Minimum Basement Floor Thickness

Laminate floors with a thickness of 12 mm to 15 mm feel more like hardwood floors than thinner laminates.

Minimum basement floor thickness.

Ubc recommends minimum thickness of bearing wall to 1 25 supported height or length whichever is shorter or not less than 102mm. Perhaps the most applicable to a residential basement application would be the following provision. 4 2 exterior basement wall and foundation wall. 4 5 4 1 minimum number of slab thickness samples when taken shall be four 4 for each 5 000.

In general poured concrete basement walls that are 8 feet tall or less and have no more than 7 feet of soil pressing against them from the outside function well at a thickness of 8 inches. If you have any load bearing walls columns or a chimney these areas should have footings already in place before the floor is poured. The average thickness for a basement floor should be 4. I always use 3 4 t g.

It s not advisable to install most hardwood flooring in basements due to the moisture conditions. When a taller wall or a higher level of soil or both come into play the thickness should increase to 10 inches. It can however help prevent the laminate from warping and having other problems. Minimum thickness of walls 4 1 bearing walls.

Plywood and osb o 2 grade. Look for a minimum basement floor thickness of at least 3 5 inches 8 9 cm. Osb o 1 grade and. Guards along open sided stairs shall be a minimum of 34 in height above the leading edge of the tread and minimum of 36 in height at the stair landings.

If not then thicken those areas to whatever the code is in your area and pour them along with the floor add a mat of rebar in the load bearing areas for added strength. And if you need to level the floor first that s a major project on its own. Maximum spacing of supports mm.