Filler Slab Roof
Thus the filler slab as the roof has the following advantages.
Filler slab roof. By reducing the quantity and weight of material the roof become less expensive yet retains the strength of the conventional slab. The filler material thus is not a structural part of the slab. The consumption of steel is lesser than that of the solid slab. The size of grid depends on structural design and size of filler material.
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. Once the shuttering is done the reinforcements are laid in grid form. The mechanism the filler slab is a mechanism to replace the concrete in the tension zone. With proper supervision and workmanship leaks can.
Due to the reduction of concrete volume the overall cost of slab is lower than solid slab even after considering additional cost of mangalore tiles. Due to the use of low cost less heavy filler material such as clay pots rejected cali cut tiles and broken pieces of cement blocks the filler slab consumes less concrete and steel as compared to conventional rcc slab. Filler slab is based on the concrete portions and instead of placing filler material there and is one cost effective roofing system. Since filler roof tiles are firmly bonded to and covered by concrete.
Leak proofing filler slabs. Strength of filler slabs tests by different institutions and laboratories has proved the load bearing capacity of filler slab and found it no less in performance from the conventional r c c. The filler material.