Triple Joist Timber Floor Plan

T imber flooring basement or ground floor of timber.

Triple joist timber floor plan.

The floor consists of wooden joists also called bridging joists spaced 30 to 40 cm apart and supported on end walls. Basement ground floor of timber 1 auditorium dances and dramas. The widest span in the floor joist span table in part 2 of this tutorial module showed that floor joists can span 17 2 if they are 2 x 12s spaced 12 o c. Given that the depth of the post is the same as the width of the triple joist i can t see that hangers can be used.

This is the simplest type of timber floor used for residential buildings where spans are short or moderate say up to 4 m and loads are comparatively lighter. Timber floor composite floor 3. Let s expand our house beyond that 17 2 span capability to 24 feet wide. Since the example house we are designing for is 12 feet wide we need to find in the floor joist span table a joist size and centering that can span 12 or wider.

So the house dimensions will now be 24 x 13. Ce 200 details of construction. T ypes of floors 1. Double joist timber beam.

The will butt against the timber post not sit on top of it. Single joist timber floors. Framed or triple joists timber floors. Framed triple joist timber floor.

See the image below for an example of joists spaced 16 on center 16 o c.