Help with stability for raised floor.

[I'm a Woonicorn.]

So I am trying to build a house on a platform of corewood stilts, attatched to a stone wall which is the outer wall. I started to do this so that I can have a basement but I have no idea how to stabilise the platform.

https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198059168383/screenshot/2466363797109544987/
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I appreciate any suggestions and you don't have to get too specific if you don't want to. :)

[Nerevar]

for this kind of size you should use ironwoodbeams or ironcageflooring if your plan is to build on top of it afterwards. corewood wont do as a baseline support material. these have WAY more support value than corewood which will make the plattform stable easyly.

later in game progression you can unlock copper metal walls which share the same support as iron aswell to use as support aswell.

this is why the "not enough iron" meme exists in valheim.

[I'm a Woonicorn.]

Messaggio originale di Nerevar:

for this kind of size you should use ironwoodbeams or ironcageflooring if your plan is to build on top of it afterwards. corewood wont do as a baseline support material. these have WAY more support value than corewood which will make the plattform stable easyly.

later in game progression you can unlock copper metal walls which share the same support as iron aswell to use as support aswell.

this is why the "not enough iron" meme exists in valheim.

Ahh, I see.. I'm not quite at the point of having iron to throw around but I should maybe make that a priority.

Do you think I would be able to keep that floor and have it supported from below, or would it need to be iron also?

[Nerevar]

it really depends on how HIGH you want to build on top of it.

also this place doesnt seem well defended a troll could hit objects inside thebasement trough that stonewall easyly.

plus there is new stronger building materials unlocked later in progression so dont plan your base too far in advance for now. as youll probaly start over with these materials anyway at some point.

[I'm a Woonicorn.]

Messaggio originale di Nerevar:

it really depends on how HIGH you want to build on top of it.

Hmm, maybe a further 5 wood walls height?

[Nerevar]

then you should definitly work with ironwoodbeams. especially since any stone structure on wood cannot be placed. it will break. wood cannot support stone structures and some later unlocks are made out of stone.

[I'm a Woonicorn.]

Ok then, that's gonna be the aim! Thanks a lot for the expertise and time :)

[UncleAcidic]

if you dont want to use iron, then you can get a nice elevated stone floor by getting creative with the hoe and pickaxe. make your pillars with the raise earth function, then, you can set stone floor (or wood if you like) pieces into them and they will be at max stability.
tip for making an elevated stone floor/roof: the floor pieces need to be snapped to two sides to stay put. start in the corner of the area and work out as far as you can until there's no stability left. thats where you put a raised earth pillar. make it so the floor piece clips into it and you're good. repeat where needed. you can use the pick axe to chip the pillars smaller if they are taking up too much room in your basement, and then you can just trim them in with wood to hide them.

[knighttemplar1960]

You can only get 2 1/2 stories with corewood but there is a way to cheese it to "seem" to get more. Instead of corewood supports you can use the hoe to make earthen supports this counts as connection with the ground for stability.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3007558384
If you don't like the aesthetics of earthen pillars you can hide them with stone cladding.

[Darren Daulton]

1) You can use stone pillars instead of core.
2) You can build your base on flat ground , then once complete dig out your basement through the floor ( I know it sounds insane, but my buddies did this on a larger build i made and it all worked out. This was before we had access to wood-iron. Stone supports where added in key locations.
3) Wood-iron really is the ultimate building material. You could span that distance easily and have no center supports. Wood-iron will bring the "blue" grounded up several lengths into the air.

[J-&Dre]

For this kind of structures you need ground/stone or later materials to support it. There is also the height limit if it will collapse or not. A combination of sturdy materials and raising the ground can help you with that.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3263352838

[NZ.Zero]

A different design would give you more stability. Try putting the corewood in a diagonal square, ie so the beams are at 45 degrees to the walls. You start with a corewood square, joined to the stone at the mid-point of each stone wall. That way you get relatively shorter corewood spans and the floors between more or less support themselves. If you want it really strong, that same design can be adapapted to include a single central pillar, which has minimal impact on your living space but improves the strength a lot.

Personally I dont use iron for building, even for large buildings it's not really necessary. But you could use an iron pillar for the centre, that might help with height.

Messaggio originale di knighttemplar1960:

You can only get 2 1/2 stories with corewood

Unless you build up against the side of a cliff face in the mountains, then your height is determined only by the cliff height and it's amazing how far out you can build horizontally without any support underneath at all, if you use triangle structures.

Edit: or a swamp tree. Those also increase your build height massively.

[Zombits]

Later on you can clip harder materials in place of wood beams. If you don't care about getting corewood back

[Ccrack]

first thing that comes to mind is to just use stone pillars as the foundation instead of corewood
from what i remember placing wood on top of stone extends the stability of the wood as it considers the stone piece its touching as being the floor

[I'm a Woonicorn.]

Messaggio originale di UncleAcidic:

if you dont want to use iron, then you can get a nice elevated stone floor by getting creative with the hoe and pickaxe. make your pillars with the raise earth function, then, you can set stone floor (or wood if you like) pieces into them and they will be at max stability.
tip for making an elevated stone floor/roof: the floor pieces need to be snapped to two sides to stay put. start in the corner of the area and work out as far as you can until there's no stability left. thats where you put a raised earth pillar. make it so the floor piece clips into it and you're good. repeat where needed. you can use the pick axe to chip the pillars smaller if they are taking up too much room in your basement, and then you can just trim them in with wood to hide them.

Hey, sorry I went offline - Thanks for the suggestion! That's a really interesting solution and would definitely fit the style I am going for better!