How To Install A Suspended Concrete Floor

Using a composite steel and concrete design the floor slab can be thinner than conventional residential suspended slab systems.

How to install a suspended concrete floor.

Beam and block floors. 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. In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab. 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.

Just how well this works depends to a great extent on the floor construction. Block and beam 81 m. 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. Concrete floors are high mass and will act like a giant storage heater staying warm for many hours without any heat.

Most self builders now fit underfloor heating into their homes. Practical activity for illawarra carpentry students to complete formwork to suspended slabs beams and columns. We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect. Only 6 8 concrete topping required.

This results in a cost savings in concrete of 25 50. They are normally pre fabricated offsite and transported by truck. Suspended timber 58 m. Suspended slabs are made of concrete and steel mesh the same as a ground slab.

All you need to know. A suspended floor is a ground floor with a void underneath the structure.