Floating floor insulation boards provide a barrier to noise and cold temperatures coming from both outside and inside a building.
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Floating floor insulation boards provide a barrier to noise and cold temperatures coming from both outside and inside a building.
Installing insulation under floorboards helps to improve thermal and acoustic performance of ground, intermediate, separating and floating floors.
Learn how our high density, stone wool insulation boards lower the carbon footprint of buildings, improve the acoustic performance of their floors – and make them more energy efficient too.
High-rise developments often use floating floors to block unwanted noise from travelling through the floor and reaching occupants below.
Floating floor insulation boards disconnect the surface that is being walked on, from the load bearing floor. This helps to block excess sound travelling through and helps tenants enjoy better sleep, and improved quality of life – thanks to the reduced noise.1
Insulation boards can also be placed underneath ground floor spaces, helping to lessen draughts and block heat which may escape the property – reducing heat loss.
Premium floor insulation boards:
ROCKWOOL stone wool won’t deteriorate over time. Maintaining its shape and performance throughout the lifespan of a building, it provides insulation for life.4
To work out how much insulation you’ll need, determine the m2 surface of the entire floor space. Then, for the required thickness, you can find acoustic reports and required performance levels on our relevant product webpages.
If you need to find out the thermal performance of your construction or renovation, please use one of our U-Value calculators. To reduce energy bills, the insulation of ground floors is often extremely valuable. Adding a thermal insulation layer, in combination with acoustic floor products, can help achieve lower energy bills.
Statistics from the Energy Saving Trust estimate that homes with insulation under floorboards could benefit from annual energy bill savings of:
Detached – £70
Semi-detached – £40
Mid terrace – £25
Bungalow – £60
Source: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/home-insulation/floor
ROCKWOOL floor insulation boards harness the power of earth’s abundant resource – stone – to create floating floor solutions that provide:
University Hospital Olomouc’s new intensive care centre became the first healthcare unit in the Czech Republic to be named a zero-energy consumption development.
The Pavilion II Clinic, a five-storey building, was built in 2018.
The chief architect chose ROCKWOOL solutions for pipes, walls and flooring. They cited the thermal performance of stone wool in the insulation as a way to hit their zero-energy level target.
ROCKWOOL floor insulation boards were part of the package. Resistant to the growth of mould, rot and harmful bacteria, these boards were a natural choice for a hospital setting where hygiene is crucial.
ROCKWOOL floor insulation boards are simple to apply to any ground, separating or intermediate floor.
When installing insulation floorboards, it’s best to consult our product web pages, which provide instructional guides on how to lay them correctly.
Key tips:
At ROCKWOOL, we harness the properties of volcanic rock to create products with a positive impact.
We take stone, the most abundant natural resource on Earth, and upcycled secondary materials that would otherwise end up as waste and turn them into long lasting stone wool insulation products. These products are themselves recyclable and can be recycled again and again without any deterioration in quality. We also include circular economy practices in our production processes, re-using waste produced by our and other businesses.
The acoustic properties of ROCKWOOL floating floor insulation can help mitigate against the experience of noise within a building, creating quieter spaces that improve our health and well-being.
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are available for all of the stone wool insulation products manufactured in the UK. To request an EPD for floating floor insulation, please contact technical.solutions@rockwool.com
Check the Energy Savings Trust website to see whether there are any financial support schemes available for floating floor insulation.
[1] Source link (multiple documents). (Message House)
[2] ROCKWOOL Group, Annual Report 2015, p. 20. Source link (Message House)
[3] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision, Highlights). Source link (Message House)
[4] FIW, Durability Project Mineral Wool (2016). Source link (Message House)
[5] https://www.rockwool.com/group/why-stone-wool/acoustic-capabilities/
[6] https://www.rockwool.com/group/why-stone-wool/fire-resilience/
[7] https://www.rockwool.com/group/why-stone-wool/thermal-properties/
[8] FIW, Durability Project Mineral Wool (2016), p. 29, Chapter 7 “Conclusions and Outlook.” Source link (Message House)
[9] ROCKWOOL Group, Sustainability Report 2017, p. 22. Source link (Message House)
