Timber Frame Floor Detail

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 frame floor detail.

Reinforced concrete and steel frame. When using robust details walls and floors in flats details from the same construction group should be selected. Wall ground floor junction scottish building standards. Underfloor heating thickness robust detail solid timber joist.

Timber deck on resilient battens. 423 5mm e ft 8 engineered i joist. 4 09 suspended ground floor slab. Refer to the relevant combination table to ensure compatibility.

44 0 1483 769518 fax. 44 0 1483 770863. Insulation below slab. 2 16 ground floor timber separating wall.

Figure a 8 10 typical window detail in a timber frame wall with block and render external cladding. 3 16 timber frame ground floor separating wall junction timber suspended floor. Timber frame walls and floors. 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.

346mm e ft 5 metal web joist. Government accredited details developed by bre for local government. Timber deck on resilient battens. 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.

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. Click here for floor wall combinations. 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. Ce 200 details of construction.