Hello!
I have a laundry room at home with old small tiles (about 70x70mm) that are cracked and also lie directly on the concrete base. The reason I don't want to remove them is that I would then have to break up the floor and replace the floor drain (industry rules), and the reason I want to do something about them is that it's freezing on my feet when I walk on them, and they are cracked.
In the laundry room, laminate flooring might not be so suitable, especially when there is a steep slope toward the floor drain, so now my question is if you can install a Blue isolaplaton mat
http://www.bygghemma.se/utomhus/byg...ign=isoleringsmatta-golv-bla-107x10-m-107-kvm
seal around the floor drain and lay something like this on top
https://www.google.se/search?q=golv...oDA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=677#imgdii=_
What do you think about it? Do you have other suggestions?
I have a laundry room at home with old small tiles (about 70x70mm) that are cracked and also lie directly on the concrete base. The reason I don't want to remove them is that I would then have to break up the floor and replace the floor drain (industry rules), and the reason I want to do something about them is that it's freezing on my feet when I walk on them, and they are cracked.
In the laundry room, laminate flooring might not be so suitable, especially when there is a steep slope toward the floor drain, so now my question is if you can install a Blue isolaplaton mat
http://www.bygghemma.se/utomhus/byg...ign=isoleringsmatta-golv-bla-107x10-m-107-kvm
seal around the floor drain and lay something like this on top
https://www.google.se/search?q=golv...oDA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1366&bih=677#imgdii=_
What do you think about it? Do you have other suggestions?
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Why not try just placing a rag rug on the floor?
That instantly makes it much nicer for the feet.
The tiled floor itself can't get warmer without underfloor heating.
The fact that the ceramic tiles are cold to walk on is not so much due to the temperature as it is due to their ability to conduct heat away quickly.
Why not try just placing a rag rug on the floor?
That instantly makes it much nicer for the feet.
The tiled floor itself can't get warmer without underfloor heating.
The fact that the ceramic tiles are cold to walk on is not so much due to the temperature as it is due to their ability to conduct heat away quickly.
skip the platon mat and lay "balcony flooring" directly on the tile floor instead. Floors made for outdoor use are either pressure-treated, oiled, or made of plastic.
Installing a platon mat above the floor drain level would just result in moisture standing on the floor under the top layer.
Installing a platon mat above the floor drain level would just result in moisture standing on the floor under the top layer.
Emil_K said:
My idea was to place the Platon mat on the tiles and cut out and seal around the floor drain to be able to spill water and dirt without it going into the cracks in the tiles (the floor is from 1961, so I don't really trust any remaining moisture barrier).
That is, the Platon mat is protection from water above and cold from below.
I had driven and replaced the floor drain... Not worth tinkering with otherwise. Rag rug is a good suggestion if so.
Not good to tile and waterproof over an old well...?
The floor is cracked and I want to prevent water from seeping into the cracks.
In summary:
The floor is cold, ugly, and damaged, but I don't want to replace the floor because I would need to replace the drain at the same time. I want to isolate the cold from the floor but at the same time prevent water from running into the foundation, and also lay some form of new laundry-friendly floor on top of the moisture-blocking insulation.
At the risk of sounding unpleasant, all of this is stated in my first post. From now on, only relevant solutions are requested, i.e. no "I would have laid a new floor with underfloor heating" or "leave the floor as it is."
In summary:
The floor is cold, ugly, and damaged, but I don't want to replace the floor because I would need to replace the drain at the same time. I want to isolate the cold from the floor but at the same time prevent water from running into the foundation, and also lay some form of new laundry-friendly floor on top of the moisture-blocking insulation.
At the risk of sounding unpleasant, all of this is stated in my first post. From now on, only relevant solutions are requested, i.e. no "I would have laid a new floor with underfloor heating" or "leave the floor as it is."
Tiles directly on the slab from 1961. Is/should there be a moisture barrier underneath then? The grout joints let water through anyway, so a crack in the tiles probably makes no difference. I assume it's in the basement?
No, this is at ground level. (I live in a sutteräng-like house but with three half-levels) this is on the middle level. But now when I pulled at the water pipes, I felt that they were loose, so I’m starting to suspect that it’s a wooden floor with an air gap underneath (the pipes come up through the floor).