Since floor insulation creates a barrier between your home and the cold ground or unheated basement below, it helps to prevent heat from escaping through the floor.

You can either make your floors warmer by updating the insulation, or you can actually make your floors warm by adding heat to them. Let's talk insulation first.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Draught proof and insulate your floor to cut your energy bills. We’ll help you pick the best floor insulation for your floor and find a good installer.

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 ...

Ask an expert: A reader asks about the effectiveness of thermal wallpaper for insulating a cold ground-floor flat ...

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 ...

If the insulation is crushed or compacted, there are fewer air pockets to provide resistance to thermal flow, and heat can escape through the attic.