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This guidance note provides advice on the methods, materials and risks involved with insulating solid ground floors. The energy savings resulting from insulating solid ground floors can in many cases be of marginal benefit when the cost and disruption to the building fabric are considered.
Insulating other building elements is likely to produce greater benefits in energy efficiency for significantly less cost. This is partly because a typical solid floor already provides a degree of insulation, but mainly because the ground beneath maintains a stable temperature of around 10 degrees
C. However, where an existing floor is being taken up, replaced or repaired, then it can be worth making use of the opportunity to improve its thermal performance.

Solid ground floors can be a significant part of the history and character of an older building, so taking up floors and excavating below to install insulation can be potentially damaging to valuable historic fabric. Even where the floor finish is of no particular historic significance, any
alterations to the floor structure beneath need to take account of potential buried historic features and archaeology, which can be of particular significance in churches. If the property is listed all such work will most likely require listed building consent.

Insulating solid ground floors will alter the performance characteristics of the floor structure. There can be a risk of exacerbating any existing moisture-related problems and causing problems in adjacent construction, such as diverting moisture up into the outside walls. Introducing impermeable
damp proof membranes and materials into the floor structure which are highly resistant to the passage of moisture, are often not compatible with the traditional construction techniques used in older buildings.

This guidance forms one of a series of thirteen guidance notes covering the thermal upgrading of building elements such as roofs, walls and floors.

About the Author:
Historic England hold an outstanding range of photographs, plans and drawings in their public archive, covering the historic environment of England and publish books on a wide variety of subjects to help the understanding, value, care for and enjoyment of the historic environment.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848024410
  • Publisher: Historic England
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Width: 210 mm
  • ISBN-10: 184802441X
  • Publisher Date: 29 Apr 2016
  • Height: 297 mm
  • No of Pages: 22
  • Series Title: Historic England Guidance
  • Sub Title: Insulating Solid Ground Floors


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