Extension Concrete Floor Construction

Pour compact and finishing concrete floor slab4.
Extension concrete floor construction. Ventilation is required in the same way as a suspended timber floor. They can normally span greater distances than timber joists. 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. Contents concrete floor slab construction process1.
Assemble and erect formwork for slab2. Prepare and place reinforcement for slab3. This construction is similar to the timber floor above but uses either pre cast concrete planks or small pre cast concrete beams with concrete blocks laid between the beams. Concrete ground floors a good option for extensions ground floors built of solid concrete remain popular with small builders and can often be an economic solution for home extensions.
Part 3 to my video to how to do a foundation to a small extension. Cement concrete flooring is one of the most common types of flooring provided in houses. On solid walls of building pressure treated skirt board will serve as forms for pouring slab. In the event structural engineering for a concrete floor or any concrete or other masonry footings foundations walls or retaining walls is required or requested by you or a building official this is outside our engineer s scope.
They can normally span greater distances than timber joists. Ventilation is required in the same way as a suspended timber floor. In this video is the third part of the videos. Beam and block floors.
Concrete floor slab construction process includes erection of formwork placement of reinforcement pouring compacting and finishing concrete and lastly removal of formwork and curing of concrete slab. Easy to construct and maintain economical as compared to tiles marbles flooring step by step procedure for cement concrete floor construction first properly compact the earth in the plinth. This type of flooring has following advantages. Concrete joists with lips on either side about halfway up are placed on the floor.