Single joist timber floors.
Triple joist timber floor.
The floor consists of wooden joists also called bridging joists spaced 30 to 40 cm apart and supported on end walls.
T imber flooring basement or ground floor of timber.
Framed or triple joists timber floors.
Affordable timber floor finish may last for up to 8 years.
Timber is natural hard wearing and when maintained and kept clean it avoids carrying dust and allergens which promote asthma and other respiratory.
Framed triple joist timber floor.
Double and triple joist hangers.
Basement ground floor of timber 1 auditorium dances and dramas.
With all joined timbers supported by fully nailed proprietary joist hangers.
True floor joist span calculations can only be made by a structural engineer or contractor.
T ypes of floors 1.
The cost of recoating a timber floor is more affordable.
There are a lot of styles colours and species of timber flooring available.
Maximum floor joist span for no.
In these cases the joist hangers will be 4.
Live load is weight of furniture wind snow and more.
Timber floor composite floor 3.
Double and triple joist hangers are wider to accommodate either a thicker piece of lumber or two or three joists placed side by side.
1 psf lb f ft 2 47 88 n m 2.
Most floor joists consist of 2 by 6 inch lumber but they can use 2 by 8 or 2 by 10 as well which will require longer joist hangers.
This sample table gives minimum floor joist sizes for joists spaced at 16 inches and 24 inches on center o c for 2 grade lumber with 10 pounds per square foot of dead load and 40 pounds of live load which is typical of normal residential construction.
Ce 200 details of construction.
Around floor openings such as stairs it will be necessary to install larger or double triple timber trimmers bolted together to carry the floor joists see guide leaflet 6 for information.
1 ft 0 3048 m.
Single joist timber beam.
Dead load weight of structure and fixed loads 10 lbs ft 2.
