Timber Frame Floor Detail

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.

Timber frame floor detail.

Click here for floor wall combinations. 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. Government accredited details developed by bre for local government. 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.

Insulation below slab. 2 16 ground floor timber separating wall. Timber deck on resilient battens. Figure a 8 10 typical window detail in a timber frame wall with block and render external cladding.

4 09 suspended ground floor slab. Reinforced concrete and steel frame. 3 16 timber frame ground floor separating wall junction timber suspended floor. Gu22 9ll timber frame standard details september 09 building 1 grosvenor court hipley street old woking surrey tel.

44 0 1483 769518 fax. Underfloor heating thickness robust detail solid timber joist. 423 5mm e ft 8 engineered i joist. Window and door heads must have cavity trays and dpcs.

Wall ground floor junction scottish building standards. 44 0 1483 770863. Timber deck on resilient battens. Refer to the relevant combination table to ensure compatibility.

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. Timber frame junction details purpose. When using robust details walls and floors in flats details from the same construction group should be selected. 346mm e ft 5 metal web joist.