Floors

Dimensional stability

A low proportion of homogeneous wood and glued components means that Masonite Beams’ I-joists have a high level of dimensional stability. The products are characterised by minimal warp and low shrinkage resulting in a very straight product. 

The benefits of using I-joists, compared with traditional wooden floor structures, are numerous:

• Even floors and walls – reduced snagging and complaints
• No visible gaps or cracks in the floor – satisfied customers
• Less shrinkage provides reduces movement year on year – providing a quieter floor system
• Simple installations with 38% higher efficiency

Easy installations

Our I-joists enable simple installations thanks to their lightweight yet robust properties.

Save time and money, achieve 38% reduction in labour for the installation of a floor structure using I-joists compared with traditional solid floors.

With our versatile webs, you can save time and money as your heating and electrical engineers can work more efficiently with shorter wiring runs and pipe bends. At the same time, functionally adapted beams and tried and tested structures offer total building efficiency with minimal material waste. This makes it possible to achieve a 38% reduction in labour during the installation of a floor structure using I-joists compared with traditional solid floors.

Floors with strict acoustic requirements

Apartment blocks and buildings with compartment floor structures need to meet high acoustic standards to reduce noise transfer between dwellings, e.g. in terms of impact sound and airborne sound. Masonite Beams has been working with research and development of acoustic solutions for floor structures for more than 30 years and still leads the way in this area. We offer solutions with I-joists in which tests show that our beams, despite their relatively simple design, achieve very good acoustic properties.

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