Link detached room - very cold!

rugbybabe77

Hi, we have a link detached house - our 2nd bedroom is over the car port and attached to next doors 2nd bedroom (mirror image). The house is 6 years old and generally very warm - apart from this room. I have the heating on and am sat next to the radiator fully dressed for warmth and my hands are still icy!

This room has always been cold which I put down to being an open space underneath, but now I use it to work from home I need ideas on how to warm it up efficiently. It's dual aspect room - 10'4 x 7'3, Double glazed and both windows have full length curtains and thermal liners. I have one radiator at one end.

I spoke to a neighbour with a similar design house and she discovered that there was no insulation in her roof (this rooms roof is different to the main house that has the loft hatch). We're too late to get the builders back to do anything about it, but how would I check to see? I have considered getting a loft hatch put in here anyway for extra storage but not sure on the costs.

We need to replace the carpet at some point in 2010, is it likely we're losing heat through the floor and is there thermal underlay or similar we could use?

Any suggestions would be 'warmly' received

rev229

We have a new built, well its 9 yrs old, just never persume they have put in any insulationsome of our neighbours had an en-suite above their garage which was freezing, they couldn't use it as it was so cold. When they had it strpped back there was no inulation. Our lounge is always cold we had gaps between the wall and window ledges that we had to fill. When I lifted the lounge carpet to bury some cables last week you could feel just how cold the floor is. In the study, despite having the radiater under the window we have a cold air constantly by our feet. I have no idea why and despite resealing round the skirting boards and new scree put down for the karndean it is still freezing. I expect we to have some insulation missing, but until I have money to redecorate the whole place we will have to manage with what we have.

brig001

Cold in upstairs rooms is often caused by draughts under the floor. These come in past the joists and pipes etc., blow under the floor and out at the other side. the only solution is to take part of the floor up and seal all the gaps up. Any room over an unheated space should have the floor insulated - usually with fibreglass between the joists.

27col

rugbybabe77 wrote: »

I spoke to a neighbour with a similar design house and she discovered that there was no insulation in her roof (this rooms roof is different to the main house that has the loft hatch).
Any suggestions would be 'warmly' received

It sounds as if you have answered your own question. If there is no insulation in the roof then that will be the main reason. If the builder did not put in roof insulation then it is a good bet that he never bothered to insulate the floor either. But, as heat rises, it is likely that your main heat loss is upwards. Any extra insulation has to be a good thing, be it floor or ceiling.