Roof Slab Thickness

A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.

Roof slab thickness.

Commercial is typically steel w a composite deck so you ll have a 5 6 slab sitting on top of steel beams. Minimum thickness of rcc slab i recommend is 5 125mm because a slab may contain electrical pipes embedded into them which could be 0 5 or more for internal wiring which effectively reduces slab depths at certain places causing cracking weakening and water leakage during rains. When installed however the shingles overlap doubling the thickness. In the conventional type of slab there is no need for providing column caps.

Slab roof of the conventional kitchen with a storage tank to provide about 0 2 m 3 of hot water of 50 65 c for various domestic purposes. A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. 5 to 6 inches is recommended if the concrete will receive occasional heavy loads such as motor homes or garbage trucks. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.

The reinforcement details for rcc roof can be categorized in two ways. During harmattan and rainy period solar energy is to be supplemented by fuelwood for water heating. So a minimum thickness of 5 should be maintained. You could also do a low mid rise with joists sheathing and a concrete topper 2 or gypcrete 3 4 or so.

The thickness of conventional slab is 4 or 10cm. Slab on ground 1 4 minimum thickness of diaphragms. With that in mind i ve seen slabs as thick as 16 18 due to column spacing. A solar collector of 3 2 m 2 area mounted on the r c.

Standard asphalt shingles add very little thickness to the roof because a standard three tab shingle is about 3 16 inch thick. 1 3 minimum thickness of slab on the ground ubc recommends minimum thickness of concrete floor slabs supported directly on the ground to be 89mm whereas bcgbc4010a apply structural principles to residential low rise constructions determined minimum thickness to be 100mm.