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 Post subject: Insulation of Hardwood vs. Carpet
PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:46 am 
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When you trade your old carpet for new hardwood floors, would you expect your heating bill to go up, down, or stay the same?

I just glued down engineered maple floors on our concrete subfloor of our condominium. The floor is ontop of an open-air parking garage. It's our first year in this condo, so I don't have last year's data to compare it to. Floors went in in October and it feels like our heating bill took a big jump. Granted, temperatures outside also dropped, but is hardwood less insulating than, say carpet?

Thanks for sharing any experience.


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:54 pm 
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It would depend on many things such as type and quality of the flooring, including the carpet and it's pad.


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