Suspended Timber Ground Floor Construction Details

These floor joists are raised above the subfloor on small supporting walls called tassel walls or sleeper walls.

Suspended timber ground floor construction details.

This allows air flow and ventilation to prevent the mould and dry rot that would otherwise occur over damp ground. Supports underneath the floor are permanent and include sleeper walls or timber props placed at regular intervals. This construction is similar to the timber floor above but uses either pre cast concrete planks or small pre cast concrete beams with concrete blocks laid between the beams. These can be classed as either suspended or solid.

Ventilation is required in the same way as a suspended timber floor. The big benefit for choosing a suspended floor whether concrete or timber is that the construction is simple. Floor construction concrete or timber floor. Unlike standard ground floor construction suspended floors are not sitting directly on the ground.

The materials can be more expensive than other flooring options but there is very little needed in the way of ground preparation which makes the overall cost lower on the whole particularly for the labour involved. They can normally span greater distances than timber joists. Construction studies drawing detail of suspended timber floor.