Floating floor insulation boards provide a barrier to noise and cold temperatures coming from both outside and inside a building.
Installing insulation under floorboards helps to improve thermal and acoustic performance of ground, intermediate, separating and floating floors.
Learn how our high density, stone wool insulation boards lower the carbon footprint of buildings, improve the acoustic performance of their floors – and make them more energy efficient too.
High-rise developments often use floating floors to block unwanted noise from travelling through the floor and reaching occupants below.
Floating floor insulation boards disconnect the surface that is being walked on, from the load bearing floor. This helps to block excess sound travelling through and helps tenants enjoy better sleep, and improved quality of life – thanks to the reduced noise1.
Insulation boards can also be placed underneath ground floor spaces, helping to lessen draughts and block heat which may escape the property – reducing heat loss.
Premium floor insulation boards:
ROCKWOOL stone wool won’t deteriorate over time. Maintaining its shape and performance throughout the lifespan of a building, it provides insulation for life4.
To work out how much insulation you’ll need, determine the m2 surface of the entire floor space. Then, for the required thickness, you can find acoustic reports and required performance levels on our relevant product webpages.
Acoustic reports and calculator tools may be available with data that is relevant to your local market. These can help you find the optimal solution for your building or renovation project.
If you need to find out the thermal performance of your construction or renovation, please use one of our U-Value calculators. To reduce energy bills, the insulation of ground floors is often extremely valuable. Adding a thermal insulation layer, in combination with acoustic floor products, can help achieve lower energy bills.
ROCKWOOL floor insulation boards harness the power of earth’s abundant resource – stone – to create floating floor solutions that provide:
University Hospital Olomouc’s new intensive care centre became the first healthcare unit in the Czech Republic to be named a zero-energy consumption development.
The Pavilion II Clinic, a five-storey building, was built in 2018.
The chief architect chose ROCKWOOL solutions for pipes, walls and flooring. They cited the thermal performance of stone wool in the insulation as a way to hit their zero-energy level target.
ROCKWOOL floor insulation boards were part of the package. Resistant to the growth of mould, rot and harmful bacteria, these boards were a natural choice for a hospital setting where hygiene is crucial.
ROCKWOOL floor insulation boards are simple to apply to any ground, separating or intermediate floor.
When installing insulation floorboards, it’s best to consult our product web pages, which provide instructional guides on how to lay them correctly.
Key tips:
When we develop insulation solutions, the environment is at the forefront of our minds.
Our production process uses as little water as possible, resulting in zero water waste discharge for the environment10.
We use both raw and recycled materials too, ensuring 70 percent of the total volume of products we sell are recycled11.
Sustainable ROCKWOOL insulation is:
We’re also committed to minimising our carbon footprint. That’s why we have set goals for reducing our water usage, as well as waste that heads to landfill12.
Government grants and schemes which offer financial support for the installation of floating floor insulation may be available in some countries.
[6] <a href=https://www.rockwool.com/"https://www.rockwool.com/group/advice-and-inspiration/why-stone-wool/fire-resilience//">https://www.rockwool.com/group/advice-and-inspiration/why-stone-wool/fire-resilience/
[7] https://www.rockwool.com/group/advice-and-inspiration/why-stone-wool/thermal-properties/
[8] FIW, Durability Project Mineral Wool (2016), p. 29, Chapter 7 “Conclusions and Outlook.” <a href=https://www.rockwool.com/"https://www.eurima.org/uploads/ModuleXtender/Publications/168/2017-02-21_EURIMA-55YearsOfUse_Info_Sheet_V08_final.pdf/">Source link</a> </sub></p><p><sub>[9] ROCKWOOL Group, Sustainability Report 2017, p. 22. <a href=https://www.rockwool.com/"https://www.rockwool.com/siteassets/rw-group/media/reports/2017_rockwool-sustainability-report.pdf?f=20200331013334\%22>Source link</a> </sub></p><p><sub>[10] ROCKWOOL Group, Sustainability Report 2018, p. 20. <a href=https://www.rockwool.com/"https://www.rockwool.com/siteassets/rw-group/media/reports/2018_rockwool_sustainability-report.pdf?f=20200331013320&dl=1\%22>Source link</a> </sub></p><p><sub>[11] ROCKWOOL Group, Sustainability Report 2016, <em>pp. 12,15</em>. <a href=https://www.rockwool.com/"https://www.rockwool.com/siteassets/rw-group/media/reports/sustainability-report-2016.pdf/">Source 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