Draught from floor....

[cosmicchris00]

When I renovated ours I pulled the floorboards up and laid netting in-between the joists and added a layer of insulation, before putting the floorboards back down, that's a right twat on but it works.

You could try getting some caulk and sealing between the boards and also around the base of the skirts so there are no gaps, might keep some drafts out.

Caulk would work but an intumescent sealer would provide similar draft proofing and also improve the fire rating

 

[Sir Lancelot]

It used to be common practice to put a layer of cardboard on to the floor boards before the underlay to stop draughts and to stop the underlay sticking to the floor. You can get it in rolls. Me dad used newspaper !

You can get specialist stuff to do the same job reasonably cheaply too. We used to use this under the carpet underlay. Get some tape to tape over the joins between the lengths and it should do a canny job. It also helps to prevent stripes on your carpet where dust is being blown through the gaps in the floor boards.

As has already been said, roll back the carpet to about half way then lay the paper felt at right angles to the floorboards. Seal the joins with tape and then roll the underfelt and carpet back into place before starting the other side. Make sure you don’t leave anything under any of the layers!

Paper Felt Rolls. Carpet adhesives and underlay tapes

Buy carpet adhesives and underlay tapes at online prices.

www.tradepriced.co.uk

 

[Metro Man]

It used to be common practice to put a layer of cardboard on to the floor boards before the underlay to stop draughts and to stop the underlay sticking to the floor. You can get it in rolls. Me dad used newspaper !

Oh aye, forgot to say, I laid some thick brown paper over the whole of the floorboards, on top of the taped joints.

 

[Leonard osbourne]

You can get specialist stuff to do the same job reasonably cheaply too. We used to use this under the carpet underlay. Get some tape to tape over the joins between the lengths and it should do a canny job. It also helps to prevent stripes on your carpet where dust is being blown through the gaps in the floor boards.

As has already been said, roll back the carpet to about half way then lay the paper felt at right angles to the floorboards. Seal the joins with tape and then roll the underfelt and carpet back into place before starting the other side. Make sure you don’t leave anything under any of the layers!

Paper Felt Rolls. Carpet adhesives and underlay tapes

Buy carpet adhesives and underlay tapes at online prices.

www.tradepriced.co.uk

Cheers, seems like the easiest option for someone like me to do, I'll order some now....

 

[td586]

the championship

 

[EchoMan]

Cheers, seems like the easiest option for someone like me to do, I'll order some now....

You’re welcome

 

[Leonard osbourne]

You can get specialist stuff to do the same job reasonably cheaply too. We used to use this under the carpet underlay. Get some tape to tape over the joins between the lengths and it should do a canny job. It also helps to prevent stripes on your carpet where dust is being blown through the gaps in the floor boards.

As has already been said, roll back the carpet to about half way then lay the paper felt at right angles to the floorboards. Seal the joins with tape and then roll the underfelt and carpet back into place before starting the other side. Make sure you don’t leave anything under any of the layers!

Paper Felt Rolls. Carpet adhesives and underlay tapes

Buy carpet adhesives and underlay tapes at online prices.

www.tradepriced.co.uk

I've bought this stuff, hopefully it will be delivered for the weekend, thanks for the advice

 

[cornish mackem]

Uplift the carpet and if you’re not confident of refitting try doing half the room at a time. Pull it back half way along with the underlay and lay a 8mm ply over the whole floor. Relay underlay and carpet then repeat on the other half.if you have gaps on bottom of your skirting apply decorators caulk around the perimeter. There will still be plenty of airflow underneath

Or the original laminate like someone else said

 

[REDM1ST]

If that’s what you’re recommending that’s up to you. That’s not something I’d consider doing in my house or anyone’s else’s

 

[Snugster]

It used to be common practice to put a layer of cardboard on to the floor boards before the underlay to stop draughts and to stop the underlay sticking to the floor. You can get it in rolls. Me dad used newspaper !

I'd forgotten about that, the joy of taking up old carpet and reading news and football results from years ago.

 

[Napoleon Dynamite]

It’s imperative you keep the air flow though as MT mentioned.

There’ll surely be air bricks for the void, sealing floorboards won’t affect things much he had laminate down anyway

 

[Goat Eyes]

There’ll surely be air bricks for the void, sealing floorboards won’t affect things much he had laminate down anyway

Aye, I was just reiterating the same point made above to not simply fill the space.

