Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Apr 15, 2009 5:46 pm Hi New to the forum so if this post it in the wrong place I am very sorry. I am building a 4x6m cabin with a 2x4m covered deck, in timber with weatherboard walls and steel roof, I will not be adding gyprock but some thin plywood. The block is very remote, meaning three river crossing with a 4wd and a box trailer to get there, yes should have paid the extra and got a block with a road! I have been given plans with 25 stumps that will be about 500mm high and braced. My question is "I am planning to use high wind stirops and 100x100mm timber fror the posts, what size hole do I need", was planning a 250x250x300 or 2x20kg bags. Is this okay, too big or too small? Cheers FA Re: Timber Stump Floor 2Apr 15, 2009 10:24 pm Normal footing is 450x450x450mm. Why not use adjustable height galvanised steel posts instead of timber?? It seems like a lot of stumps for the small size. What size bearer and joists are you using? Plywood will cost you more than gyprock, you wouldn't use anything thinner than 7mm ply on an internal wall or it will sag. Re: Timber Stump Floor 3Apr 16, 2009 7:05 am Cheers Dukekamaya, the reason for the large number of stumps is that I can carry anything longer that 4m there and based on the cuts that was how many I was adviced to have. I choose to use timber rather than steel just of the fact it was much cheaper not because it was better. Thanks for the note on using thin ply I had not thought about that. Engineering timber is certainly a less fuss option, times cheaper to supply and install and better withstands humidity. 1 15924 The most likely cause of your timber swelling (parquetry?) is either a plumbing leak or carelessly leaving water on floors after use or both. Without seeing, i am ignoring… 1 3283 Thank you. Do I use timber floorboards for stairs or do people use timber treads? Or is both the same? 6 7310 |