Concrete is not warm or soft or pleasant to the touch like wood is for example and that gives it a bad reputation in a certain sense.
House concrete slab roof design.
Steel yield strength fy 40 ksi.
Due to the features of the design it would be extremely hard for this house to withstand the vagaries of the weather and heavy rain snowfall.
Slabs s1 and s2 to be designed.
Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.
Concrete compressive strength fc 3 ksi.
Of living space that features 4 beds and 5 baths.
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Moreover a flat roof is a poor choice for a location with harsh winter and much snow.
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A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like.
Somehow the idea of living in a concrete house doesn t sound that appealing and that s because of the cold nature of this material.
A concrete slab can protect a home from termites or other similar insects as there are no open spaces underneath the house that provide access to wooden joists or supports insects could chew.
But today we will review the most trendy modern concrete flat roof house plans.
The simplest way to construct a roof terrace is by utilising a concrete slab.
Design the roof slab beam and column of house given in figure 1.
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A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.
For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.
Even though a treated concrete slab is waterproof standing water on a roof terrace should be avoided and so all roof terrace slabs should.