Sleeper Floor Construction

Snap chalklines to help you position the sleepers.

Sleeper floor construction.

In a closet or pantry. This stops any build up of condensation and is assisted by building in airbricks through the external walls. Or as specified by the flooring manufacturer. Often closets or pantries do not have a baseboard molding.

One way that builders have designed to mitigate the spread of rot involves laying extra pieces of wood called sleepers. Slide the shim under the sleepers until the air bubble is in the center of the level. Measure and cut the sleepers as you would for a concrete floor but position the sleepers in one of two ways. By placing your straight edge along the wall you can insert it between the floor covering and wall sliding it down until it touches the subfloor.

Either line them up directly over the joists that lie beneath the subfloor or run them perpendicular to the joists. The internal load bearing walls are called sleeper walls and are very often built with gaps in between the bricks to allow a free flow of air under the floor. Repeat the process across the entire floor to level all remaining sleeper joists. Then install advantech 3 4 over the sleepers and carpet on that.

Attach with nails or staples 12 o c. Then install a moisture barrier and place pt 2x4 studs flat every 16 with rigid foam insulation in between them. Sleepers help homeowners build decks with less effort and in tight spaces that don t allow for deep digging. Install maple flooring parallel with main playing court by nailing or stapling approximately 12 o c.

Set out the sleepers along the perimeter of the room and in their approximate locations across the rest of the floor cutting them to length as necessary. Building a deck from wood requires special considerations due to the effect that moisture has on the material. However i ve been reading thru the 2006 irc and i can t find anything specific to this idea. This method only measures the thickness of the floor covering.

Starting with a 1 4 inch gap along the walls mark the sheet with a felt marker at 16 inch intervals. Install plywood over sleepers at 90 degree angle to direction of finished flooring 1 4 spacing all edges and breaking joints 4.