Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Decision help - flooring, heating, cooling and roofing! 6Mar 15, 2017 5:46 pm A suspended slab will be expensive as it is relatively rare and hard to get right. The price doesn't surprise me. Building a Madison 45 with Porter Davis Madison 45 Blog (Send me a PM with your email address to be added) Re: Decision help - flooring, heating, cooling and roofing! 7Mar 15, 2017 8:58 pm Yeah, suspended slabs do cost a bit - it's not just the slab itself, but also the support it needs (extra masonry or steel to hold it up). We'd ideally have a suspended slab for our second storey, but its (probably) not going to happen due to the cost. We still have the ground floor slab, and will probably compromise with Hebel PowerFloor for the upper floor (not as much thermal mass as a concrete slab, but much better than timber, has good insulation and soundproofing, and a much more solid feel without any squeaking floors in the future). The Hebel option looks like it's only going to cost us a few thousand more than a standard particleboard floor, and much, much less than the suspended slab. That being said, there are some Canberra builders out there who work with some 'alternative' suspended slab systems that offer reduced costs. One builder we spoke to uses Smartslab (which can be used with timber framing, saving a lot of cost), There are other options out there as well - your architect may (or may not) be familiar with some of these. Re: Decision help - flooring, heating, cooling and roofing! 8Mar 16, 2017 4:31 am Thanks algernon - I was doing some reading and I did see that Hebel Powerfloor - I was going to speak to the architect about it today when we meet. Looks interesting. I haven't heard of "Smartslab" but have just done a quick search and will also bring that up - thanks so much. I plan on installing an undercover walkway (awning ??) from my carport to the back door as shown in sketch. I will be using Boxspan Beams and have no concerns regarding… 0 1403 Hi there, I'm a conplete newbie to this, but I'm looking to put a floor down in my 6x9m shed. It's currently sitting on a 100mm thick concrete perimeter (dirt floor… 0 6834 Newbie question for flooring options. We are thinking of changing the flooring for bedrooms and passage area. Last time we looked at flooring options was almost 8years… 0 3776 |