Sub Floor Details

Details catherine liewen november 30th 2007.

Sub floor details.

Free delivery with 45 order. If you have a concrete slab floor the slab may be considered the subfloor. Click the tca detail number to navigate to that drawing. The subfloor is the thick flat surface on which all other layers rest.

69 chapter 4 floor construction woodframe floor systems and concrete slab on grade floors are discussed in this chapter. Choosing the wrong subfloor for your needs or having one installed incorrectly can have disastrous consequences further down the road. The subfloor must be free of moisture damage including rot and sponginess and must be securely fastened to the joists and squeak free don t lay tiles on a concrete slab with cracks that appear to be spreading or irregularities that prevent you from leveling it. Or the subfloor may be made of plywood or other panel products that are laid perpendicular to the joists.

Sleeper screed system common over radiant heat this system has 2 by 4s spaced 12 inches apart. We will explain the details including the types functions etc. On wood frame floors the subflooring provides a continuous structural surface over the floor joists. Subflooring provides a base for finish flooring and also serves as a platform during construction.

We can usually find these four types of subfloor in the market. Although cold formed steel framing for floor systems also is permitted by the irc it is not covered here. Buy 55 or. In basements and in homes with slab on grade foundations the subfloor may simply be a concrete slab.

Dricore r insulated subfloor panel 1 in. Specialty panel model fg10003 7 19 7 19. 5 8 inch or thicker plywood panels are fastened every 12 inches on center and every 6 inches along the border. The subfloor is the bottom most layer and it rests on the joists.

Rather the reader is referred to the aisi standard for cold formed steel framing prescriptive method for one and two family dwellings aisi 2001 for guidance. It may be made of boards laid either at right angles or diagonally across joists. The subfloor is the foundation beneath finish flooring materials. Zip system oriented strand board roof sheathing model 1012110 43 37 43 37.

Solid strip or plank can be laid directly over a sleeper. Plywood pine flakeboard and particleboard. In this article we will mainly focus on the first two layers.