Insulation for a Cold Bathroom Floor
Bathroom floors are a common job for Abraham, and how he does one depends on where the bathroom sits in the house.
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Why is the bathroom floor so cold?
The cold usually comes from what's under the floor:
- An unheated space below, like a garage, a crawl space or a porch
- A floor that hangs out past the wall below it, so its underside is exposed to outside air
- Air coming in around the pipes that run up through the floor to the tub, toilet and sink
- Little or no insulation in the floor, or insulation that has fallen out of place
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- About a 10 to 15 minute visit
- Your bid, usually within 24 hours
- Abraham calls or texts back within one business day.
Estimates are free within a half-hour drive of Des Moines.
Over a garage, over a crawl space, or hanging past the wall
Where the bathroom sits decides how the floor gets fixed. A bathroom over a garage, one over a crawl space and one on a floor that juts past the wall below each need a different approach, so Abraham works out the method once he's seen the space. A bathroom over a garage often shares the same trouble as any room over a garage: gaps and thin insulation in the garage ceiling.
Air leaks are part of the picture in a bathroom, because every pipe that comes through the floor leaves a gap, and cold air moving through those gaps can be part of what you feel underfoot.
If the job doesn't make the improvement you agreed on, Abraham comes back and reworks it at no extra cost.
Show Abraham the cold bathroom floor
Tell him which bathroom it is and what sits below it. He'll tell you how he'd fix it.
Cold bathroom floor, answered
Why does the bathroom feel colder than the rooms around it?
Partly the tile, which pulls heat out of bare feet faster than carpet or wood. Partly the plumbing: the pipes to the tub, toilet and sink all pass through the floor, and each one is a place for cold air to get in.
Does the bathroom floor have to come up?
That depends on where the bathroom sits and how the space under it can be reached. Estimates are done in person, so Abraham will see the space and tell you how he'd get to it before you commit to anything.
Will insulation fix it, or do I need heated floors?
They do different things. Heated floors warm the surface, while sealing and insulating stop the cold coming in from below. If the floor is cold because of what's underneath it, sealing and insulating goes after the cause. Heated floors are a different trade.
What should I check before Abraham comes out?
What's under the bathroom: a garage, a crawl space, a porch, or a floor that sticks out past the wall below. Knowing that tells Abraham what he's dealing with before he gets there.
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