floor insualtion

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    Celotex on the floor

    Hi All, I hope you are doing well. I have about 32mm space before I have to cut the doors. I have 8mm laminate floor ready but I want to lay some Celotex. The concrete floor has a DPM already so I can put Celotex straight on top of it. Initially I though about putting 15mm Celotex so I can fit...
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    Movement in floor insulation boards

    I have put down 100mm PIR boards ontop of a new concrete slab, some areas are fine but in others the boards have a lot of movement. Is it better to use sand underneath to level out or is it possible to fix in place with screws/washers? Over top will be a vapour control layer, underfloor heating...
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    Plywood or Floorboards and insulation

    Hello I was hoping if someone can help / advise? I have 1930's house and the floorboards are 5" T&G; I am struggling to find the same size. Someone suggested that I use structural Hardboard Plywood and it can be cut to make joints where I have electrics, gas water pipes running to make it...
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    Laminate flooring/Concrete floor

    Hello all, Just wondering if I could get some advice please. I am planning on laying laminate flooring on a concrete floor. The current floor doesn't seem too bad as far as moisture is concerned. However, as a precaution, I would like to go with some form of underlay with a moisture barrier and...
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    laying floor insulation

    Trying to lay some pir floor insulation over a garage floor then caberdeck. Is there an easy way to do this? The insulation seems to be bent, so laid sand down to compensate but proving a lot harder than we thought. the panels still seem to move when stood on (flexing). Will the weight of the...
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    How to install floor insulation

    We are converting our garage into a living space, the floor construction is DPC, 2inch insulation and 10inch slab. We need to make up the floor level by 160mm. We are told we can just skim over with self-leveling as the floor isn't that bad, directly lay 120mm Kingspan, then lay directly ontop...
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