Floor Joist System TECslab from TECBUILD

A smarter and more cost effective alternative to concrete floors.

TECslab™ combines TECBEAM® I-beam joists with Hebel® PowerFloor™ to provide a lightweight flooring system at around half the cost of suspended, reinforced concrete utilising removable formwork

• Exceptional acoustic, vibration and thermal insulation comfort levels
• Up to 240 minutes fire resistance from above and 90 minutes from below
• Easy to work with standard tools, no wet trades

TECslab™ - Two great construction systems working together

TECBEAM® engineered I-beams deliver benefits not available with suspended concrete.

• Greater spans in a lightweight beam system with reduced sub-structure
• Plumbing, ductwork and other services can be run through the TECBEAM® web holes, without a suspended ceiling. Reducing floor cavity height
• Fire-rated plasterboard fixed to the underside of TECBEAM® joists achieves required project FRL for fires from below
• In long spans floor vibration is easily controlled by using strongbacks
• The continuous steel web in TECBEAM® joists produces 60% lower floor creep than other timber joists, saving in post construction maintenance such as sticking doors

The Hebel® PowerFloor™ system consists of 75mm steel-reinforced Hebel® panels glued and screwed to the frame to provide a solid floor at a quarter of the weight of standard concrete.

• PowerFloor™ provides a solid feel floor without the bounce, flex and squeak of timber sheet flooring
• Excellent thermal and airborne noise insulation properties
• PowerFloor™ provides a 240 minutes fire rating for fires from above and up to 90 minutes from below
• Eliminates sticking doors and post construction maintenance