Residential Concrete Slab Roof Design

Concrete compressive strength fc 3 ksi.

Residential concrete slab roof design.

The thickness of dome slab is 0 15m. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. Pitch roof is an inclined slab generally constructed on resorts for a natural look. Steel yield strength fy 40 ksi.

Live load 40 psf figure 1. Concrete design and the asd method for masonry design. Design loads for residential buildings. Domes are in the semi circle in shape and shuttering is done on a conventional slab in a dome shape and concrete is filled in shuttering forming dome shapes.

And e design earthquake load. They have always been extremely approachable and keen to offer sound solutions to any challenges we encounter on site. Floor slabs can range from a simple residential basement slab to a heavy duty industrial floor. The design or nominal loads should be determined in accordance with this chapter.

In general 6 inch 150mm slab thickness is considered for residential and commercial buildings with reinforcement details as per design. The construction and design of concrete slabs on grade d. The simplest way to construct a roof terrace is by utilising a concrete slab. For example one way slab thickness calculation is different and easier from.

One concern is that the concrete must develop the compressive strength intended by the structural engineer in the design of the roof deck. Slabs s1 and s2 to be designed. Css has over the past 10 years and over 100 projects provided our company chalkline construction with a holistic service incorporating engineering design slab supply and professional advice. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.

If the plan is not to install roofing. Constructing a concrete slab for a structural roof is different from that for building a slab on the ground in that attention must concern two important objectives. Thickness of concrete slab depends on loads and size of the slab. For wood design chapters 5 6 and 7 use asd.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. Introduction concrete slabs on grade are a very common type of concrete construction. 2 thick brick tile. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.

Because typical concrete is porous it needs to be treated with an additive such as xypex which makes the concrete waterproof. Even though a treated concrete slab is waterproof standing water on a roof terrace should be avoided and so all roof terrace slabs should. Matthew stuart p e s e f asce secb course content slab on grades construction. Design the roof slab beam and column of house given in figure 1.

S design roof snow load.