Flying Concrete Roof

This is the roof in my living room a shell shaped boveda.

Flying concrete roof.

It must be correctly designed and constructed. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. Cabbage roof under construction tim s small shop. Light weight aggregate made it easy to nail on 3 8 re bar and plaster.

This is the first roof panel we cast in texas. Our locally available aggregate here in san miguel is a type of pumice espumilla or arenilla which we typically mix 8 1 or 10 1 by volume with cement for walls and 5 1 for roofs. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers. Flat concrete roofs as they are locally constructed have a number of issues.

All types of arrangements of supporting the unsafe structure in which the shores do not reach the ground come under this category. There are a number of possibilities ranging from bare concrete to tiles or even shingles. The walls must be built strong enough to support it. Landio unscripted episode 7 inspired by renowned architects antoni gaudi and james hubbell jeff is entering year 11 on t.

When planning a flat concrete roof you should also decide on what finish you want on it. The ribs are reinforced concrete beams for a second. Check out my recent work. This one was quick using semi skilled folks.

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. Conventional roofing materials are stripped by high winds and become part of the flying missile stream as well as. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. The first thing to note is that it is the reinforced concrete slab not the screed that keeps the water out.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. A well built and maintained concrete roof should last at least 200 years. The largest span is 6 meters. Most lightweight concrete has a good r value and is a good insulator of heat and sound.

After curing a week this panel was drug out of the form with a backhoe the owner plans on reinforcing fixing the lower mold since we need 5 more roof panels from it and the idea seems to be working. Expect the construction of a concrete roof to take a lot longer than a traditional roof since there are many more stages involved.