This 1500 sq ft house has a sit out living and dining areas kitchen and three bedrooms.
Filler slab roof kerala.
Your prompt reply will be highly appricated.
Lomesh august 26 2010 at 8 18 am.
The filler slab is a mechanism to replace the concrete in the tension zone.
Concept the filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported the upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces.
The spaces are designed in such a way that it is easy to maintain.
By reducing the quantity and weight of material the roof become less expensive yet retains the strength of the conventional slab.
The most popular filler material is the roofing tile.
Making housing an affordable option the choices are limited.
When the whole roof gets cast as clay filler slab.
The most popular filler material is the roofing tile.
The filler material thus is not a structural part of the slab.
The filler slabs will have similar load bearing capacity as only the concrete which is in the tension part of the slab is replaced by the filler material.
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The filler material thus is not a structural part of the slab.
Filler slabs are one cost effective roofing system which is based on the concrete portions and instead placing filler material there.
Can you pls let me know any contractor who does filler slab roof in tellicherry kerala my house is under construction and roofing has to be done.
A filler slab roof using clay pans.
So there was no need to do special ceiling works.
The roof was constructed using the filler slab method.
Advantages of using filler slab roof.
Filler slab is alternate slab construction technology where part of concrete in bottom of slab is replaced by filler material.
That is where the filler slabs came into picture and in the late 1980 s in kerala many roofs were cast as filler slabs.
A combination of flat and slope roof add a distinct charm to the exteriors.
By the early 1980s many roofs were cast with filler material in kerala and later in bangalore too.
Rc filler slabs behaviorally the rc filler slab acts like any other rcc slab and as such does not pose any new problem not seen in regular rcc roof.
By reducing the quantity and weight of material the roof become less expensive yet retains the strength of the conventional slab.
The filler slab is a mechanism to replace the concrete in the tension zone.