BS 8103-3:1996
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Structural design of low-rise buildings Code of practice for timber floors and roofs for housing
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11-30-2009
English
01-15-1996
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Foreword
Introduction
Code of practice
1 Scope
2 References
3 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 or wood
chipboard
9 Transportation, storage and handling
10 Assembly and erection
11 Durability of materials
Annexes
A (normative) Maximum recommended moisture content at
time of erection of fixing
B (informative) Species and grading rules for software
flooring and roof decking
C (normative) Identification marks for stress graded
timber
D (normative) Species and grading rules for battens for
slating and tiling
E (normative) Plywood types and grades
F (normative) Identification marks for plywood
G (normative) Identification marks for wood chipboard
H (normative) Standard bracing for domestic trussed
rafter roofs
J (informative) Suggested erection procedure for
domestic trussed rafter roofs
K (normative) Fixing of flooring
L (normative) Fixing of flat roof decking
M (normative) Fixing of battens for roof slating and
tiling
N (informative) Typical floor and flat roof
constructions and their self weight, and self weight
of slates and tiles for pitched roof construction
P (informative) Guidance on the imposed snow loading
which is relevant for a particular site
Q (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:Part 2: 1996
TABLES
Various
FIGURES
1 Limits for notching and drilling of floor joists, and
end trimming to fit steel hangers
2 Timber floor spanning parallel with a wall
3 Timber joist bridging/strutting requirements
4 Wallplate halving joint
5 Traditional cut framed pitched roof
6 Tying of pitched roofs to gable walls
7 Pitched or flat roof bearing on to a wallplate
8 Floor joist arrangement
9 Double joist construction
10 Provision of extra joist
11 Nogging supporting partitions
12 Plans relating to tables 10 to 15
13 Typical steel hanger details
14 Plans relating to tables 16, 17. 18 and 19
15 Ceiling joists and binders
16 Typical rafter and purlin arrangement
17 Typical flat roof joist arrangement
18 Purlins supporting sheeting or decking
19 Support for water tanks
20 Spacing of trussed rafters to accommodate openings
21 Chimney opening
22 Ha?tch opening
23 Typical bearing details of trussed rafter ends on a
wallplate
F.1 Identification marks for plywood
H.1 Standard bracing for rafter members and web members
of monopitch trussed rafters
H.2 Standard bracing for rafter members and web members
of duopitch trussed rafters
H.3 Basic wind speed zones for use with figures H.1 and
H.2
J.1 Method of erection for domestic trussed rafter roofs
N.1 Typical floor and flat roof constructions and their
self weight, and self weight of slates and tiles for
pitched roof construction
P.1 Snow load zones A, B, C, and E
Q.1 Standard bracing of duopitch and monopitch trussed
rafters in the roofs of small single storey non
residential buildings and annexes
List of references
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