Terracotta Filler Slab Roof

An alternative roofing technology.

Terracotta filler slab roof.

Photograph by ar hamid mm. Filler slab technology is a simple and a very innovative technology for a slab construction. The filler slab is based on the principle that for roofs which are simply supported the upper part of the slab is subjected to compressive forces and the lower part of the slab experience tensile forces. The reason why concrete and steel are used together to construct rcc slab is in their individual properties as separate building materials and their individual limitation.

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The roof garden also makes urban outdoor spaces for the people. Filler slab with terra cotta pots as fillers filler slab roof construction where inverted hemispheres of terra cotta pots are pre cast and made to rest over reinforced concrete beams before the concreting process. Tropical architecture indian architecture roof architecture facade house house roof style at home roof design house design low budget house. At a high temperature of more than 1000 degrees the clay is solidified into ceramics.