Temporary floor on concrete slab during renovation?

[Noakpoak]

renovation of a single-story townhouse built on a slab, 69. we will have a remediation company remove 15 sqm of asbestos floor mat in the hall (glued directly on the slab). in the slab, there are copper pipes/sewer pipes that we will replace with the help of craftsmen. the ambition is to stay in the house during the process. considering laying a temporary floor on the slab for a few weeks to be able to break up the slab section by section and replace the pipes as we go. do you think it's doable? any tips on cheap material for a temporary floor? how will the temperature in the house be affected by removing the mat? I understand that it will be lower, but will it be the worst cold shock?

 

[topmount]

The easiest way is probably to buy an OSB board and some old carpet/s at a secondhand store. The cold won't be a problem.

 

[Kardan79]

renovation of a single-story terraced house built on a slab, 69. we will, with the help of a remediation company, remove 15 sqm of asbestos floor matting in the hallway (glued directly to the slab). in the slab are copper pipes/drainage pipes that we will replace with the help of a craftsman. the ambition is to remain living in the house during the process. considering laying a temporary floor on the slab, for a few weeks, to be able to break up part by part of the slab and replace pipes gradually. do you think it's doable? tips for cheap material for the temporary floor? how will the temperature in the house be affected by removing the matting? I understand that it will be lower, but will it be a major cold shock?

As topmount already replied - buy cheap sheet materials and a bunch of suitable crappy mats in a second-hand store/flea market.

Regarding the impact on the indoor climate, the effect of your measure depends, among other things, on how much insulating material is removed and the size of the cooling surface. The size of the house in general and heating also matters. It is therefore practically impossible to do more than guess to what extent the indoor temperature will be affected.

We noticed it got significantly colder inside when early last spring we threw out the floor (everything above the slab) in an approximately 10 sqm/m3 large hallway in a residential house of 100 sqm, built on an uninsulated slab. However, we live in a former summer cabin with rather poor insulation and a LLHP as the primary heat source, and also replaced the sill in one day.
I think it was in mid-March. The ground was maximally cooled and it was also quite cold outside.
However, there was no talk of any "cold shock" (except perhaps on the day of the sill replacement).
We had a lot to do and had not been able to plan, so we had no insulating mats on the floor.

In short - it gets colder, you will survive and will be pressing the contractor like crazy to ensure they don't take other jobs in between but actually finish within the time you agree on beforehand.