Week 6
Flooring Gina Christopher FRAMING SYSTEMS Floor framing systems can be wood, steel, or concrete. Wood flooring systems include light frame and heavy timber frame. Light frame construction uses multiple small wood members to carry a load. Heavy timber framing relies on a structural frame consisting of columns and beams to carry a load. Steel floor-framing is either light gauge with multiple open web joists or structural steel with beams and girders. Concrete as a flooring system is either poured in place on site or cast at a plant and assembled on site. When a first floor is located above a crawl space, or is directly on the earth, the underside of the floor must be insulted in most areas of the U.S. This insulation is used to prevent cold air moving from the ground into the finished space above, as well as keep a stable temperature for the concrete slab. INTERIOR FLOOR-FINISH MATERIALS Multiple materials are used as floor finishes. The use of the space and ...