For a mild slope such as the 1 in 20 slope required for a wheelchair ramp a 3 in.
Sloped concrete roof slab.
Feb 12 2018 the reinforcement detail of a sloped concrete roof that is supported by a beam.
Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.
A 2 slope will probably ensure better drainage we could also find no slope tolerance for use when a floor slope is specified.
For steeper slopes you will have to go to a 1 in.
For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.
The important part is to have the top of the slab at door openings be at the 3 3 4 of exposed skirt board left.
A sloped concrete roof is much more complicated king confirms.
The general consensus is the minimum slope should be 1 8 per foot.
A network of metal or plastic channels placed along the edges of the insulation board projects above it to support the roof.
A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.
If you aren t sure just describe the job to the concrete dispatcher and they will tell you what slump to use.
Hips and valleys have to be engineered and a lot of it is using experience and professional judgment on the hoffman home king spec ed a steel i beam at the ridge line with the lite deck running perpendicular to the ridge.
A system for building sloped concrete roofs.
A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like.
Construction sloping roof using mixer truck latest technologies building sloping concrete roof.
This would work out to exactly the 4 5 inches in 36 feet which you had guesstimated.
Feb 12 2018 the reinforcement detail of a sloped concrete roof that is supported by a beam.
From a structural standpoint low slump concrete is good.
Embedded 3 4 inch into the roof slab after concreting these channels retain the insulation and serve as attachment points for interior ceiling finishes.