Ground Floor Slab Substructure

5 1 18 laying the ground bearing floor slab.

Ground floor slab substructure.

B4 2 substructure including ground floor slab but excluding piling 504 kb. A concrete slab is a common structural element of modern buildings consisting of a flat horizontal surface made of cast concrete. A slab foundation is made of concrete that is typically 4 6 thick in the center. Certifiers must satisfy themselves that adequate details for the foundations and or pile caps have been prepared and that sufficient design calculations which take account of the overall loadings and the findings of the ground investigation.

The performance of the floor slab system depends on its ability to control regulate and or moderate these environmental control loadings on the interior of the floor slab to desired levels. 5 1 2 provision of. Slab insulation can be done with large sheets of high density foam laid all the way under the internal floor panels with only the edge and internal beams penetrating to foundation level. Steel reinforced slabs typically between 100 and 500 mm thick are most often used to construct floors and ceilings while thinner mud slabs may be used for exterior paving see below in many domestic and industrial buildings a thick concrete slab supported on.

The concrete slab is often placed on a layer of sand for drainage or to act as a cushion. 5 1 19 damp proof course. 5 1 17 ground floor slab and concrete. Alternatively the common and very cost effective waffle pod slab supplies sufficient insulation in all but alpine climate zones see waffle pod slabs.