- Can be placed in almost all weather conditions.
- Are manually placed, thus not requiring any special equipment or skilled labour.
- Do not require hardcore backfill beneath beams.
- Provide an immediate dry working platform.
- Receive all floor finishes.
- Provide increased thermal insulation and fire resistance.
- Are approximately half the price of hollowcore flooring and reinforced concrete floor slabs.
Creagh manufacture a composite Beam and block flooring system. This system holds many advantages when compared to traditional flooring construction methods.
N.H.B.C. and building control regulations state that where infill hardcore is in excess of 600mm, the floor slab must be reinforced or suspended. Creagh T-Beam floors eliminate the need for costly excavation and compaction of the infill.
Installation
Creagh’s T-Beams may be fixed quickly and simply. A typical large bungalow may be laid in a single day using unskilled labour. No oversite concrete is required and surplus soil may be deposited beneath the T-Beams, maintaining a minimum void of 75mm.
It is recommended to grout the joints with 6:1 sharp sand: cement grout and brush well into the joints. Where holes through the floor are necessary, blocks can be omitted and filled up with insitu concrete.