[Strawbale] concrete floor vs. wood floor

[Shody Ryon]

Hi Kathy,
I believe would is a poor thermal insulator. This is
one of the ideas behind optimum value engineering
(OPE); a system of framing a house that uses minimal
framing members to reduce thermal bridging. Therefor
wood would not insulate the heat from the radiant
floor well.
Cheers,
Shody
--- Raftercat5 at aol.com wrote:

> the wood floor will use less
> energy to heat than than a concrete  one of the same
> size, if I understand Laren's post. So the wood 
> floors
> would be better insulated and more energy efficient,
> kind of like  SB walls are; better insulated than
> 2x4
> walls with fiberglass  bats.
> 
> Cheers,
> Shody
> 
> Shody:  Maybe I missed something along  the line. 
> Please let me know if I 
> did.  But....doesn't wood insulate  the room
> somewhat against the heat/cold of 
> the floor?  Wouldn't it also  insulate it against
> the radiant floor heat from 
> coming thru?  
> - Kathy


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