Types of Floors:

Floors are classified into two categories

1. Timber Floors

2. Composite Floors

1. Timber Floors: In this floor, only timber is used as a material.

Timber floors are further divided into four types.

a. Basement or Ground floor of timber

b. Single Joist timber beam

c. Double Joist timber beam

d. Framed triple joist timber floor.

 Composite Floors:

Floors composed of more than one material are known as

composite floors and they found to possess the following

advantages.

(i) Resist fire and sound in better way than timber floors

(ii) Better hygienic because can be easily cleaned

(iii) Adopted for greater spans.

The following are the types of composite

(a) Double flag stone floors

(b) Filler Joists floors

(c) Jack arch floor

(d) R.C.C. floors

(e) Hallow block and rib floors