Very cold floor

Good morning first of all. I have the following problem. Last year in September I bought a single-family house built in '63 about 110m². Since everything had to go quite quickly with moving in, I thought it would be enough if we tore out the old tiles and the old carpet in the living room, kitchen, and dining area (I combined them into one big room) and then immediately tiled nice tiles on top. Well now I have the problem, the floor is so cold, it really cools down the room. When you sit on the sofa you really notice how cold it is at your feet even when the stove is on. What can be done? Is the only option to break out the entire floor and then insulate and then screed everything new? Or is there a possibility maybe just to break out the tiles and insulate on the existing screed? I now have a ceiling height of about 235cm. I would appreciate an answer. Go for it

Hi,

it would be good to know the exact floor structure. At 2.35m, there isn’t much room left upwards.

Best regards

I currently still live in a rented apartment from the same year of construction. Ground floor. The floors are also very cold here. Only in one room it is pleasant. In the children's room, the previous tenants installed a very stylish cork floor. For me, it is comfortable there. I personally also prefer it a bit cooler at my feet and hate underfloor heating. Maybe cork could be a solution.

I currently still live in a rental apartment from the same year of construction. Ground floor. Our floors are also very cold. Only in one room is it pleasant. In the children's room, the previous tenants installed a very stylish cork floor. For me, that is comfortable. I personally also like it a bit cooler on my feet and hate underfloor heating.

maybe cork could be a solution.

Cork is certainly a very good idea; we also had it in our old apartment. Besides, it looks very good.
However, it is very understandable that you don't want to tear up the entire floor. I know that problem particularly well, as we also have cold tiles laid in our current apartment. I already noticed it during the first nights when I was sleeping on just a cheap mattress on the floor. Despite the heating, really cool air was flowing through the room. But we didn't want to cover the whole apartment with carpets because the tiles are very pretty, and underfloor heating is out of the question for us.

However, we have found a good solution for the winter here. There are so-called floor radiators, also called floor convectors. These are installed very low and naturally warm up the floor. We installed these instead of the regular ones – since the heat automatically rises, the rest of the room is always very warm as well.