How can i stop cold draughts coming through my floorboards?

Question

I sanded all my floorboards in the summer, they look great but are terrible for letting in cold air. I do not want to put down carpets , can i seal them somehow?

Answer 1

THIS WORKS Buy a builders mastic gun and a tube or more of clear silicone. Inject the silicone into the cracks, and wipe off the excess with old damp cloth. When dry ( 2 hours ) you will not detect any drafts.

Being clear ,it is not necessary to dye it, or go to a lot of trouble to disguise it.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

The best way to stop drafts from coming through your floorboards is to insulate underneith. Get in to your crawl space and tuck fiberglass insulation between the floor joists. I did it myself last year, and between insulating the floor joists, putting gaskets in all my outlets, and replacing the weatherstripping on my doors, I have saved 75 dollars a month on my gas bill. R-11 is fine, but even 1 1/2" foam board will work, if it is cut right. This is very tricky at times. I also paid the neighbor boy (He is 15) fifty bucks to do it for me. Cost a bit, but it will pay for itself. If you don't want to pay for insulation, you can also run a duct to your crawl space and heat it. This actually will not cost you much more in your gas bill, because most of your heat is lost in the duct work before it enters the house, and if that duct work is warm from you heating the crawl space, it kind of balances out. If you want to invest a bit of money to save in heating costs, though, insulate your floor joists. I even insulated my heat ducts too.

Answer 4

Carpeting

Answer 5

try squeezing mastic sealant colour matched if poss, down the joints, then find a piece of something(thin strip wood/metal) that you can put into the split and tap the mastic down into the gap so its below floor level, wipe away over spills

Answer 6

i know this might sound kinda stupid..

but you could try and find large sheets of sponge-like stuff in your local hardware store and cut it to the required size and sqeeze between the floorboards..

to make it un-noticeable, you could have it the same colour as your floorboards.



hope i helped :)

Answer 7

Some people put wax that they melt on to the gaos depending on size and scrape away excess

Answer 8

try various sizes of rope material, the kind that's in multiple strands & can be unraveled to different thicknesses. then dye to match floor color. looks good as it's an old school fix

Answer 9

you can go to a shop that sells laminate flooring ..they sell different coloured silicone's ..like beech ,,oak ..mahogany etc ..these are used to hide blemishes in flooring and around doorways etc ...choose one closest to your colour ..but whatever you do ..do not block off your air bricks ,,,they are needed to keep floor in good condition

Answer 10

sawdust mixed with pva glue

Answer 11

sealant that you put round windows or bath then dye..

Answer 12

BLU TAC!!