Q: In this coldest of winters, I need help! My family room floor is like a block of ice and my several attempts to fix the problem have failed. I've read many of your columns about insulation problems ...

Cold floors are more than an annoyance under your feet; they are a clear sign that heat and money are leaking out of your ...

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If there is a brick 3 story plus cellar building, the entire 3rd floor gets decent warmth, on the 2nd floor the southern 2/3 gets nice but the 2 bedrooms on the north ...

Unless you actually have cold air moving up from below, driven by airflow from outside the house through the access points, then insulating the floor isn't likely to do much for you. Heat in your ...

I have two rooms with marble tile floors. One is over an unheated crawlspace; the other is over an unheated basement. The floors were installed before there was the option of putting warming pads ...

Q: We have a bathroom on the ground floor, and we're replacing parts of the subfloor because they have dry rot. The subfloor is above concrete. Do you recommend putting insulation between the concrete ...

When temperatures drop, you usually feel it first not in the walls, but in the tiny gaps where cold air sneaks in and warm air slips out. Instead of tearing into drywall or budgeting for a major ...