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Timber joist floor construction. Sometimes a joist needs to be longer than one piece of timber. Dindas joists are strong light weight easy to install and available in a wide range of sizes. The following table gives details of allowable spans and spacing between joists for the most common timber sizes used in floor construction. Our joists give you more options for designing economical floor joist layouts.

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Continue this pattern across the subfloor. Total upper floor mass of 50 kg m2 floor live load of 1 5 kpa. In traditional timber framing there may be a single set of joists which carry both a floor and ceiling called a single floor single joist floor single framed floor or two sets of joists one carrying the floor and another carrying the ceiling called a double floor double framed floor. Since 1990 when a modern timber floor is constructed insulation is required by the building regulations.

Table 3 bearers floor load width mm length of joists supported 1800 2400 3000 3600 1800 2400 3000 3600 maximum bearer span mm member size mm single span continuous span unseasoned cypress f5 100 x 75 2 100 x 50 125 x 75 2 125 x 50 150 x 75 2 150 x 50 175 x 75 2 17 5x. If the insulation is soft insulation it can be suspended on netting fixed between the joists whereas rigid insulation can be sat on battens nailed to the side of the joists. More options for more economical floor joist layouts. The weight of the timber floor itself consists of the timber joists the plasterboard ceiling underneath it except for suspended timber ground floors the floorboards and the nails or screws used to fix both of the aforementioned coverings.

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. In that case each joist will have a join in it. I joists and metal web joists i joists and metal web joists should not be built into solid external walls. All of these are known as the dead load.

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