Thermal Insulation For Laminate Flooring

Products suitable for laminate or wood flooring need be much thinner so they have a lower tog rating.

Thermal insulation for laminate flooring.

This is a superior choice for installation of laminate and engineered wood flooring. The felt adds lots of insulation and sound dampening properties that will keep you warm and your floors quiet. Super gold laminate underlay 0 9 tog rating. While your home s insulation makes the biggest difference in energy efficiency don t discount your flooring choices.

Super gold is the best insulating laminate underlay. Flooring type and quality not only affect energy efficiency but also to some degree thermal comfort. But the hard laminate material doesn t lie directly onto that surface. Best insulating underlay for laminate or wood flooring.

With thermal insulation for more comfort underfoot better noise reduction more moisture protection and superior compression strength pergo gold offers superior support and flooring protection. The r value determines whether a flooring material will help or hinder a home s ability to resist heat loss and gain. They also need to be moisture resistant to increase the lifespan of your flooring. It needs a layer of underlay or underlayment to cushion the laminate planks and ensure a comfortable durable finished floor.

This underlayment is available in convenient rolls containing 100 sqft or 360 sqft each. Laminate flooring has to have underlayment in order to float the flooring. Reflective foil bottom layer reflects heat back into the room in winter. It is the thickest product 5mm you can use so it also has the highest tog rating.

Cushion layer improves sound and thermal insulation properties while reducing standing fatigue. Therma foil insulation is extensively used with solid wood and laminate flooring suspended floors below carpet vinyl and linoleum reflecting heat back into the room at the same time improving air tightness by acting as a vapour barrier stopping airflow through drafty floorboards and resisting the passage of moisture. There are lots of different underlayments to choose from for your specific needs. Thermoquiet offers a continuous thermal break across the entire floor.

If you re looking for insulation we recommend robert s super felt premium underlayment. If you are set on having the warmth and insulation under your flooring we would suggest switching to laminate flooring. Ideal for laminate engineered wood and carpet floors. Sound ratings stc 66 i lic 68 and delta 20.

Not only does this simple fan fold underlayment making cutting and installing pergo even easier it also increases the quality of your pergo flooring.