Insulating Cabin Floor

The primary choices for today s discussion are the floor insulation options you can find at your disposal.

Insulating cabin floor.

A closer look at the primary equipment. These stiff boards are placed close together on top of the floor joists underneath the home. These are some of the basic options you will find to use as floor insulation for your log cabin. To get the highest r value completely fill the cavities between the joists.

Insulating your log cabin s floor can save up to 20 of your annual heating costs when fitted properly and combined with the finished floor. When we built the addition to the cabin last year we skipped a few steps. According to the 2012 irc the minimum r value for floor assemblies is r 13 in zones 1 and 2 r 19 in zones 3 and 4 r 30 in zones 5 and 6 and r 38 in zones 7 and 9. The rest of it is i think just blown insulation that was done well after the fact into the ceiling.

Filling the spaces between the floor joists under the cottage with insulation batts is the simplest and most cost effective method. Once in place secure the boards with either insulation tape or caulking. Steve also shows how and why to insulate a cabin floor from the top. What s an effective economical method for insulating the floor of a cottage on piers.

If you would prefer to install the insulation without the help of a professional one option would be to use foam boards. It s not real thick but a pellet stove is sufficient to heat this small place warm. Watch steve explain how to insulate a cabin roof from the top leaving the rafters and roof boards visible from inside. But you will find insulating concrete as well.

But there is nothing at the floor and a crawlspace under the cabin is only about a foot and a half or so worth of thickness. When we built the addition to the cabin last year we skipped a few steps. Insulating a cabin roof and floor. If you only use the cottage a couple of weekends.

It s pretty hard to get under.