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How to keep floor warm.
A hardwood floor can enhance the appearance of a room but it also requires some tender loving care.
Luckily there are ways to combat this chilly predicament.
You can expect the stone floor of your screen porch or the basement linoleum laid on cement to be cold and carpet is the logical warmer.
A couple of strategically placed ceiling fans will circulate the warm air from the top of the room to the floor.
Floors of ceramic stone or concrete are the worst culprits with hardwood a runner up.
The floor inside the house seems cold in the winter and i would like to try to keep the air in the crawl space from affecting the heating of the living space glen.
Some issues are structural and logical.
Determining the cause of cold floors however is usually fairly simple and can be addressed without massive expenditure.
The best and easiest way to do this is to install a radiant floor warming mat under whatever new floor you want to have installed.
This will balance temperatures and help take the chill off your hardwood floors.
Tiles are heated quickly and easily and because of how well they retain their heat you don t need to have the heat running for long to make a massive difference.
Keep cold air out warm air in.
Hi glen i would advise against it since applying plastic to the bottom of the floor joints in the crawl space under your house can trap moisture from the air in the insulation.
However the most effective way to keep yourself warm in the winter with floor styles is by having a radiant floor heating system installed.
How to keep rooms warm with hardwood floors.