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.

Concrete joists with lips on either side about halfway up are placed on the floor. We go over all the necessary steps for your concrete slab to come out perfect. Just how well this works depends to a great extent on the floor construction. 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.

Block and beam 81 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.

Beam and block floors. In this video we show you how to pour your basic 16 x 12 concrete slab. Time to get building again. Only 6 8 concrete topping required.

They are normally pre fabricated offsite and transported by truck. Most self builders now fit underfloor heating into their homes. This results in a cost savings in concrete of 25 50. 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.

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.