Precast Concrete Floor Joists
Use our concrete floor joists to create suspended floors without the squeak.
Precast concrete floor joists. Cold formed steel c shape floor joists combined with usg s structo crete non combustible floor sheathing gives you a 100 non combustible floor system that feels like a concrete floor without the need to pour concrete. The result is a quiet strong and fire resistant flooring with a long lifespan. Our composite system is economical fast and virtually maintenance free. In an exemplary embodiment the joist comprises generally horizontal opposite.
Our floor depths are between 12 24 depending on your needs with steel bar joists embedded into 3 concrete panels depth of joists may vary and poured into slightly cambered molds at 5000psi containing embedded 6 x6 welded wire mesh. It is basically a concrete joist which supports a suspended flooring and form part as a slab system. A precast prestressed concrete product used for floor and roof slab system. Unlike softwood and timber floor joists concrete is resistant to mould and rot and will not distort over time which means no squeaky floors.
It is a concrete product with 5 500 psi. Structo crete structural concrete panels are 4 x 8 x 3 4 thick and weigh approximately 5 3 psf. The strength and usablity of precast concrete floor joists left in the open witout any protection for a year when a housing project was abandoned were proved by load test on a slab section incorporating the poorest joists. And with a pre tensioned tendons as its reinforcements.