Cold floors?

[Bambi]

Hi!

I live in a two-story functionalist house (built in 2007) and I find the floors are starting to get cold on the second floor now, where we heat with radiators. I understand that the colder it is outside, the colder the floor inside becomes, but I didn't think it would happen so quickly and noticeably.

Does this seem normal or is it poorly insulated between the floors, or could there be a draft somewhere?

Regards

 

[Micke H]

Hello,
you're not comparing with the floors downstairs where you have underfloor heating (I guess), because that won't work. Compare with another house.

 

[Bambi]

I compare with my own house on the second floor, in the office, where I sit every afternoon, and then compare how much I'm freezing my feet right now, which I haven't done before.

That's why I wondered if it should feel like this, if it's normal now that it's getting colder, or if it's possible that there's been sloppiness with insulation or there could be a draught somewhere.

Best regards

 

[Micke H]

I don't know what the house looks like, but there is, or should be, an important insulation in the intermediate floor towards the exterior wall. From the exterior wall and 1 meter into the floor. Can you remove a panel board in the room you're sitting in and check that there is wind barrier paper and "full-height insulation" in the floor?

 

[Bambi]

Thank you for the help Micke!

I have an elongated window approximately 40 x 200cm where the "fönsterbrädan" is about 10 cm above the floor.

The drywall under the fönsterbrädan doesn't fit tightly, there's a gap of about half a centimeter, could that affect anything?

Could that gap, which exists under several fönsterbrådor, affect the house's soundproofing?
Regards

 

[gaia]

I have a long and narrow window approximately 40 by 200 cm where the "window sill" is about 10 cm above the floor.

Under the window sill, the plaster does not fit tightly, there is a gap of about half a centimeter. Could this affect?
Mvh

It seems that you don't have any radiator under this window, so it's probably a draft you're feeling. I hope cold air isn't blowing through the gaps ...
gaia