Construction Of Timber Floors

In addition to loose joist floors we also offer a range of floor cassette and separating floor solutions.

Construction of timber floors.

Solutions include pre fitted insulation edge wrapped cassettes and pre formed service holes which ensure the building fabric performs and is easy to build. Step 1 go around the room with your stud finder and your roll of masking tape. Ceiling joists are usually 2 by 6s or sometimes 2 by 4s if it is an older home. The osb or plywood must be staggered like stacking bricks to give it strength.

Osb floor sheeting is typically 3 4 thick and comes with a tounge and goove to give the spans between the floor joists strength. Build a raised wood floor. Some newer homes have manufactured i beam shaped joists. It also assumes the room has been stripped of all floor coverings trim and other obstructions and that the floor you re building on top of is level.

We explain how hollow or suspended floors are made and what the key building regulations that affect them are. Floor cassettes are in open closed and insulated formats. We offer a range of timber floor frames and construction methods. If the structural frame of load bearing timber is left exposed on the exterior of the building it may be.

Whether building a ground floor suspended timber floor or a first floor hollow floor we explain the different options and techniques that you can use in its construction. The final step in building a floor for a house is to sheet it with osb. Floor joists are typically 2 by 8s 2 by 10s or 2 by 12s. Building and understanding a suspended or hollow timber floor.

Put a strip of tape on the wall to mark each stud.