Repairing timber floors
Timber floors are aesthetically pleasing, but over time, they can become scratched and damaged. To keep them looking good requires ongoing maintenance and repair.
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By Alide Elkink – 1 February 2023, Build 194
Timber floors are aesthetically pleasing, but over time, they can become scratched and damaged. To keep them looking good requires ongoing maintenance and repair.
By Guy Marriage – 1 December 2022, Build 193
Part 2 of this Build series on designing and building medium-density housing covers inter-tenancy floors. The most important consideration here is to eliminate penetrations into the inter-tenancy floor zone.
By Andrew Bedford – 1 October 2022, Build 192
From 1 May 2023, housing and small buildings up to 300 m² will need to be better insulated. What does this mean in practice for wall, underfloor and ceiling insulation of these buildings when using the schedule method for compliance?
By David Hindley – 1 October 2022, Build 192
Existing Building Code minimum construction R-value requirements for concrete slabs remain the same until 1 May 2023 when the way they are calculated also changes.
By Greg Burn – 1 June 2022, Build 190
Our rule of thumb series provides designers with information on aspects of design that have potential to reduce the carbon footprint of new builds. What should designers consider when applying rule of thumb 2 Expose the concrete floor slab?
By Angela Liu, George Hare – 1 April 2022, Build 189, Feature article
A preliminary BRANZ study into the fire performance of hollowcore concrete floors suggests that conventional fire design requirements for precast floors may need to be reviewed.
By Bruce Sedcole – 1 October 2021, Build 186
From 4 November 2021, there will no longer be an Acceptable Solution in Building Code clause E3 Internal moisture for using timber or timber based products as linings and finishes to floors in wet areas. However, an Alternative Solution designed and specified to best practice is easy to do.
By Ian Cox-Smith – 1 August 2021, Build 185, Feature article
The recently released draft of PHINZ High-performance Construction Details Handbook requires some explanation for floor elements as the R-values it uses are different to those most designers will be familiar with.
By Bruce Sedcole – 1 June 2021, Build 184
In Build 156 Tolerances tables, we outlined some of the allowable construction tolerances for a quality result. We have now revisited this information and added some more for plasterboard and fibrous plaster, an area that can cause disagreements between contractors and clients.
By David Hayward – 1 December 2020, Build 181
There can be several reasons why a solid timber strip floor may take on a cupped appearance where the board edges are higher than the centre of the board. This case study goes through the process of investigating why a floor cupped and how to fix it.