Ferrocement Roofing Units

Ferrocement is being used in many residential industrial and marine applications.

Ferrocement roofing units.

It comprises of inverted ribbed hypar units of square shape in plan and integrated with a precast column with a down pipe at the center for the rainwater drainage. I just found this great technique for making ferrocement roofs at steve s flying concrete site. Ferrocement or ferroconcrete is a type of thin reinforced concrete component where small diameter wire meshes uniformly throughout the cross section. The easy way to make ferrocement roof panels.

A do it yourself book on f c. Strength to weight ratio elegant profile and uniform texture. We can produce such booklets for indian condition. Precast ferrocement elements have been used in india the philippines malaysia brazil papua new guinea venezuela and the pacific for roofs wall panels and fences.

Introduction there is a crying need for cheap bins and tanks for the safe and hygienic storage. Structures ferrocement is also used for housing units water tanks grain silos flat or corrugated roofing sheets and irri gation channels aci 549r. Precast corrugated roof units reinforced with local fibers comparable to asbestos cement sheet and. Roof written by author for international ferrocement information centre ait bangkok thailand is in wide circulation since 1978.

Posted on january 24 2012 by owen geiger january 24 2012. Approximately and ferrocement portal and purlins replacing ac sheets and structurals steel trusses and purlins. Make ferrocement roof panels on the ground so you don t have to plaster overhead. The ferrocement roof consists panels size 1 5mtrs x1 2mtrs.

Single precast roofing units can be used to cover small structures. Steve explains how to make roof panels on the ground so. Roofing has been used at large scale for housing schools hospital buildings godowns etc. With respect to ferrocement roofing class b castro developed dome shaped units for low cost roofing in mexico and the monopod system was developed in the philippines.

This publication provides a total package on trough shaped f c. Unlike ac sheet metal frp roof all the ferrocement panels are joined monolithically. Ferrocement roofing units 14 ferrocement biogas plant digesters gas holders 16 ferrocement septic tanks 18 irrigation cum drainagechannel 20 ferrocement manhole covers 22 ferrocement leakproof treatment for tanks roofs 24. Roofing unit up to 6 m span.

There will be no nuts and bolt arrangement as in the case of ac sheet metal frp roofs. Roofing system with in between support elements can span larger roofs.