Wood floor in lounge - cold or not?

[starshine1926]

I will be renovating my house and intended having a wood floor in the living room. There is no underfloor heating but there will be a multi fuel stove and radiator and new double glazing. I am also insulating the outside wall (dry lining). If I have a wood floor and maybe a few rugs, it should be warm enough shouldn't it? I have a very small entrance lobby from the front door and then I'm in the lounge so wood is more practical. But is it cold underfoot, or under slipper ? 🙂

We have wood floors everywhere except the bathroom and no, they are not cold, they are wonderful.

Is it the original floor boards? Or something engineered and laid? Thr latter is warmer, but you still have the hardness under foot, so a nice rug helps.

If it's the original floorboards, then yes they can be cold

We went from carpet in the living room to wooden flooring and it was the best decision we made. We don't have a radiator in the room, just a fire and double glazing and it's not cold at all (despite what I was told when raising the idea). It's so much easier to clean (and keep clean). As a PP said, get a nice rug so the floor doesn't look so bare.

Oh god, they're an absolute godsend. A breeze, a BREEZE, to clean, warms the room beautiful colour-wise when the day is bright, I would never go back to carpet.

Ww have Kahrs engineered wood floor in lounge and hall. Wood burner and rad - not cold at all. Been down 15 years and wouldnt have anything else. So easy to keep cean

how old are they? If it is an old house with old wooden floorboards, they will have gaps and you will get a cold draught up them.

If you look at the replies above you will see that the people who have put fake floorboards on top, probably with an underlay, are the happy ones.

You can take up the boards and put insulation under them, which is the best job but a lot of work, or if you have a cellar you can do it from underneath. Although we use insulation, there is no heat loss through a floor by convection, and very little by conduction, it is almost all just the cold draught. A certain amount of dirt and dust also blows up.