Residential Roof Slab Thickness

Below i will share my thoughts on what sort of metal thickness or gauge is best for residential metal roofing.

Residential roof slab thickness.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. This is one of the types of concrete slabs. Building is residential with live load of about 750 lbs. For example one way slab thickness calculation is different and easier from hellip.

To prepare the base cut the ground level to the proper depth to allow for the slab thickness. Roofs with very heavy loads may require 3 4 inch thickness. In general 6 inch 150mm slab thickness is considered for residential and commercial buildings with reinforcement details as per design. Regardless of thickness the plywood should be a type suitable for exterior use graded exterior or exposure 1 references.

The thickness of dome slab is 0 15m. We would like to show you a description here but the site won t allow us. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. Standard concrete floor slab thickness in residential construction is 4 inches.

Please if possible tell me about the minimum standards for structural design of mentioned building because i am not able to pay for a local civil. All the swimming pools for this building will be located on the roof between the columns requiring a slab thickness of 350mm. It is done primarily only with steel today. Five to six inches is recommended if the concrete will receive occasional heavy loads such as motor homes or garbage trucks.

Methods used for finding slab thickness varies for different types of slabs. And dome slab is built on the conventional slab. 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.

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. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.