Filler Roof Slab

The filler material thus is not a structural part of the slab.

Filler roof slab. One way to make a boring and expensive concrete slab sexy lighter and cheaper is to use a filler slab. Filler slab is based on the concrete portions and instead of placing filler material there and is one cost effective roofing system. Filler slab roof construction. The filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported the upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces.

For example grid of 35cm x 50cm is used for magalore tile as filler material and grid of 45cm x 45cm is used for clay pots of 40cm diameter filler. Since filler roof tiles are firmly bonded to and covered by concrete it does not collapse under the impact of say a coconut falling on the roof. The chance of a leak in a filler slab is much the same as the conventional r c c slab. Leak proofing filler slabs.

A filler slab is where we replace a portion of concrete in the tension zone of the slab with inexpensive lightweight filler materials such as clay roof mangalore tiles bricks earthen pots coconut shells glass bottles or any other creative material you can think of. By reducing the quantity and weight of material the roof become less expensive yet retains the strength of the conventional slab. The filler material. Once the shuttering is done the reinforcements are laid in grid form.

The mechanism the filler slab is a mechanism to replace the concrete in the tension zone. With proper supervision and workmanship leaks can be avoided.