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5 Types of Floor Insulation

Floor insulation helps prevent heat loss through the ground and can significantly lower energy costs. It can be installed beneath a concrete slab or above timber-frame ground floors and is compatible with underfloor heating systems.

25mm floor insulation can be fitted beneath floorboards or between joists in suspended timber floors, and it can be purchased at both builders’ merchants and online.

Kingspan Kooltherm K103

Kingspan Kooltherm K103 Floorboard insulation is a premium choice designed to provide insulation on various types of floors. Customers have given it high marks for its effectiveness, energy efficiency and environmental friendliness; customers also highly praise its fiber-free rigid thermoset phenolic core which makes it suitable for timber, concrete and beam and block floors as well as its lower lambda value and better thermal conductivity ratings compared to standard products.

Insulating your ground floor is an easy and cost-effective way to cut heating costs, improve comfort, and make warming up your home faster. Furthermore, insulation prevents heat escaping through the floor which helps reduce greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

Kooltherm K103 insulation board manufactured in Castleblayney offers premium performance lower lambda insulation board suitable for solid concrete or suspended timber floors, featuring a glass tissue facing that autohesively bonds to its phenolic core during manufacturing, earning it Euroclass C-s2,d0 rating.

Celotex TB4025

Celotex TB4025 PIR insulation board is an all-purpose PIR board suitable for floor, wall and roof cut-to-fit applications. Designed to eliminate thermal bridging and lower energy bills while its thermal conductivity remains low allowing builders to achieve required U-values with minimum thickness.

Insulation made from rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR), fibre-free and covered on both sides with aluminium low emissivity foil facing is an eco-friendly choice for construction projects. The foil enhances thermal performance in sealed cavity air spaces by lowering U values and decreasing condensation, as well as using blowing agents with zero ozone depletion potential and low global warming potential in its production process.

BBA certified and with a BRE Green Guide rating of A, this lightweight insulation solution is an ideal way to insulate pitched and flat roofs, timber and steel framed walls and floors – saving on both labor costs and meeting fire requirements up to 11 metres high buildings.

Kingspan TF70

Kingspan TF70 floor insulation is designed to prevent heat loss in homes and commercial buildings. It can be applied to both solid concrete and suspended ground floors; also suitable for underfloor heating systems; produced using an environmentally sustainable blowing agent with zero Ozone Depletion Potential and low Global Warming Potential (GWP).

Insulation boards come in sizes of 2400mm x 1200mm and feature thermal conductivity ratings of 0.022 W/mK for easy installation, making this material an attractive option for builders. Furthermore, moisture-resistant insulation reduces risk of mould and mildew growth by providing protection from mould.

Insulating underfloor heating systems with spray foam insulation is an ideal way to save on heating costs in both new and existing buildings, especially timber frame structures and steel framed buildings. Furthermore, spray foam can also help reduce heat loss and energy consumption in pitched roofs with its installation between joists – thus helping save on heating costs!

Jablite EPS200

EPS insulation is made of polystyrene beads that resemble grains of salt, which are fed into a mold and expanded using steam and pentane to form a block of material which is cut to size and shaped to meet specific applications; typically this insulation material can be found protecting roofs with heavy loads as well as cold stores.

Comparative to other insulation materials, EPS insulation stands out as lightweight and resilient. It boasts excellent thermal properties, impact resistance, high load-bearing capacity and water vapour resistance – plus it’s free from fungus or bacteria growth and nontoxic to both humans and animals!

EPS insulation is an ideal choice for floor insulation as a closed-cell material that maintains consistent thermal performance throughout its lifespan. Furthermore, it is easy to install and versatile enough to meet a range of applications – in fact it can even be mixed with cement and tragacanth resin to form aggregated concrete that increases durability!