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Property | Description | Edited Within | ||||||||||
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Assembly | 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 assemblies includeof types:
| Floor Data-Grid Construction Column | ||||||||||
Type | In addition to the Construction or Assembly of the Floor, the Floor Data-Grid also contains a Type column that is used for reference & information but that if changed may change both the Assembly and Adjacency Type to the relevant defaults for that Type as required. See above Assembly row for details. | Floor Data-Grid Type Column | ||||||||||
Insulation Option | The Insulation (if any) can added to a Floor via the Insulation column of the Floor Data-grid. There are variety of Floor Insulation Options available depending on the Floor Construction, including: Slab on Ground Assemblies: Several common R-value underslab insulation products. Waffle Pod 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. Suspended Floors: A variety of Insulation options that represent common insulation systems including:
| Floor Data-Grid Insulation Column | ||||||||||
Slab Edge Insulation | Concrete Slab on Ground & Waffle-pod 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 Data-Grid Slab Edge Insulation Column | ||||||||||
Floor Covering | Floor Coverings are used to model the effects of various materials on top of the 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. | Floor Data-Grid Covering Column | ||||||||||
Area | The Gross Area of the Floor in Square Metres (i.e. does not include Holes/Stairwell area) | Not Editable within Data-Grid | ||||||||||
Sub-Floor Ventilation Type | Floors with a Sub-Floor Adjacency can toggle the Ventilation rate of that Sub-Floor Zone through the Ventilation column in the Floor Data-grid. This is described in further detail in the Sub-floor Zone section. | Floor Data-Grid Subfloor Ventilation Column |
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Floor Adjacency Types
Similar to Walls & Ceilings, Floors have a variety of different adjacency conditions that are determined by whether the floor Floor is adjacent to actual model objects or that can be selected manually be the user.
Adjacency Type | Description | Edited Within | ||
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Ground | The Floor is directly adjacent to the Ground such as for a Concrete slab Slab or Waffle-pod assemblyAssembly. If the adjacency Adjacency type is changed then the Assembly will be automatically changed away from a Ground type assembly. For floors that are not adjacent to another ceiling below, then there are a variety of adjacency types that can be manually selected by the user to model specific conditions. Assembly. | Floor Data-Grid Adjacency Column | ||
Subfloor | Floor is adjacent to a Sub-Floor Zone. When a Floor has a Subfloor Adjacency, Hero will automatically create a Subfloor Zone underneath the Floor, or if a Subfloor Zone already exists on that Level, will expand the Subfloor Zone to encompass the area below the newly changed Floor. Subfloor ZZones Zones are detailed further in the Zone section of this tutorial and have many special properties. | Floor Data-Grid Adjacency Column | ||
External | If the Floor is sufficiently elevated such that the area below it does not form a enclosed or semi-enclosed Sub-Floor Zone, then the External Adjacency Type should be used. This represents a Floor that is simply adjacent to the External environment temperature (i.e. outside air). | Floor Data-Grid Adjacency Column | ||
Internal | Floor adjacent to a Ceiling from the same Dwelling | Cannot be changed in the Data-Grid | ||
Neighbouring (Actual Connection) | Floors adjacent to a Ceiling from a different Dwelling.
| Cannot be changed in the Data-Grid | ||
Neighbouring (Manual Selection) | Floors adjacent to a Conditioned Space that is not part of the Hero Project model (i.e. Adjacent Buildings, Commercial Spaces etc).
| Floor Data-Grid Adjacency Column | ||
Carpark | Floors adjacent to an actual Carpark Zone that is part of the Common Area Dwelling | Cannot be changed in the Data-Grid | ||
Corridor | Floors adjacent to an actual Corridor Zone that is part of the Common Area Dwelling | Cannot be changed in the Data-Grid |
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Floor Covering Name | Modelled Material | Additional Layers for Suspended Timber Floor |
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Timber | 12mm Timber Hardwood | 19mm Particleboard layer |
Carpet | 10mm Carpet with 8mm Rubber Underlay | 19mm Particleboard layer |
Tile | 8mm Ceramic Tile | 19mm Particleboard layer + 6mm Compressed Fibre-Cement Underlay |
Vinyl | 3mm Vinyl Floor Tile | 19mm Particleboard layer |
Cork | 6mm Cork Floor Tile | 19mm Particleboard layer |
Brick | 75mm Brick Floor | None |
Stone | 10mm Slate Floor | 19mm Particleboard layer |
Earth | 50mm Soil Floor | None |
Exposed | No Floor Covering (i.e. just Assembly + Insulation Option) | N/A (only available for Slab Assemblies) |
Internal Floor/Ceiling Construction
When a floor has an adjacent ceiling below it, such as on a two-story dwelling, or between two apartment dwellings, the full material buildup for the assembly is determined by both the Floor & the Ceiling’s properties.
An internal ceiling can only have a plasterboard ceiling or exposed ceiling assembly applied to it; and the internal ceiling will not be able to have Insulation applied to it in the Data-Grid. If this internal floor/ceiling is to be insulated, the insulation gets applied to the floor above. The complete material build-up that will be simulated is the Floor Covering followed by the Floor Assembly followed by any Floor Insulation followed by the Ceiling Assembly below.
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Roof-Space Soffit Floors
When a Ceiling has a Roof-space connection Space Adjacency such as from formed by an Attic assembly Assembly type, then a special Soffit floor Floor will be automatically created for the roofspace Roofspace and will become visible in the Floor Data-Grid tab. These are discussed further in the Roof-space Zone section.