Screw piers (or screw piles)
Screw piers offer a quick, strong and very effective way to install stumps for a house, and can be installed almost anywhere.
Screw piers can...
Steel frame subfloors
Steel can be used as an alternative to wood to create a sturdy beam and joist subfloor frame.
Steel framed floors provide extra strength and...
Beam and joist subfloor
These sub-floors are strong but lightweight, and are employed in houses with stumps, and as upper-floors in multi-storey building.
Composition of a beam and joist...
Suspended slab subfloor
Suspended slab can be used either for the upper-floors in a multi-storey building, or as a solid base on hilly or uneven terrain.
Suspended slab...
Ground level concrete slab subfloor
Solid concrete slab floors are extremely durable, require very little maintenance and offer excellent insulation.
Different types of slabs will suit different soil types and...
Stump subfloor
Particularly appropriate for reactive soil or sloped ground, stump sub floors involve raising the house off the ground on stumps sunken into the earth.
Stump...
Wall or window mounted air conditioners
These single-unit airconditioners are slightly more noisy, but can easily be mounted in a window and don't require a separate compressor/evaporator unit.
Window mounted air...
Types of subfloor
There are quite a few elements that go into holding up your lovely ceramic bathroom tiles or your polished parquet flooring. Read all about...
Trombe walls
A wall surface, using some clever design principles, can be used to passively heat air and allow it to naturally flow into your home....
Electric underfloor heating
Electric underfloor heating can keep your toes warm on cold mornings and keep the temperature in your house at a constant, comfortable level.
Carpet heating...