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Hero has a variety of Default Floor Assemblies that can be used, and these are visible within the Construction column of the Floor Data-Grid. The current assemblies include:

• Concrete slab on-ground types of various thicknesses

• Concrete waffle pod slabs of various thickness.

• Suspended timber floors, one unlined & one lined with fibre-cement sheet below

• Suspended concrete floors of various thicknesses & lining.

• And a suspended AAC or Hebel-type floor assembly

Floor Data-Grid Construction Column

In addition to the Construction or Assembly of the floorFloor, the Floor Data-Grid also contains a Type column that is used for reference & information but that if changed in the combo-box drop-down, will may change both the assembly Assembly and adjacency type Adjacency Type to the relevant defaults for that type Type as required. ** SHOW EXAMPLE **See above Assembly row for details.

Floor Data-Grid Type Column

The insulation Insulation (if any) can added to a floor Floor via the Insulation column of the Floor dataData-grid. There are variety of floor insulation options Floor Insulation Options available depending on the Floor Construction., including:

For Slab on Ground assemblies the options are several Assemblies: Several common R-value underslab insulation products.

For Waffle Pod assemblies the options are the various Assemblies: Various thickness of EPS-foam waffle-pod void formers that lie below the slab. The R-values are the thermally bridged R-values that account for the concrete ribs or beams across the floor. There is also a uninsulated option in the list for non-foam based waffle-pods such as plastic void formers etc.

For Suspended Floors there are a : A variety of Insulation options that represent common insulation systems including:

• No insulation – this : This would be used if the Floor was exposed directly below it such as a Timber Floorboard where the Floorboards are directly exposed & visible from underneath; or for a Suspended Concrete slab floor where the slab is exposed to the air directly underneath.

• Non-reflective airAir-gap – this : This would be appropriate for most common internal floors Internal Floors where between the Floor Covering and Ceiling below there is an empty air-gap (if uninsulated).

• a variety of batt insulation products

• reflective airBatt Insulation Materials

• Reflective Air-gaps combined with bulk insulation options which would be appropriate Bulk Insulation Materials: Appropriate to use to simulate reflective membrane insulation products such as Kingspan’s Permifloor, or reflective rigid EPS insulation products such as Foilboard, etc of various thicknesses & reflectivity.

Floor Data-Grid Insulation Column

Concrete slab Slab on ground Ground & waffleWaffle-pod floors Floors can have Slab Edge Insulation added to them via the Slab Edge Insulation column in the Floor data-grid. There are a fixed variety of typical R-value products that can be selected for the floor.

Floor covering Floor.

Floor Data-Grid Slab Edge Insulation Column

Floor Coverings are used to model the effects of various materials on top of the floor assembly such as Carpet, Timber, Tiles etc. The floor covering materials are added to the top of the floor in simulation. The variety of options of floor coverings in Hero include:

• Timber

• Carpet

• Tile

• Vinyl

• Cork

• Brick

• Stone

• Earth

• There is also an Exposed Floor Covering which denotes no real floor covering. This option is only available for slab floor assemblies.          

The material layers of these floor coverings is detailed further on the Hero web-site.Floor Assembly within a Simulation.

The Floor Coverings have slightly different Materials depending on whether they are applied to a Suspended Timber Floor or not.

See the Floor Covering table below for further details.    

Floors with a Subfloor adjacency can toggle the ventilation rate of that subfloor zone through the Ventilation column of the Floor data-grid. This is described in further detail in the Subfloor Zone section.