Flying Concrete Roof

After curing a week this panel was drug out of the form with a backhoe the owner plans on reinforcing fixing the lower mold since we need 5 more roof panels from it and the idea seems to be working.

Flying concrete roof.

Landio unscripted episode 7 inspired by renowned architects antoni gaudi and james hubbell jeff is entering year 11 on t. It must be correctly designed and constructed. All types of arrangements of supporting the unsafe structure in which the shores do not reach the ground come under this category. When planning a flat concrete roof you should also decide on what finish you want on it.

This is the roof in my living room a shell shaped boveda. Check out my recent work. Flying concrete house tour 2019. This one was quick using semi skilled folks.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. The walls must be built strong enough to support it. Conventional roofing materials are stripped by high winds and become part of the flying missile stream as well as. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.

There are a number of possibilities ranging from bare concrete to tiles or even shingles. Light weight aggregate made it easy to nail on 3 8 re bar and plaster. Cabbage roof under construction tim s small shop. The largest span is 6 meters.

Flat concrete roofs as they are locally constructed have a number of issues. Our locally available aggregate here in san miguel is a type of pumice espumilla or arenilla which we typically mix 8 1 or 10 1 by volume with cement for walls and 5 1 for roofs. Most lightweight concrete has a good r value and is a good insulator of heat and sound. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers.

More or less a sand cast in an old creek bed. This is the first roof panel we cast in texas. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. Flying shores is a system of providing temporary supports to the party walls of the two buildings where the intermediate building is to be pulled down and rebuilt figure 4 and 5.

For an exposed concrete roof installation it is recommended that a competent concrete mix design consultant or concrete supplier be engaged to assist in the development of the concrete mix to be used. A well built and maintained concrete roof should last at least 200 years.