floorboards nailed to joists often carried on sleeper walls of brick.
Insulated timber floor construction.
Floor cassettes are in open closed and insulated formats.
For most heritage properties the most effective and appropriate way to insulate a suspended floor and improve its airtightness is to retrofit insulation.
To achieve this grilles are incorporated at the base of the walls to allow a cross draught.
Solutions include pre fitted insulation edge wrapped cassettes and pre formed service holes which ensure the building fabric performs and is easy to build.
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.
It is important that the underside of a suspended floor is ventilated to avoid the build up of moisture.
In addition to loose joist floors we also offer a range of floor cassette and separating floor solutions.
Kingspan s new range of vacuum insulated panels vips offers an interesting solution for those needing an ultra thin build up.
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Suspended timber floor with floorboards removed.
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A typical suspended floor construction with clear ventilated void.
Kingspan installing insulation on top of the floor can present problems with ceiling door and window cill heights.