September 4, 2019
Insulated Subfloor over a Slab On Grade (Complete Series)
Videos and animation
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A solid flat surface for building begins with a LOT of aggregate and many passes with a compactor
Hi, I’m Jake with Aarow Building and today we're at our Prairie Modern project. This is a…
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Water and thermal barriers make a warm, dry base for the subfloor to float on
At the Praire Modern house in Columbia Missouri, we previously looked at digging a hole in a very particular shape…
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The first layer of subflooring sits atop thick foam insulation and a plastic vapor barrier
The last time we checked in with Aarow Building, they were cutting thick foam so they could put in on the…
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Glue and screw the second subfloor layer to make a rock-solid insulated floor in a slab on grade home
With the first layer of the floating subfloor down, the guys pile more sheets that will become…
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Wait, what?
Insulating on top of a slab is a fast way to warm up a slab-on-grade concrete floor. In the case of a house in central Missouri, it is also a way to eliminate the concrete slab from the…