Timber t g flooring may be laid over an existing t g floor or sheet floor plywood or particleboard.
Timber floor thickness australia.
August 2010 may 2012 01 technical design guide issued by forest and wood products australia timber framed construction for townhouse buildings class 1a design and construction guide for bca compliant.
Where the existing floor is structurally sound either overlay flooring generally 11 mm to 14 mm thick or structural flooring generally 19 mm to 21 mm thick can be laid.
The joists can be longer or shorter as required by space and size and are typically spaced at either 450mm or 600mm apart.
Grades and grade features in as 2796 the intent of the grading rules is that through the grading of individual boards an overall character to the floor will be achieved.
This guide describes and illustrates the various types of concrete slab on ground floor systems and suspended floors suitable for residential buildings ranging from single detached houses to medium density buildings of apartments and flats.
A common use of janka hardness ratings is to determine whether a species is suitable for use as flooring.
This may be summarised as follows as 2796 grades.
Australian timber flooring association ltd 1.
The janka hardness test from the austrian born emigrant gabriel janka 1864 1932 measures the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear.
It measures the force required to embed an 11 28 millimetres 0 444 in diameter steel ball halfway into a sample of wood.
The first is the thickness of the overall board and the second is the thickness of the solid wood lamella or top layer.
Solid wood floor is most commonly found in 15 to 20mm thickness.
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Boral overlay is ideal for installing in ground floor renovations over a concrete slab or second storey refurbishments where the carpet has been pulled up and the sub floor is still.
Boral overlay is designed to be glued down directly over concrete existing timber flooring or boral plywood as long as the existing floor is clean dry and flat.
Additionally it specifically covers mrtfc multi residential timber framed construction and as 1684 a four part australian standard covering compliance for timber framing.
Your local floorworld store has a huge range of timber floors on display and a floorworld consultant can give you the right advice on which timber flooring will enhance your living or work space.
Joists that sit below end matched joints must be at least 35mm thick.
The thickness of flooring joists themselves will be determined by what s going on top of them.
Publications this page contains links to publications and reports that may be useful for those looking to design and build over three storeys in height with structrual.
