Insulate Basement Floor Tile

Insulating the concrete floor in your basement will save you money on your heating bill keep your basement warmer and help keep the rest of your house warmer.

Insulate basement floor tile.

Why spend the money to finish a room if it does not improve comfort and quality. 2x2x1 125 inch tiles with osb wood on top and closed cell polystyrene insulation xps on the bottom. Energy efficiency isn t a common reason to insulate your basement but sound proofing is. Installing basement floor insulation on top of the concrete floor is a good idea if you decide to finish off the basement.

I posted on the basement insulation site but i ve developed my thinking a little more and now ponder whether this would work for the concrete basement floor that i very much want to finish in ceramic tile 6 poly 1 xps foam 3 4 advantech 1 2 hardibacker thinset and 1 4 tile. An unused basement is an existing addition. Of course the finished look is important carpet tile laminate or wood. But it s equally important to insulate the floor.

Subfloor systems eliminate the cake layer approach and give you all layers fused into tiles that can be attached to each other at a higher price than the methods above. With the right insulation ceiling tiles or sheetrock adding to the basement ceiling will help keep noise from transferring between. Insulated to an r value of 1 7 it not only protects insulates and cushions your finished floors using an air gap technology but also raises the temperature of finished flooring by up to 3 2 c 6 f. Because basement floors constantly release moisture dricore has a raised moisture barrier on the bottom that covers cold damp concrete.