How To Install A Suspended Concrete Floor

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How to install a suspended concrete floor.

Practical activity for illawarra carpentry students to complete formwork to suspended slabs beams and columns. Only 6 8 concrete topping required. A suspended floor is a ground floor with a void underneath the structure. 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.

The garage conversion requires the floor to be raised to match the house so first job is to build a suspended floor. Just how well this works depends to a great extent on the floor construction. Using a composite steel and concrete design the floor slab can be thinner than conventional residential suspended slab systems. Time to get building again.

Suspended slabs are made of concrete and steel mesh the same as a ground slab. Concrete joists with lips on either side about halfway up are placed on the floor. In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab. All you need to know.

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. Concrete floors are high mass and will act like a giant storage heater staying warm for many hours without any heat. This results in a cost savings in concrete of 25 50. 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.

Suspended timber 58 m. We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect.