BS 8103-3:2009
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The latest, up-to-date edition.
Structural design of low-rise buildings Code of practice for timber floors and roofs for housing
Hardcopy , PDF
English
30-11-2009
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Materials
5 Flooring
6 Spans, sizes and spacings for solid timber members,
notching, drilling and end-trimming
7 Trussed rafter pitched roofs
8 Flat roof decking of timber, plywood, particleboard or OSB
9 Transportation, storage and handling
10 Assembly and erection
11 Durability of materials
Annexes
Annex A (normative) - Maximum recommended moisture content at
time of erection or fixing
Annex B (normative) - Species and grading rules for softwood
flooring and flat roof decking
Annex C (normative) - Identification marks for strength-graded
timber
Annex D (normative) - Species and grading rules for battens for
slating and tiling
Annex E (normative) - Plywood types and grades
Annex F (normative) - Identification marks for plywood
Annex G (normative) - Identification marks for particleboard
Annex H (normative) - Identification marks for Oriented Strand
Board (OSB)
Annex I (normative) - Fixing of flooring
Annex J (normative) - Fixing of flat roof decking
Annex K (informative) - Fixing of battens for roof slating
and tiling
Annex L (informative) - Typical floor and flat roof
constructions and their self weight, and self
weight of slates and tiles for pitched roof
construction
Annex M (informative) - Simplified guidance on the
imposed snow loading which is relevant for a
particular site
Annex N (informative) - Roof bracing recommendations
for small single-storey non-residential buildings
and annexes with pitched roofs, within the scope of
Annex A of BS 8103-2:2005
Bibliography
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