Category: 2. Floors
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Single joist floor
This type of floor is used for residential buildings where the spans are relatively short and the loads are light. Wooden joists are spaced about 30 cm apart, spanning the rooms in the short direction. Wooden planks are laid on these joists. Wooden joists are supported on the wall boards. Corbels may need to support…
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Ground timber or basement floor
Wooden floors are made on ground floors, usually in theatres. A number of sleeper walls or bony walls of half brick thickness or full brick thickness are constructed at 1.5 meter intervals to support the wooden floor. Wall plates are placed on the walls and sleeper walls to support the joists that support the floor.…
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Factors which are affecting selection of floorings
Each type of floor has its merits and there is no single type that can be adequately provided in all situations, and even more so when the floor serves different purposes in different types of buildings. have to do it. Appearance: Flooring should produce the desired color effect and architectural beauty as per its use…
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What is Floor?
Floors are provided to divide a building into different levels to create more accommodation on top of each other within a certain limited space. The lower floor near the ground is known as ground floor and the other floors above it are called upper floors like first and second floor. If a dwelling is constructed…