Building and understanding a suspended or hollow timber floor.
First floor timber construction details.
The details shown are not intended to exclude other approaches but are currently accepted good practice.
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.
02 timber framed construction for multi residential buildings class 2 3 9c 03 timber framed construction for commercial buildings class 5 6 9a 9b 04 building with timber in bushfi re prone areas 05 timber service life design design guide for durability 06 timber framed construction sacrifi cial timber construction joint.
Floor structure options for first floors.
Alternative approaches should be proven by way of.
Kiln dried softwood joists typically span up to about 4 5m between structural walls or steel beams.
Have a clearance of 25 75mm between the first joist and the wall face to aid the installation of services and the fixing of floor decking.
Timber floors may largely be a thing of the past downstairs but they still enjoy a virtual monopoly upstairs.
The following table gives details of allowable spans and spacing between joists for the most common timber sizes used in floor construction.
All the figures are based on normal domestic floor loadings where the floor construction is typically 18 25mm floor boards sheets with up to 12 5mm thick plasterboard and skim underneath.
Ce 200 details of construction.
Additional construction details drawings as well as the small selection of foundation wall floor and roof construction detail drawings shown here many of the building notes have a related construction detail drawing with specific dimensions eg rafter sizes spans insulations types for purchase with the building specifications.
6 4 10 construction of timber floors.
We explain how hollow or suspended floors are made and what the key building regulations that affect them are.
The timber frame was then clad in timber and features a zinc monopitch roof image credit.
5 showing a timber frame 1st floor detail.
Leaving cert construction studies building detail scale 1.