The roof should incorporate insulation and usually a vapour control layer to protect from interstitial condensation.
Reinforced concrete flat roof design.
For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.
Proper design of falls in reinforced concrete flat roofs is most important in creating flow paths to suitable discharge points.
Tl 30 cm concrete insulated with extruded polystyrene.
One of the most crucial step in building a flat concrete roof is to figure out the size of the concrete block you will need.
From porotherm blocks tl 30 25 18 8 and 11 5 cm.
However the complexity of the generalized approach.
For a roof to be effective surface water should be discharged quickly without ponding or stagnation.
Step 3 placing the steel joists.
Flat roof of reinforced concrete insulated with mineral wool rockwool companies.
A concrete slab flat roof is normally made up of a structural layer of concrete finished with a smooth screed onto which a water proof layer such as a membrane is laid.
From porotherm blocks tl 30 cm insulated polystyrene tl 20 cm firm termo organika.
The blocks come in several sizes but this guide will assume you are using a 16 3 4 inch wide concrete slab.
A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.
The steel joists will provide a strong foundation for the flat concrete roofing.
Today flat roofs are used by architects for the same reasons that they became a cornerstone of modernist architecture.
According to the 1995 aci code all two way reinforced concrete slab systems including edge supported slabs flat slabs and flat plates are to be analyzed and designed according to one unified method such as direct design method and equivalent frame method.
The few concrete roofs that have been built usually are flat and have little aesthetic appeal for most homebuyers.
Insulated reinforced concrete roof decks the only known roof systems that have consistently survived high category hurricane and tornado velocity winds have been built with structural reinforced concrete decks securely and sufficiently connected to structural reinforced concrete or reinforced concrete block walls.
They have developed a method of forming and building sloping roofs of reinforced concrete.
As the roof is constantly exposed to direct.
Next it is important to select the appropriate waterproofing membrane.
Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.
