How to insulate the floor in a wooden house

Wooden house is good for accommodation in any season of the year. The material taken from nature allows the walls to "breathe" and regulates the room temperature. However, heat losses from cold floors due to their fussing boards and cracks, even in such houses can reach 30%.
The process of insulation of floors of a wooden house is quite laborious, but it is quite possible to cope with it on their own. From our article you will learn how to do it.

To work, we will need:

mineral wool or foam;
waterproofing membrane (rubberoid, polyethylene film, etc.);
lags for the floor;
waterproof plywood or chipboard;
drill, saw, electric jigsaw;
hammer, rule, nails, level, planer;
pencil, bulb, knife, roulette;
mixer construction.

First you need to perform the primary base of the floor of non-planed boards. They are stacked on wooden beams with tongs.

Then, on top on the base, lags are mounted in a step between them 1 m. The fastening of the lag to the roughing floor is made by screws-screws.

Next, the vents of up to 10 cm is laid by waterproofing material, and mineral wool is on it. The insulation must be tightly tightened to lags. In the case of the use of foam sheets as an emptiness heat insulator between them, you need to fill in the mounting foam. Excessive cut into a knife.

At the last stage of the work, the insulation is covered by another layer of waterproofing, and after that it is stacked with waterproof plywood or chipboard.

Now on top of this multi-layer "cake" you can put any decorative coating: linoleum, laminate, parquet, carpet and even tiles.

Tip: When installing flooring, leave a 1 cm gap between the wall and the floor as a deformation seam when the temperature drops. We hope that the process of insulation of sex serious difficulties will cause you. Good work!