Ecojoist

Introducing a new ECO Friendly Floor Joist Product
THE ECOJOIST

Minera Roof Trusses are always evolving to an ever changing market and an ever changing world. For the past 33 years, Minera Roof Trusses have always been at the forefront of the market, in terms of professional products and the highest quality of service available to the customer.

We are now pleased to launch alongside our successful Roof Trusses and Attic Trusses, the new Eco friendly, services friendly, Engineered Floor Joist product, the ECOJOIST.

The EcoJoist is a revolutionary new product designed with two major factors in mind.

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

With traditional floor joists, sizes of 225 x 50 or 225 x 75mm are used. With the ecojoist, the only timber that is used is 97 x 47mm. The floor depth can still be 219mm deep, but the key difference is that the middle of the web is not timber, but a V shape Metal Web.

How can a floor joist work at 219mm deep but is only using 97 x 47mm timber?

Well, the special V plate is made of high quality galvanised steel. Each joist is specially designed by our resident engineers to the correct loading for your project, for example, residential loading to office loading to flats loadings. The ecojoist can be used in any of those conditions.

And you are not restricted to one type of decking. Floor material can range from Chipboard to plywood or concrete screed. If you supply our engineers exactly what you wish to do with your floor then Minera Roof Trusses can design an Ecojoist floor to suit your needs, Free of charge from our well reknown Technical Support service.

BUILDER / ELECTRICIAN / PLUMBER TRADE FRIENDLY

We mentioned TWO major reasons. The second reason is that the Ecojoist is Trade friendly.

What do we mean by Trade Friendly?

Well, the Ecojoist is designed with the trade in mind. The builders, the electricians, the plumbers.

The design shape of the Ecojoist allows for the easy quick installation of ALL your services. No more drilling, notching to allow for all your pipes. If you did not know, drilling or notching a traditional floor joist WEAKENS your joist and that is what WILL give you SQUEAKS as your timber is deflecting more than it is allowed to.

If the joist were to have ALL these holes in then it would probably be increased in size and that would be throughout the entire floor.

With the Ecojoist, all your services, that's your wiring for your lights, your electrical plug sockets and home entertainment cabling, copper pipework or plastic pipework and vent ducting can all be installed BETWEEEN the V SHAPED WEBS.

PRACTICAL BENEFITS

The above three photographs show an ecojoist floor installed with the floor decking on top and then all the electrical wiring and pipework typically installed through the centre of the V shaped open metal web system.