Living area with Juliette Balcony
The Sloping Site Solution - Spantec
If you have a sloping site one of the best ways to build a practical & economical home is by using the patent "Spantec" steel floor system. We have been using the Spantec system now for many years and highly recommend it for all sloping sites. It's more economical that many other construction systems in most cases, its great to build on-site being easy to handle and well designed and makes the sub-floor area more practical to use for storage or other rooms with less posts and larger bearer & joist spans. Best of all is extremely strong and durable.
The Spantec system is not only extremely strong and durable it is very fast to install on-site. The company is extremely professional and provides excellent documentation.
SPANTEC DESIGN
Spantec provides detailed working drawings for construction, including:
- Pad footing layout
- Ezipier layout
- Bearer marking layout including join locations
- Floor Joists layout
- Step down locations
- Bracket marking plan and connection details
- Bracing layout
CONSTRUCTION
On-site labour is greatly reduced, as;
- All bearers, joists and beams rolled and cut to the exact length required on-site
- Bearers are pre-punched with locating holes for brackets and printed with part numbers
- All brackets, boils, screws & connections are supplied, ready for installation
- Posts are adjustable making on-site levelling easy and very accurate
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Although the Spantec system is a great solution for sloping sites there are special considerations that should be made for the project as a whole, some items include;
- Siteworks (e.g. peering, cut & filling)
- Point loads (e.g. roof, beams, stone bath tubs, piano's, fireplace, etc)
- Bushfire requirements (e.g. sub-floor enclosure, decking)
- BASIX sub-floor insulation requirements
- Sea-salt spray for projects located cost to the ocean or salt water pools
- Water tanks & storage use of sub-floor space
- Balustrade, roof post and beam design
- Post support (rock, pads, concrete peering, screw piers, site slip, etc)
- Materials on-site handling
There are many solutions to these items. Contact our office for more information if you have a sloping site that needs a practical and economical solution
