The required anchor load capacity depends on the design wind speed as well as the roof truss span.
Roof wall design with cement.
Sufficiently waterproof concrete can be achieved and is regularly used for water tanks ships pipe and more.
Each home was designed and constructed using an icf wall system and lite deck icf roof system.
Just like icf walls the combination of foam and concrete in the roof protects interior spaces from outside temperature fluctuations.
Concrete weighs a lot and the outside walls have to be capable of supporting the giant slab.
Figure 4 shows a typical roof truss anchor cast into the bond beam of a concrete masonry bearing wall.
Three of the homes featured a gable roof design one a hip design.
Moreover a flat roof is a poor choice for a location with harsh winter and much snow.
For this reason adding a concrete roof onto a wood.
For an exposed concrete roof installation it is recommended that a competent concrete mix design consultant or concrete supplier be engaged to assist in the development of the concrete mix to be used.
But just because a home has a concrete roof doesn t mean that it has to be flat.
But today we will review the most trendy modern concrete flat roof house plans.
Near airports these icf roofs have proven to dramatically reduce sound infiltration.
The two homes with longer spans required 10 lite deck system the two shorter spans used 6 lite deck.