 

[Baloo]

If you lived in London you could rent out the space under the floorboards as a basement apartment. The rent from the tenants would easily cover new insulation.

 

[AndrewP]

You should have just carpeted over the laminate.

 

[PTR]

My living room has been baltic ever since we removed the laminate flooring and replaced it with carpet....
The draught comes from under the floorboards, there is a gap of around 50cm below the floor boards to the ground below....
We have a decent underlay, but that doesn't help...
Any ideas on how to stop the draught, is it as simple as laying some type of board over the floor boards?

I have the same voided floor - wood joists above the concrete foundation. The air gap is vented, so is cold.

I'm lucky that my house was designed during a VERY short-lived fad - they installed electric CEILING heating in it, so the house was very well insulated below and above all floors. So my ground floor has loft-type insulation underneath, protecting my from that cold air underneath.

I've just converted my garage, with the same void-floor- but this time I've cut PIR insulation (i.e. kingspan or similar) and put that between the joists and filled minor gaps / suck into place with expanding foam before putting the weyrock flooring on top.

There's a 3rd method, which involves getting underneath and spraying a foam insulation . There's even robots that do it by remote control.

I'm sure all of this is covered by the current funding schemes, so you might get it done for a fraction of the normal cost.

ALSO
If your skirting was previously on top of your laminate, there could be a 1cm air gap all the way round your floor now where its not sealing in that vented-underfloor. You can lift the carpet off the grippers and check quite easily. A careful application of expanding foam will sort it, but just use enough, not too much!

Don't seal stuff up. Air doesn't move and gets stale. Insulation I reckon is the best bet.

Absolutely seal up the barrier between the sub floor and the finished floor.
In a raised floor, the UNDERNEATH needs to ventillated, but that doesn't mean that cold air needs to be in contact with your top layer. Avoid that as much as possible.

Foil backed underlay. Least amount of cost and hassle.

I suspect this is what was under the laminate, and stopping the issue previously. Carpet underlay won't do it half as well.

 

[Leonard osbourne]

I have the same voided floor - wood joists above the concrete foundation. The air gap is vented, so is cold.

I'm lucky that my house was designed during a VERY short-lived fad - they installed electric CEILING heating in it, so the house was very well insulated below and above all floors. So my ground floor has loft-type insulation underneath, protecting my from that cold air underneath.

I've just converted my garage, with the same void-floor- but this time I've cut PIR insulation (i.e. kingspan or similar) and put that between the joists and filled minor gaps / suck into place with expanding foam before putting the weyrock flooring on top.

There's a 3rd method, which involves getting underneath and spraying a foam insulation . There's even robots that do it by remote control.

I'm sure all of this is covered by the current funding schemes, so you might get it done for a fraction of the normal cost.

ALSO
If your skirting was previously on top of your laminate, there could be a 1cm air gap all the way round your floor now where its not sealing in that vented-underfloor. You can lift the carpet off the grippers and check quite easily. A careful application of expanding foam will sort it, but just use enough, not too much!

Absolutely seal up the barrier between the sub floor and the finished floor.
In a raised floor, the UNDERNEATH needs to ventillated, but that doesn't mean that cold air needs to be in contact with your top layer. Avoid that as much as possible.

I suspect this is what was under the laminate, and stopping the issue previously. Carpet underlay won't do it half as well.

Cheers mate

 

[Wearside Wanderer II]

Defrost some prawns then put them in the gaps within the floorboards.
Will do the trick in a Few days

 

[Clean Bristow]

I reckon of the OP hammers blunted drawing pins into his scrotum using a copy of Record Breakers annual 1987 his problem will go away.

 

[ajthemackem]

One of the best things about ripping up old carpet and floorboards is reading pages from the Echo circa 1975.

 

[cornish mackem]

It used to be common practice to put a layer of cardboard on to the floor boards before the underlay to stop draughts and to stop the underlay sticking to the floor. You can get it in rolls. Me dad used newspaper !

Mine too and so did the bloke we bought our house from and reading the papers from 1936 was very interesting. Running upto was time and the news breaking from Europe was interesting knowing how it panned out