Floor insulation can help lower energy costs significantly. But which type should you install in your home? This article will show you how.
Kingspan Kooltherm K103 is a premium floorboard insulation used to insulate both block and timber concrete floors. Featuring a phenolic core with foil facing on both sides and an antimicrobial treatment process, this water resistant phenolic foam offers maximum insulation capabilities.
Kingspan Kooltherm K103
Kingspan Kooltherm K103 is an exceptional low lambda insulation board suitable for new build and refurbishment applications. Constructed using fibre-free rigid thermoset phenolic insulation material with glass tissue facings on both sides autohesively bonded to its core during manufacturing, it features Euroclss F fire ratings and water vapour resistance ratings to deliver maximum comfort to any space.
Thermal Conductivity Rating of only 0.019 W/mK ensures it won’t transfer heat or energy away from your property and make you more comfortable in both homes or businesses. Furthermore, insulation from this brand helps save on heating and cooling bills by stabilizing interior temperatures.
Installed into both timber frame and steel frame buildings, underfloor heating panels are designed to fit seamlessly. Compatible with plasterboard and most floor finishes, they’re manufactured under ISO 9001: 2015 (Quality Management Systems), ISO 14001: 2015 (Environmental Management System) and BS OHSAS 18001: 2007 (Occupational Health & Safety Management System) certified management systems; plus they feature zero ODP/GWP blowing agent production processes.
Jablite EPS150
Jabfloor EPS Insulation Board is an economic, long-lasting, thermally efficient and easy-to-install universal insulating board designed specifically to be cut and installed quickly and easily above any concrete slab or precast concrete floor in domestic ground-floor construction projects, complete with an anti-wear layer of chipboard to meet Building Regulation U-value requirements. It makes an excellent addition for domestic applications.
EPS insulation is composed of expandable beads of pre-foamed polystyrene that have been compressed at high temperatures and pressure before being fused together under high temperatures and pressure, producing a block that can then be cut to your project’s specifications.
EPS insulation boards are moisture resistant, rot proof, unaffected by bacteria, vermin or fungi and therefore remain effective over the lifetime of any property. Furthermore, it’s non-toxic, non-irritant and odourless making it suitable for use with other building products while being non-combustible reducing fire risks during installation and usage.
EcoTherm Eco-Versal
EcoTherm is one of the UK’s premier PIR insulation providers. Their Eco-Versal general-purpose insulation boards feature time-saving features designed to accelerate installation. EcoTherm’s boards can help speed up construction projects as well as upgrade thermal performance in existing walls, floors and roofs.
It features a fibre free rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation core with aluminium foil composite facings on both sides, ideal for timber frame walls or internal solid wall construction insulation. Compliant with BS EN 13165: 2008 thermal insulation products for buildings, BBA Agreement Certificate No 99/3569 covers this product as well.
The core and facings of the board are resistant to mould, fungus and bacterial growth, making it easy to cut and install with high compressive strength and excellent dimensional stability. Ideal applications include ground-supported timber ground floor slabs; suspended concrete slab ground floors; suspended timber blocks or beam floors above or below ground.
Rockwool RWA45
Rockwool RWA45 insulation provides a reliable insulation solution for general building projects as well as more specialized applications. Crafted from high-grade resin bonded slabs, its thicknesses and densities can be tailored specifically to each project’s requirements, with optional facings available for extra customization.
Slab insulation can save time during construction by being easy and fast to install, saving both labour and time on site. Easily fitted between metal or timber partition studs spaced 600mm apart without cutting, this water repellent material also helps prevent moisture build-up that leads to damp and mold problems in future buildings.
Stone wool insulation boasts an STC rating of 45, which means it reduces sound transmission by approximately 40dB – a fantastic result and an outstanding achievement in soundproofing technology. Stone wool works two ways to combat noise pollution – by impeding sound from traveling through walls and by absorbing vibrations at its surface partition wall partition.