Not to mention, floor insulation can reduce the need for supplemental heating sources, such as space heaters, by trapping more heat inside your home during the colder months, which can further ...

Q: In this coldest of winters, I need help! My family room floor is like a block of ice and my several attempts to fix the problem have failed. I've read many of your columns about insulation ...

Adding insulation to suspended timber ground floors commonly found in homes built before the Second World War can reduce heat-loss by up to 92 percent, according to research from UCL and the ...

Adequate insulation is one of the most important factors in reducing heat loss and will increase the comfort of your home in both summer and winter. Under most conditions you should have the ...

The R-value for insulation is a way to measure how much resistance the insulation has to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the more the resistance and the better the material is at insulating a home.

A thermal bypass, as Siddall and other British sources describe it, occurs when heat is transferred through or around insulation, reducing its effectiveness. Types of Thermal Bypass. Passivhaus Trust ...

Insulation in floor joists helps with thermal performance and sound. We are building a garage apartment and used ROCKWOOL to insulate the floor platform. This is video #2 in our 4 part series on ...

Major players in the building thermal insulation market are Johns Manville, Saint-Gobain S. A, BASF SE, Kingspan Group PLC, Owens Corning, Huntsman International LLC, Rockwool A/S, GAF Materials ...

You can also buy radiator insulation in the form of reflector foil which sits behind the radiator and reduces heat loss into the wall. This can be bought from Screwfix for £5.99 a roll.