Constructing A Wooden Floor

Osb floor sheeting is typically 3 4 thick and comes with a tounge and goove to give the spans between the floor joists strength.

Constructing a wooden floor.

Step 1 go around the room with your stud finder and your roll of masking tape. Build a raised wood floor. Soil shifts and is affected easily by environmental conditions outside the floor area. The osb or plywood must be staggered like stacking bricks to give it strength.

Some newer homes have manufactured i beam shaped joists. Yet the construction of an engineered hardwood gives it enhanced structural stability and moisture resistance that allows it to be installed at any grade level. Residential building codes typically specify slightly wider lumber for the sill plate typically either 2 in 5 1 cm x 6 in 15 cm or 2 in 5 1 cm x 2 in 5 1 cm boards. The final step in building a floor for a house is to sheet it with osb.

It also assumes the room has been stripped of all floor coverings trim and other obstructions and that the floor you re building on top of is level. Put a strip of tape on the wall to mark each stud. Traditional solid hardwood flooring is not well suited for high moisture areas such as bathrooms or below grade installations. A floor s framework is made up mostly of wooden joists that run parallel to one another at regular intervals.

Because the sill plate will be in direct contact with the concrete foundation it s recommended that you go with pressure treated wood.