My home have lots of tiles, and its very cold to walk around... do you always wear slipper at home? or there is a way to overcome the tile coldness

Use a throw rug...can double up as an interior deco piece as well

Tiles are cool to the touch and has a 'hard' effect.
That's why some developers finish off the bedroom floors with wood finishes.

Thanks for the suggestion. Its just that it require high cleaning maintenance...
Next time when I get another property, I'll consider wood finishing already...

If possible, I'm looking forward for simple and easy cleaning maintenance on this concern...
Currently as a temporarily solution, I'm wearing those home slippers bought from Jaya Jusco...Actually, I don't enjoy wearing home slippers...

This post has been edited by arthurlwf: Jan 25 2009, 08:57 AM

Yes, wood flooring will feel warmer than tiles. However, wood flooring requires a bit more care (not as low maintenance as tiles).

Generally, most homes will have tiles for the ground floor and wood flooring upstairs. Or in some apartments I've seen, tiles for the lounge/dining/kitchen and wood flooring for the bedrooms.

My experience with wood flooring is the opposite I switched to tiles.

I find wood flooring can make a room stuffy esp at night... the wood floor traps heat during the day and releases it at night

cold is cool la bro..i think the tiles not so cold..evenmore with malaysia whether..nowadays so hot especially at night

Could be arthurlwf pasang aircon at night...

arthurlwf is your room air-conditioned...?

I don't turn on the air-con when I'm asleep, but in the morning, the tiles is very cold
Not sure whether its due to my apartment unit which is located at high level

How high up are you...?

The higher you go the colder it gets due to decreased air pressure. Like Genting due to its high altitude the climate is cooler.

I've read somewhere the general rule of thumb is somewhere around 1deg to 0.75 deg Celsius cooler per 100 meters.

Currently at level 17 .... then no wonder the tiles is so cold in the morning based on your general rule of thumb

This post has been edited by arthurlwf: Feb 3 2009, 11:10 PM

At 17th floor, you're only about 55-60m above ground. So maybe around 0.5 deg C difference from the ground only. Not enough to explain that your tiles feel very cold. Or is your condo also located on high ground?

In other places do you also feel that tiles are very cold, or only in your present condo?

This post has been edited by jchong: Feb 4 2009, 10:02 AM

yeah, its located at the higher ground... Btw, can I conclude that tiles is normally not cold?
I have a different set of tiles which is located at room, living room & kitchen.. Only the kitchen tiles don't feel cold...

Hmm.. I think this have something to do with the material...

Generally, I wouldn't call tiles cold (at least not cold until uncomfortable to stand on). I would consider them as cooler.

Since clay tiles are inert like stones it has no way of becoming cold or hot on it's own.

Usually tiles are cold or hot depending on the surrounding air temp.

Tiles are good at absorbing and transferring heat. It's the reason why you get gold feet on tiles and not wood flooring

Wood is a poor thermal conductor...

In the kitchen it's probably due to the heat from your fridge.