What is a Suspended Wooden Floor and How Does it Work?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Suspended wooden floors. What are they? How are they constructed? And how do they work? In this video, John shows you a suspended timber floor in a property that we're in the process of developing in Stoke-on-Trent.
You may have seen air bricks or brick vents in your house and wondered what they are for. If you have them close to ground level, chances are you have a suspended wooden floor (or floors) in your property.
Their purpose is to allow air to circulate beneath the wooden floor (sub floor) so that you don't get any damp issues.
It's important, therefore, not to block them.
The suspended floor itself has rather a simple construction and is made up of 3 basic elements.
1. The floorboards
2. Wooden joists (which span the length or breadth of the room in the opposite direction to the floorboards)
3. The brick supports (usually 1 brick wide and 4 bricks in height).
As you will see in the video, there is a gap (void) between the brick supports-and this is the crucial element of a suspended wooden floor. Because this gap allows air to circulate freely via the air bricks and prevent any damp problems occurring.
Join the BIG Man as he gives you a whistle-stop lowdown on what is a very popular feature of many UK properties.
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This video was so helpful for me. I have to rebuild my whole subfloor due to water damage. Make more of these helpful videos, please.
Thanks from Cape Town, South Africa!
Thank you so much for the great feedback, Jannes. It means the world to us that people are finding our content helpful - and, indeed, that we can have an impact thousands of miles away. That's just brilliant 👍
We genuinely appreciate you watching our video and we sincerely hope that you can get your floor fixed soon.
More videos on the way 😀
Bro, I am a university student from Hong Kong , somehow your video save my ass. My teacher only give me supper complicated design drawings. Huge thks!! Btw I have a little suggestion, maybe your can use a tripod to hold the camera in one position as constant moving of camera make me a little bit dizzy. Anyway keep making gd videos🫵
Thanks for sharing this,based in South Africa and our winters are quite cold, especially when you have a pool too....
Please share some advise on how I can fill up the space below my suspended floor, my floors are in mint condition but the cold really makes it unpleasant in winter....
Hi Darren. The best thing to do would be to insulate between the floor joists 👍
Thanks for watching our video and for your question - much appreciated.
We have a Suspended Floor we had some insulation done below the floor board(between the joist). We are planning a UFH.. (Overlay with screed).. do we need a DPM above the Floor Board?
That's a great question, the best point of call would be to get in contact via our website and we will be able to answer this better and give you more advice. - hypebuilding.co.uk/contact/
What did you build the brickwork on? Concrete footings?
We recently had a blocked outside drain pipe blocked with sh*t coming back out in the garden,and now, one week later there is sewer smell coming from under the house.( all cleaned and pipe was pressire washed) Do you have any ideea why that could happen? Thank you!
Hello mate, thank you for your message and I am sorry that this has happened, for problems please fill out our form and we can help. - form.asana.com/?k=xfFvL6HGA0f_r5yGffeQHQ&d=1204584690771965
Do you have to have brick footings or can it be done with timber?
Hi there. Thank you for watching and for your question. You can't use timber for this process as it may rot and, therefore, jeopardise the integrity of the building.
welcome to the uk