Installing wooden flooring on a structure & metal posts

This structural solution, consisting of galvanized steel joists and battens, is attached by Wood basic 3D components to galvanized steel tubes with a diameter of 60 mm.
It guarantees maximum durability and exceptional resistance to deteriorating factors (fungi, animals).

Advantage 1: Load-bearing structure made of galvanized steel supported by galvanized steel tubes, ensuring a long service-life and exceptional resistance to deteriorating factors.
Advantage 2: The galvanized steel tubes ensure that the posts are perfectly straight.

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Metal flooring structural solution

This solution is carried out in 6 steps:

1. Making holes in the ground

2. Installing foundation screws

3. Installation of connectors & metal tubes

4. Installing the bottom structure

5. Installing the top structure

6. Installing the floor

Step 1: Making holes in the ground

It is essential to first make a hole in the ground as this ensures that the screw will penetrate well into the soil.
Lubrication helps to position the foundation screw.

Step 2: Installing foundation screws

Our portable electric machines, in combination with a laser transmitter and receiver, are used to install the screws in a level position and do not require any specific actions.

Step 3: Installation of connectors & metal tubes

The terrace is raised with the aid of the Vertikit/Fix 3D 60/Connect60/Tube 60/Top 60 and Wood basic 3D components which ensure that the posts are installed vertically.
The required height is achieved by sawing the tube to the correct height.

Step 4: Installing the bottom structure

The galvanized steel structure is installed and bolted to the connectors with the aid of fasteners.

Step 5: Installing the top structure

The galvanized steel top structure is installed cross-wise and bolted to make the structure sufficiently rigid.

Step 6: Installing the floor

The final step of this solution consists of installing the floor with the aid of AUTO 38 or AUTO 50 screws.
The foundations bear the load of the entire construction, therefore their dimensions must be calculated taking into account the loads provided by DTU 51.4.

Comprehensive tutorials

Detailed installation

Follow the tutorial below which gives step-by-step instructions on how to install this solution:

Comprehensive tutorial

Complementary modules

Options

Find out here how to increase the load-bearing capacity of a C profile?
This can be used to avoid:
- A septic tank
- Electric cables, water inlets or other impediments
- Concrete slabs, rocks and other installation obstacles
Installation tutorial
When the shape of the terrace requires the installation of a metal support to support the boards or for the battens, you can use internal joints (C17) to install a C profile as a spacer and therefore support the top structure.
This option is compatible with 100% metal structures and combined metal and wood structures (solution 12/13/14/15/16/17).
See the installation plan below.

Installation tutorial

Our products

Products associated with this solution

profile v-3000

Galvanized steel V-profile used for building metal structures for wooden or composite terraces.

joint v

Connector used for fastening two V-profiles end to end, without altering their qualities.

fix v-30

System for fastening V-3000 (E5) profiles to C-3000 (E2) profiles.

profile c-62/3000

C 62/3000 profiles made of stainless steel with a Magnelis coating used as wall fasteners or base structures in metal Weasyfix solutions.

joint c®

Part made of galvanized steel used for joining two C-profiles.

wood basic-3d®

Connector can be adjusted in 3 axes: height, horizontally and vertically. M16 Allen screw with convex/concave washers.

top60®

“Cap” connector for a tube with a maximum diameter of 60 mm which is attached using 3 x screws M12.

tube 60/1000

Hot-dip galvanized steel tube used to raise foundation screws (A1-A7).

fixbasic-60 3d

Kit for fastening Connect 60 (C12) to a foundation screw requiring adjustment of its vertical position.

connect 60®

Cast-iron connector for attaching a vertical tubular post with a max. diameter of 60.3 mm to a concrete slab or a standard foundation screw FS XXXX-F.

vertikit

Accessory used for fast correction of up to 10° of the foundation screw’s vertical position without having to use any particular tool.

screw fs-750-f®

Standard foundation screw for compact, earthy soil. With an M16 thread in the centre of the head for attaching connectors.

Creation

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Advantage 1: Load-bearing structure made of galvanized steel supported by galvanized steel tubes, ensuring a long service-life and exceptional resistance to deteriorating factors.

Advantage 2: The galvanized steel tubes ensure that the posts are perfectly straight.