Residential Roof Slab Thickness

Standard concrete floor slab thickness in residential construction is 4 inches.

Residential roof slab thickness. Below i will share my thoughts on what sort of metal thickness or gauge is best for residential metal roofing. For example one way slab thickness calculation is different and easier from hellip. I want to build 6 x 14 meters two story rcc building with concrete saltbox roof slab of 4 5 thickness and 15 columns for building joints. And dome slab is built on the conventional slab.

In general 6 inch 150mm slab thickness is considered for residential and commercial buildings with reinforcement details as per design. To prepare the base cut the ground level to the proper depth to allow for the slab thickness. All the swimming pools for this building will be located on the roof between the columns requiring a slab thickness of 350mm. This is one of the types of concrete slabs.

For this phase the slab thickness will vary between 250mm and 350mm in order to support planted loads and enable cantilevers of up to 4m while minimising the need for beams. Methods used for finding slab thickness varies for different types of slabs. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.

Roofs with very heavy loads may require 3 4 inch thickness. It is done primarily only with steel today. 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. Thickness of concrete slab depends on loads and size of the slab.

Five to six inches is recommended if the concrete will receive occasional heavy loads such as motor homes or garbage trucks. Building is residential with live load of about 750 lbs. First of all i despise what i call the gauge game referring to metal thickness by gauge is an old process that i believe is antiquated and should be eliminated. The thickness of dome slab is 0 15m.

Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. Regardless of thickness the plywood should be a type suitable for exterior use graded exterior or exposure 1 references.