Timber Frame Floor Detail

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Timber frame floor detail.

Underfloor heating thickness robust detail solid timber joist. 3 16 timber frame ground floor separating wall junction timber suspended floor. An average timber frame house uses approximately 5 6 cubic metres more wood than a traditional masonry house which also has roof and floors in wood thereby saving up to 12 tonnes of co2. Ce 200 details of construction.

And according to wood knowledge wales if all houses in the uk built since 1945 had been timber frame over 300 million tonnes of co2 would have been saved. 4 09 suspended ground floor slab. Click here for floor wall combinations. Figure a 8 10 typical window detail in a timber frame wall with block and render external cladding.

423 5mm e ft 8 engineered i joist. Insulation below slab. Refer to the relevant combination table to ensure compatibility. Gu22 9ll timber frame standard details september 09 building 1 grosvenor court hipley street old woking surrey tel.

Window and door heads must have cavity trays and dpcs. Timber frame junction details purpose. Government accredited details developed by bre for local government. Wall ground floor junction scottish building standards.

346mm e ft 5 metal web joist. The frame is wrapped on the outside with a waterproof barrier which is then wrapped by the external wall elements which can be either built up out of the ground brick or stone or hung off the timber frame walls as would happen with timber cladding or tiles. Timber deck on resilient battens. The windows and doorframes must be sealed to the timber frame with the appropriate installation of the dpms to protect the timber frame from penetrating moisture see figure a 8 10.

Timber deck on resilient battens. When using robust details walls and floors in flats details from the same construction group should be selected. The accredited construction details document which comprises of this section and five other parts is produced to assist designers verifiers and site operatives in the. Timber frame walls and floors.