If your floor structure consists of sleepers on a slab, cut the board to fit between the sleepers and try to shim the boards so that the top of the insulation is even with the top of the sleepers.

One of the key features in the couple’s overall energy efficiency strategy was a hydro-radiant heated floor system integrated into the concrete slab foundation of the home.

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Even when properly insulated, concrete floors suspended over cold spaces will lose up to 80% of their heat. As heat is lost through the floor, it puts a costly strain on HVAC systems ...

Q: Our house has concrete slab floors, no basement or crawl. Our air conditioner and water softener used to drain to an opening in the floor in the utility closet, but the drain is stopped up. I ...