Is it worth installing a subfloor like DRICORE for a concrete basement floor?
Any kind of floor covering over concrete should decrease the cold convection you get from it. An air space between the concrete and flooring will assist even more. A floor installed with some kind of insulating material will assist, too. If you have the money for it, a heated floor product that installs under tile flooring will be good. It does work on a thermostat, requires some work, but heats both ways, up and down. It usually comes in a sheet form embedded with wires that convert electricity to heat, or on occasion the older types are simply preformed wiring that does the same thing. The trick on these is to get something over them that warms. A less expensive option is a floating laminate floor, but your R value of foam and laminate is minimal. You would depend on a heat source that blows or radiates at the floor level to keep it warm. Depending on how high your ceilings are, you can build an insulation space and pack it with fiberglass insulation, then install a subfloor over the
