helpful hint - hardwood floors in slab homes
Good advice from Central Ohio home inspector, Rick Harrington if part (or all ) of your home is on a concrete slab.
As homeowners take up the carpet and move back to hardwood and hardwood laminate floors, it would be a good idea to be mindful of what type of floor is underneath.
I have had numerous clients complain that slab on grade homes that have hardwood or hardwood laminate on that slab is cold. In most cases the carpet and carpet pad have been removed so the previous owners did not realize as cold a floor.
Now that the new floor has been installed it is an expensive undertaking to try to add heat to that floor.
I suggest that a heating system be added before the hardwood or hardwood laminate is installed. Other precautions can be taken during constuction that may help but most are updating the property well after construction.
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