House Concrete Slab Roof Design
For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.
House concrete slab roof design. The simplest way to construct a roof terrace is by utilising a concrete slab. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. Of living space that features 4 beds and 5 baths. Live load 40 psf figure 1.
A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. Even though a treated concrete slab is waterproof standing water on a roof terrace should be avoided and so all roof terrace slabs should. Moreover a flat roof is a poor choice for a location with harsh winter and much snow. Design the roof slab beam and column of house given in figure 1.
But today we will review the most trendy modern concrete flat roof house plans. Because typical concrete is porous it needs to be treated with an additive such as xypex which makes the concrete waterproof. 15 gorgeous concrete houses with unexpected designs. Steel yield strength fy 40 ksi.
Concrete compressive strength fc 3 ksi. A concrete slab can protect a home from termites or other similar insects as there are no open spaces underneath the house that provide access to wooden joists or supports insects could chew. The valdivia is a 3790 sq. A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like.
Due to the features of the design it would be extremely hard for this house to withstand the vagaries of the weather and heavy rain snowfall. Slabs s1 and s2 to be designed. Concrete is not warm or soft or pleasant to the touch like wood is for example and that gives it a bad reputation in a certain sense. 2 thick brick tile.