Types Of Concrete Roof Slabs

A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.

Types of concrete roof slabs.

Constructing the concrete roof deck. For multi storey buildings there are several common slab designs see design for more types. Waffle slab construction process includes fixing forms placement of pods on shuttering installation of reinforcement between pods installation of steel mesh on top of pods and pouring of concrete. A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like.

7 16 views a and b. One concern is that the concrete must develop the compressive strength intended by the structural engineer in the design of the roof deck. Bubble deck slab 10. Slab with drop and column without column head.

The channel slabs vary in size with a depth ranging from 9 to 12 in width 2 to 5 ft and a thickness of 1 to 2 in. Slab without drop and column without column head capital. Two way slabs on beams 7. One way joist slab ribbed slab 3.

Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. Slab with drop and column with column head. A hollow core slab which is precast and installed on site with a crane in high. Grid slabs are suitable for spans of 9 15m and live loads of 4 7 kn m2.

There are four different types of concrete flat slabs. One way slabs on beams 2. This type of slab contains square grids with deep sides. Slab without drop and column with column head.

For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers. Precast concrete floors roof slabs walls and partitions the most commonly used precast slabs or panels for floor and roof decks are the channel and double t types fig. Beam and block also referred to as rib and block is mostly used in residential and industrial applications. Hollow core slab 8.

Waffle slab grid slab 4.