TIMBER FLOORING

T imber flooring

• Ground floor of timber.

• Single Joist timber beam.
• Double Joist timber beam.
• Framed triple joist timber floor.
Basement / ground floor of timber 1

Filling of selected earth

wall
Bridging joists
Floor Boards 50x100 @400c/c
40mm thick F.L.
D.P.C.

1.2 to 1.8m
G.L. Wall plates
Sleeper wall 100 x 100

100 to 150 mm P.C.C.

Precautions

• Soil below timber floor – covered with PCC 1:2:4 (100 to 150

mm thk).

• DPC – exterior wall + top of the sleeper wall.

• Well seasoned timber is used.

• Hollow space between bottom of concrete and floor level is

filled up with selected earth.

S i n g l e j o i s t t i m b e r f l o o rs 2

c Joist
Span (below 3m)

Strutting

a b

PLAN
D e ta i l a t c ’

Air space
Floor boards 40 mm thick

Joist 80x150
400 c/c

Wall

Wall plate Ceiling

100 x 100
Section on ab

Joist
Wedges
Floor boards

400 mm

Herring bone strutting

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1.8m to 2.4m
3.6 to 7.5m

400mm

Binders
Bridging joist
100x200
@ 400 mm c/c

PLAN
Methods of fixing binders with joists

Floor boards
Notched joint

Bridging Joist Bridging Joist

Cogged Binders
Joint 100x200
Fillet
D i s a d va n ta g e s

The weight of the floor is

thrown on the few points on
the wall.

Depth of the floor is increased by use

of binders and accordingly, the Bridging Joist

height of the room is decreased.

Binders
Fr a m e d o r t r i p l e j o i s t t i m b e r f l o o r s 4
Bridging joist

Binders
More than 7.5m

3m

Girders

PLAN
D e ta i l s o f f r a m e d t i m b e r f l o o r s

Floor boards Metal girder 50 x 150

( 40 mm thick) 200 x 400 Bridging joists
400 c/c

Binder 100 x 200

Ceiling
Tusk and tenon joint
Ceiling joist
30 x 80 800 c/c
Both ways
 Single joist Double joist Triple joist
(framed)
3.6 to 7.5m More than 7.5m
Below 3 m

Bridging joist
Strutting
Joist

Bridging joist
1.8m to 2.4m
Binders

Girder

Binder