Suspended Timber Ground Floor Specification

Concrete separating floors.

Suspended timber ground floor specification. The ends of these timber joists are built into or suspended by joist hangers from the external walls of the property. Isover timber frame batt 32. Isover timber frame batt 35. Supports underneath the floor are permanent and include sleeper walls or timber props placed at regular intervals.

Now the free movement of air in the ventilated area between the ground and the floorboards ensured the timbers were not degraded in this way. Isover timber frame roll 40. They can normally span greater distances than timber joists. Isover timber frame roll 32.

Specifications for house extensions new builds flat conversions loft conversions garage conversions basement conversions and garage builds. Where this is not possible effective cross ventilation from opposite sides should be provided by a combination of openings and air ducts. However the floor structure is supported by external and internal walls. This construction is similar to the timber floor above but uses either pre cast concrete planks or small pre cast concrete beams with concrete blocks laid between the beams.

Ground floor hollow or timber floor. Timber joist separating floors. Unlike standard ground floor construction suspended floors are not sitting directly on the ground. Isover timber frame roll 35.

Detail drawings for building regulations plans. Every part of the void under a timber suspended ground floor should be thoroughly ventilated through openings on at least two opposite sides. Hollow floors also known as suspended or timber floors are simply timber joists suspended across and supported by load bearing walls under the floor. Isover timber frame batt 40.

Isover timber frame party wall roll. Plenums are air compartments or chambers either above suspended ceilings in the gap between the ceiling and the floor slab or below raised floors in the gap between the raised floor and the floor slab. When installing a strip timber floor many aspects must be considered including the house design environment in which the floor is to. Register to gain access to our comprehensive technical library which contains helpful specification tools including bim objects and much much more.

Ground floors are usually constructed as either solid ground floors or suspended ground floors. Finished floors and floating timber floor systems.