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Sub floor clearance victoria.
This standard is called termite management and it sets out a range of good building practices for avoiding termite attack and maintaining adequate subfloor ventilation.
The minimum clearance required for a sub floor is 400 mm from the ground to the underside of the flooring or 150mm to the underside of the bearer.
If so in the bca for victoria from memory i thing the lowest point cannot be lower than 400 mm but i need to check.
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It sits on top of the subfloor and can be made from.
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In addition sub floors will remain drier if the following precautions are observed.
The sub floor system can be used in either a weatherboard construction or a brick veneer construction type of house.
However where the surface is rough or has other imperfections in it an underlay or underlayment is placed in between the subfloor and the covering.
We have since decided to go with stumps and have been told will need 600mm clearance from floor level due to being in a termite zone.
Head room a minimum clearance under beams of 300mm and under floor joists of 400mm.
Ventilation and clearance are provided hyspan may be safely used for sub floor applications without the likelihood of decay.
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Underlay is used to provide a smooth even surface for the floor covering to lay on.
Hyspan is not suitable for weather exposed applications unless suitably.
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In some cases the surface of the subfloor is suitable for a floor covering to be placed directly on top.
They allow for more air circulation and easier maintenance and repair.
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Sub floor applications under normal conditions where adequate.
Good morning folks i am just wondering if there is a standard minimum clearance that should be allowed between the ground soil and the subfloor i am not sure the correct terminology of sub floor assuming it is the bottom of the beams under the house.
The boxspan steel flooring system for elevated sub floors is one of our core products and where we started as a specialist in floor systems.
