'A Systems Approach to Timber Floor Design and Manufacture' sponsored by DLTR

TimberSolve has recently completed this project and the findings of the five phases of work undertaken are best described in the associated project reports, details of which are given below. All these reports are publicly available, though there are two distinct mechanisms by which they can be obtained. Firstly the shorter reports, which are detailed or executive summaries of a particular phase of the project, are directly available from this website. These report titles are highlighted below in green. Secondly the full technical reports are available at a charge of £40 to cover copying, packaging and postage and can be obtained by sending a cheque made out to 'TimberSolve Ltd.' to the address given in Contact.

Phase 1 - Establishment of performance requirements for domestic intermediate floors

Paper, by LRJ Whale dated March 2002, entitled 'What matters to builders?' (489Kb)

Phase 2 - Investigation into the vibrational serviceability of domestic timber floors

TimberSolve report no. DET01.02, dated July 1999, entitled 'An investigation into the deflections occurring in UK domestic timber floor constructions under 1kN point loads'.

TimberSolve report no. DET01.03, dated July 1999, entitled 'An executive summary of investigations into the vibrational serviceability of domestic timber floors'. (155Kb)

Phase 3 - Development work relating to engineered wood-based joists

TimberSolve report no. DET01.04, dated July 2000, entitled 'A comprehensive review of existing and prospective options for wood-based joists for use in domestic intermediate floors'.

TimberSolve report no. DET01.05, dated July 2000, entitled 'Results and interpretation of structural tests undertaken on alternative wood-based floor joists'.

Paper, by JP Marcroft dated March 2002, entitled 'Wood-based floor joists - the options'. (650Kb)

Phase 4 - Floor joist site trials

TimberSolve report no. DET01.06, dated July 2000, entitled 'Domestic intermediate floor site trials using alternative wood-based floor joists'.

Phase 5 - Dissemination of project findings

In addition to the reports accessible via this website, findings from this project can be found in the following documents:

Papers of the UKTEG seminar entitled 'Engineered Timber Floors - The Options' held on 21 March 2002.

A technical guide entitled 'Joist selector for domestic intermediate floors. An aid for builders and specifiers'.  (1Mb)

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