POB5-Construction of Floors

Purpose of floors is to:

• Provide insulation

• Carry any loads put on it

• Stop moisture from entering the building from the ground

• Prevent plant or tree roots from entering the building.

The TWO major types of floors are:

• Ground Floors

• Grout Floors

• Screed Floors

• Upper Floors

Ground floors can be further divided into:

• English Floors

• Solid Ground Floors

• Sub Floors

• Suspended Ground Floors

Upper floors can be further divided into:

• Wattle and daub floors

• Timber suspended upper floors

• Brick

• Concrete post and beam

A temporary structure that supports and shapes wet concrete until it cures and is able to be self-supporting is called:

• Formwork

• Wet streak

• Shuttering

• Enclosing

The most common material used to build suspended (floor joists) upper floors is:

• Concrete/concrete slab

• Timber

• Wattle and daub

• Cob

Suspended ............... and traditional timber floors tend to be seen in older buildings.

answer

• decking

• ground floors

• upper floors

Shuttering is another word for .....

• Framework

• Formwork

• Stuttering

"Dwarf walls" or "Sleepers" are used in which kind of floor?

• Floating ground floors

• Suspended ground floors

• Timber suspended upper floors

• Concrete suspended upper floors

The main components of a timber suspended upper floor are:

• Joists

• Paneling

• Strutting

• King post