How To Install A Suspended Concrete Floor

Some slabs have hollow channels running through them these hollow core slabs are used to help reduce weight and also to allow cabling and piping to be run through the slab.

How to install a suspended concrete floor. Suspended timber 58 m. Most self builders now fit underfloor heating into their homes. In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab. Just how well this works depends to a great extent on the floor construction.

Beam and block floors. Practical activity for illawarra carpentry students to complete formwork to suspended slabs beams and columns. A suspended floor is a ground floor with a void underneath the structure. All you need to know.

Using a composite steel and concrete design the floor slab can be thinner than conventional residential suspended slab systems. The garage conversion requires the floor to be raised to match the house so first job is to build a suspended floor. They are normally pre fabricated offsite and transported by truck. Block and beam 81 m.

The floor can be formed in various ways using timber joists precast concrete panels block and beam system or cast in situ with reinforced concrete. Suspended slabs are made of concrete and steel mesh the same as a ground slab. Larger extensions often benefit from a suspended concrete floor almost all new builds are now built using this system as it is quicker you can walk on it sooner and it reduces any risk of damp coming up through the floor. This results in a cost savings in concrete of 25 50.

Only 6 8 concrete topping required. We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect.