Stripped floor boards that are now uninsulated and drafty

[Anonymous]

I have a project in which the house has previous been stripped of all floor covering except some rather nice looking floor boards. Since the floor is now uninsulated and drafty, the occupants want to remedy this but would like to avoid taking up as much of the boards as possible.

The space below is 300-400mm so not a place for crawling into.

On the basis that something is better than nothing, can anybody suggest any solutions that avoid taking up the floor?

Thanks

David

[Ruairi Kay]

H David

Proctor group do a product which is 18mm t&g chipboard with 10mm aerogel insulation backing, (Spacetehrm C) you could overlay the floor with this which is what we have done on solid floors before. Make sure you cut the boards outdoors though as the dust is pretty nasty.

There was a retrofit for the future project where the whole suspend floor void was filled with polystyrene beads, some info here: http://blog.emap.com/footprint/2011/06/15/riba-panel-on-retrofit-for-the-future/
Not too sure about the moisture implications of this approach though.

R

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