How to Draft Proof a Timber Floor.

Timber floors add charm and character to a home; enhancing and providing a sense of ambience and a homely feel when complimented by compatible surroundings and decor. Tongue and grooved floor boards are the most common floor boards in residential dwellings and are by and large, immune to drafts. Laminate flooring, generally laid over ply-wood and interlocking, is also not prone to drafts. Where floor boards are simply butted together, over time and with wear and natural shrinkage, the drafts can become quite severe; coming up through the boards and into the home. It can be a difficult and expensive task maintaining a suitable temperature during the winter months. It makes sense therefore to try and eliminate any drafts you can. Timber flooring is not so hard to draft-proof; it doesn’t take great skills or specialist equipment, just a few basic tools, a bit of care and attention and a little thought. Like many things around the home we attempt for the first time, you’ll find it wasn’t that hard after all.