BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

BUILING CONSTRUCTION

NITESH KUMAR
BTECH/15252/20
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
SUB-FLOOR
 What is a sub-floor?

A sub-floors provide a level surface to support the flooring and the rest of the house structure above it. Everything that lies
underneath the top of the floor, is regarded as sub-floor. While in upper stories it means everything between the joists and
the finished flooring.

The sub-floor is part of a building's substructure, so it is very important to use the correct materials for the sub-floor
installation and do the work carefully and accurately.

The kind of sub-floor and sub-floor material used in construction depends on the geographic area the building is in, and the
kind of floor (fitted or platform) you intend to install.
Sub-floor framing for a brick veneer house
 STUMP SUBFLOOR
TYPES OF Particularly appropriate for reactive soil or sloped ground, stump sub floors
involve raising the house off the ground on stumps sunken into the earth
SUB-FLOOR

GROUND LEVEL CONCRETE SLAB SUBFLOOR

Solid concrete slab floors are extremely durable, require very little
maintenance and offer excellent insulation.

BEAM AND JOIST SUBFLOOR

These sub-floors are strong but lightweight and are employed in houses with
stumps, and as upper-floors in a multi-storey buildings.
SUB-FLOOR CONSTRUCTION

Sub-Floor Components

STUMPS BEARERS JOISTS

 JOINTS IN BEARERS

BUTT JOINT HALF CHECK HALVED JOINT

A butt joint is a technique in which two
pieces of material are joined by simply
placing their ends together without any
special shaping
JOINT
material is removed from both
of the members so that the
resulting joint is the thickness
of the thickest member.
A halved joint is a woodworking joint
in which the two members are joined
by removing material from each at the
point of intersection so that they
overlap.
 JOINTS IN BEARERS

SCARFED JOINT DOVE TAIL JOINT VERTICAL SCARF

A scarf joint (also known as a scarph
joint) is a method of joining two
members end to end in woodworking or
metalworking
A dovetail joint is made from a set of
hand cut interlocking wedges that fit
together, joining two pieces of wood
without the need for additional dowels,
screws, or nails
JOINT
A scarf joint (also known as a scarph
joint) is a method of joining two
members end to end in woodworking or
metalworking
SUB-FLOOR COMPONENTS
FLOOR FINISHING
 WHAT IS FLOOR FINISHING ?

A finish floor (also known as floor covering) is the top layer of flooring. In other words, it is the layer that you walk on,
and it is typically quite decorative layer compared to the layers of flooring beneath it. Floor coverings can include carpets,
laminate, tile, rugs, and vinyl.

A floor finish is a general term for a permanent covering of a floor. It is expected to protect and extend the life of the
floor while providing an attractive appearance and slip resistant surface

A floor in building construction is a leveled surface which can support the objects, passengers etc. Different flooring types
are there based on different factors. There are various types of flooring materials used in building construction and their
selection depends on the choice of user ,aesthetics and the applications that provides the most satisfying results for
objective, either it may be economically or durability wise.
TYPES OF FLOOR FINISHES

Hard Flooring (durable, noisy, more expensive)

• Cement or lime concrete

• Stone (Slate, marble, flagstone, terazzo, granite)
• Brick
• C e r a m i c Ti l e
• Wo o d
• Glass
Resilient Flooring
(durable, good acoustics, easy to maintain)
• S h e e t Vi n y l ( p l a s t i c )
• Cork
• Rubber
• Linoleum
• Mud

Soft Flooring
(warm, quite, difficult to maintain, allergens)
• Carpets
 Hardwood Floor
Solid hardwood flooring of the past in lengths able to span
joists is becoming more of a rare thing. Commodity flooring
in a variety of lengths, some as short as 6 or 8 inches, is more
the norm.
Laminate Flooring
Laminate flooring can cover other, existing floor
coverings, as long as the total height of the flooring does
not interfere with other functions. As a floating floor,
laminate flooring is easy to remove and replace with new
laminate flooring.
 Engineered Wood Flooring Tile Flooring

Engineered wood flooring is a hybrid that brings the best of

Ceramic or porcelain flooring is a floor covering that tends
solid hardwood with the functionality of dimensionally stable
to be more permanent than other floor coverings, as
plywood. Hardwood veneer comprises the very top layer of
removing old tile can be a cumbersome project.
engineered wood flooring.
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