Reinforced Concrete Roof

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

Reinforced concrete roof.

The steel deck panels are embossed in a manner which when filled with concrete allows the elements of the construction to respond to load as a single unit. Plain concrete does not easily withstand tensile and shear stresses caused by wind earthquakes vibrations and other forces and is therefore unsuitable in most structural applications. Beneath the roof cover structural concrete roof decks are commonly topside insulated using adhered insulation panels or cast in place lightweight insulating concrete. Insulated reinforced concrete roof decks the only known roof systems that have consistently survived high category hurricane and tornado velocity winds have been built with structural reinforced concrete decks securely and sufficiently connected to structural reinforced concrete or reinforced concrete block walls.

The steel joists will provide a strong foundation for the flat concrete roofing. Beneath the roof cover structural concrete roof decks are commonly topside insulated using adhered insulation panels or cast in place lightweight insulating concrete. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. Reinforced concrete concrete in which steel is embedded in such a manner that the two materials act together in resisting forces.

Next place the concrete slab on its face. The bottom of the joists should rest on either a beam or a wall. This will give it the support it requires. Step 5 placing the concrete slabs.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. As the width of the concrete slab is 16 3 4 inches place the steel joists at this distance. Structural concrete composite deck a supported steel panel deck system filled with normal weight or structural lightweight concrete. The open end should face sideways.