Installation guidelines for isolating floating floors with URSA® TEP

Required tools and materials:
1. Mineral glasswool insulation panels URSA® TEP "Silent floor"
2. Insulation foils URSA® SECO 200
3. Mineral glasswool insulation tape URSA® TRS
4. Two-sided sticking tape URSA® TOP DK

Installation guidelines for isolating floating floors with URSA® TEP

Step 1
Before starting the installation make sure that the ceiling surface is exactly cleansed and, if necessary, levelled up using a dry subcrust or an equalising layer of concrete.

Step 2
In order to protect the insulation against moisture from newly built ceilings, before laying panels, spread URSA® SECO 200 insulation foil 0.2 mm thick. Insulation foil edges must protrude above floor level. Foil belts should overlap by 30-40 cm, and their edges must be fixed with URSA®TOP DK double-sided adhesive tape.

Step 3
In order to avoid creation of thermal and acoustical bridges, place along walls URSA® TRS insulation tape protecting against the transfer of vibration.

Step 4
Next lay URSA® TEP "Silent floor" panels so that their edges adjoin tightly.

Step 5
19-mm thick chipboards with four sides “tongue – grove” system protected against clattering are laid on insulation layer of dry-made floors.

Step 6
It is recommended to place thermal insulation not only on basement ceilings, but also ceilings between storeys, especially where rooms are only periodically used.

Step 7
The best maximum panel thickness is 33 mm – use of thicker panels would result in too much deflection under the load of the surface layer.