How to insulate linoleum: infrared and water-heated floor, insulation( instructions for laying)

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All about insulated linoleum

Options, how to make the floors in the house were warm, using the usual linoleum, a few. Each of them carries a certain energy efficiency and is significantly different both in price and in labor-intensive implementation. In particular, it will be possible to walk around barefoot all year round with pleasure if to do:

  • infrared warm floor;
  • water-heated floor;
  • insulated floor with a substrate.

Floor heating with linoleum

Infrared insulation for linoleum

The modern solution is to place under the finishing floor covering infrared heaters. Such a floor will not just be pleasant for bare feet even in winter, but also can act as the main heating in the house. Of course, such a system will require certain financial investments and rather complicated hard work on installation( often with the involvement of specialists), but it will be able to pay off due to the incredible economy of heating not only the floor, but the whole house / apartment.

Infrared warm floor

Read more about infra-red warm floors for linoleum and other coatings here http: //ogodom.ru/ infrakrasnyiy-teplyiy-pol-ne-roskosh-a-neobhodimost.html

Warm floor under linoleum

When it comes to warm floors, it does not matter under linoleum, laminate, plank or other floor, most often there is a water heating. Despite the mass nature of the phenomenon, the installation of such a system also requires significant time, financial and physical costs. Installation of this type of insulation is also better to entrust to professionals, although you can do it yourself, having a similar experience. Read more here Warm floor water - how to choose the device option?

Water heated floor

The undoubted advantage of the water-heated floor can be called the low cost of its operation, however, if there is already no time on the doorstep for winter and long-term repair, the next option for floor insulation for linoleum will be optimal.

We warm the floors under the linoleum substrate

We will dwell on this method in more detail, because it has a number of advantages: the

  • is not laborious and is available for execution by hand;
  • requires much less financial investment relative to other methods;
  • takes one day;
  • does not require complete removal of furniture from the dwelling.

Linoleum liner

Required materials to bed liners for linoleum

Prepare materials and tools for laying the heater in advance. You will need:

  • penokleks;
  • plywood;
  • isolone;
  • natural or artificial substrate;
  • dvp-sheets;
  • adhesive tape with maximum adhesion;
  • screwdriver( in extreme cases - a screwdriver);
  • adhesive;
  • self-tapping screws;
  • polyethylene;
  • knife, electric jigsaw, scissors.

Step-by-step instructions on how to insulate floors for linoleum

  1. Remove the linoleum and inspect the floor surface. If there are chips on the concrete floor or irregularities, cracks, rotten boards on the wooden - it is necessary to make repairs( fill the screed, replace the boards).

Evaluation of the old floor

  1. Evaluate how you can raise the floor level so that the doors open freely. The thickness of the heater depends on this.

Floor level in the door

  1. On a firm, level floor, you can lay the liner under the linoleum.

Warning! If you have chosen a natural substrate, you should know that it is traditionally considered warmer( although this is not always the case), but it can become a habitat for moths and other insects, and in a few years will become a source of dust due to abrasion of the fibers.

  1. Penoplex or isolon( artificial material with foil on one side) will prevent the appearance of insects and dust, as well as enhance the thermal insulation effect. Cut the roll material into sheets of the right size, line them and tape with tape.

Stacking a penoplex

  1. After plywood is laid, fixed with screws to lags or wooden floor.

Plywood laying on the floor

  1. On a flat plywood surface linoleum is laid, fixed with glue. You can read more about the qualitative packing of materials in the articles How to lay linoleum on a wooden floor: three ways and laying linoleum - several important rules for the master

Theoretically, you can use these materials for insulation separately. However, if the plywood, though not fully, but the destination does, then, let's say, a foam with no additional insulating layer is not recommended. This material is intended for exterior decoration of buildings, so inside the house, and even with a constant load, this insulation will gradually release harmful vapors.

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