Filler Roof Slab

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.

Filler roof slab.

The filler material. The mechanism the filler slab is a mechanism to replace the concrete in the tension zone. Leak proofing filler slabs. One way to make a boring and expensive concrete slab sexy lighter and cheaper is to use a filler slab.

Once the shuttering is done the reinforcements are laid in grid form. 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. The filler material thus is not a structural part of the slab.

With proper supervision and workmanship leaks can be avoided. The chance of a leak in a filler slab is much the same as the conventional r c c slab. Filler slab roof construction. Filler slab technology is a simple and a very innovative technology for a slab construction.

The size of grid depends on structural design and size of filler material. By reducing the quantity and weight of material the roof become less expensive yet retains the strength of the conventional slab.