Hello
I am in the process of renovating an old cottage, with the idea that it will be warm all year round. What I mainly wonder about is what I should do with the floor. I tore up the existing one, and it consisted of a subfloor, tar paper, wood shavings, and then some kind of parquet on top. As the tar paper is worn out in many places, I was thinking of replacing it. Should I continue with wood shavings or switch to mineral wool? Should I add an age-resistant plastic, or could it lead to problems in the future?
Very grateful for opinions and answers
I am in the process of renovating an old cottage, with the idea that it will be warm all year round. What I mainly wonder about is what I should do with the floor. I tore up the existing one, and it consisted of a subfloor, tar paper, wood shavings, and then some kind of parquet on top. As the tar paper is worn out in many places, I was thinking of replacing it. Should I continue with wood shavings or switch to mineral wool? Should I add an age-resistant plastic, or could it lead to problems in the future?
Very grateful for opinions and answers
Welcome!
I am renovating an old summer cottage myself, and all the insulation is cellulose. No plastic anywhere, just "only" windbreaker fabric. As I understand it, plastic is only really meaningful if the WHOLE house is covered in plastic, i.e. completely sealed. So just plastic in the floor sounds pointless. Cellulose handles moisture better (maybe less of an issue if you plan to keep it heated year-round) and has better insulating ability than mineral wool, so in an existing house with a fixed space for insulation, I would have chosen cellulose for several reasons. More expensive, but better.
Regards,
ToRy
I am renovating an old summer cottage myself, and all the insulation is cellulose. No plastic anywhere, just "only" windbreaker fabric. As I understand it, plastic is only really meaningful if the WHOLE house is covered in plastic, i.e. completely sealed. So just plastic in the floor sounds pointless. Cellulose handles moisture better (maybe less of an issue if you plan to keep it heated year-round) and has better insulating ability than mineral wool, so in an existing house with a fixed space for insulation, I would have chosen cellulose for several reasons. More expensive, but better.
Regards,
ToRy
Okay, might need to read up a bit more about the plastic then. Cellulosa sounds interesting but probably won't be relevant to this renovation, it's a bit outside the budget with such things.