From an unhealthy to a healthy house with ventilated flooring

SubFloor’s batten-based design creates an air gap against the floor. The design provides very good ventilation opportunities in older houses as well as newly constructed ones. Many neighbourhoods in our cities feature buildings erected in the 1960s/1970s

The need for new housing and municipal services was enormous. New, faster and unproven methods of construction were introduced without knowledge of the long-term consequences. We can now see that detached and terraced houses, nursery schools and schools became experiments when concrete slabs were cast directly on the ground without drainage or insulation. After a while, some of them began to experience problems with damp, mould and bad smells, which created an unhealthy indoor environment.

Ventilated flooring from SubFloor helps make a house healthy again. Floors are often replaced for preventative purposes, for example prior to a sale or when it’s time to renovate other parts of the house. Whatever the purpose, it is a sound investment for the future.

Take control of air flows

With the space that SubFloor creates between a concrete floor and the batten, the intelligent solution of air intake and exhaust venting creates negative pressure under the floor. Airflow is distributed using cleverly located air ducts.

The structure allows moisture, odours and emissions that pollute indoor air to be ducted away. The same solution may also have an effect when dealing with high radon levels in a building. The principle of SubFloor floor ventilation can also be applied to dampproof basement walls.

Faster recovery from water damage

More and more people choose a mechanically vented floor in consultation with their insurance company after water damage has occurred for example. This will make it possible to move back into the house shortly after decontamination and cleaning, without having to wait until the structure is fully dry. Good ventilation created continues to dry the floor even after a new floor has been laid and the house is habitable again.

Select SubFloor Floor Ventilation when:

• There is rising damp
• There are odours/emissions from mould damage or moisture-damaged filler/glue
• There is radon radiation from the ground