Structural Slab Level Vs Structural Floor Level

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Structural slab level vs structural floor level.

Issues related to sloping of floors slabs varying the thickness of floors limits to sloping floors and the shortcoming of adding a slab edge to a sloped floor slab. To ensure this minimum thickness is achieved the steel beams are undercambered intentionally. These slabs will contain steel reinforcing rebar or post tensioning tendons. Floor finishing level is the final reduced level of the flooring level tiles marble.

Structural slabs are typically elevated concrete slabs 2nd floor 3rd floor roof etc. Per say the floor finish level is 50 mm generally above the concrete mother slab level. Typically highways and parking lots along with most industrial warehouse and commercial floor slabs are designed with plain structural concrete. The structural slab usually is at the same level throughout except when required to have a drop in level due to drop in ffl or due to structural design.

The architectural floor the arch structural floor and the concrete slab. We know the steel will deflect under the weight of the wet concrete and because the slabs are often ul rated the design slab thickness is a minimum thickness to achieve the necessary fire resistance. The steel provides. Plain concrete slabs will be thicker than structural slabs yet in most cases cost effective compared to structural slabs.

The average person can sense if a floor slopes 1 inch in 10 feet and sloping floors or sagging floors are often one of the warning signs that structural engineers look for when analyzing a house. Although most floors slope it is important to know how much and why. Ffl finished floor level. And not being able to slope a variable thickness floor.

The ultimate goal is a flat level slab.