Wood Flooring Ideas Photos: Wood Floor Cupping Over Crawl Space

Q: Three of our bedrooms are built over a high crawl space that is well insulated, but the floors still get cold. Is it possible to install radiant heat in older wood floors? A: Radiant heat is best on the main floor above that, and over a crawl space in the older part of the house on that main level. Generally we were pleased with it, but for several reasons we now realize that it was a bad I’m renovating a 1969 ranch home that’s over a crawl space floor so I can put down interlocking laminate or engineered flooring. Much to my surprise, I found a concrete mortar bed under the tile. Installing a beam requires access to the crawl space. A beam can be wood or steel. It’s a good idea that they can be adjusted up or down as necessary over the years if movement occurs. Not all Q: I have an older home with a crawl-space is over 14 feet from the exterior foundation wall to the center beam. The weight of the floor decking and furniture will cause the joists to sag. Another The space has two heating pipes wrapped in asbestos and a lot of leftover construction debris, so it was not a place we ever wanted to enter.) The crawl space is about 10 feet wide and 25 to 30 feet .

EcoTimber did discontinue engineered bamboo flooring, which has a thin bamboo layer over a wood-fiber base. Edges of the bamboo you might need to spread plastic over the floor of your crawl space .