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290 Versatile technology – w.r.t profiles of roofing channels (subject to structural design)
R 38
15
Double layered stacking of channels is possible, if stack area in site is less
R4
Reinforcement
40
40
bar (as per span Nlb of channel
45 750 45
of channel) s p e ci fi c a ti ons
100
Ferrocement Clear bay length : 750 mm (Outer dimension 840 mm, including
FerrocementChannel FerrocementChannel Channel two 40 x 45 mm nibs at bottom)
Profile (FC 290) S ection(FC 290) Rise of arch : 290 mm
(all dimensions in mm)
Shell thickness : 25 mm
Unit weight : 50 kg per meter length
Length : Upto 5.4 m
Design mix : Cement: Fine Aggregate 1:2 to 1:3 by weight, M25 grade
Parapet wall Terrace Water: Cement ratio 0.45 to 0.55
Gola for terrace Fine Aggregate should be coarse sand confirming to
cement concrete 1:2:4 Water-proofing layer grading Zone II as per IS Code 383-1970
Lean concrete filling Standard flooring / Terracing Mesh reinforcement : 200 mm strip of MS weld mesh of 12 gauge,
or brick bat concrete 25 mm square opening along crown of channel
Ferrocement roofing channels
GI wire chicken mesh of hexagonal 12 mm opening,
22 gauge, throughout the shell and double layer of
1 m length at both ends of channel
Nib reinforcement : Roof application: from 6 mm for 3 m span to
(1 no. In both nibs)12 mm for 5.4 m span
Floor application: from 8 mm for 3 m span to
Valley concrete125 mm Beam / Band as per
Beam / Band thick M 15 grade
16 mm for 5.4 m span
structural requirement
as per structural Design load : As per BIS: 875
requirement Load carrying capacity of FC Channel roof varies from 650
Support structure of beams
2 2
kg/m to 1200 kg/m depending on the reinforcement
Inside / Ceiling
Plain cement concrete 1:2:4 upto 125 mm thickness and light weight local material for
Valley Filling the remaining depth
Ferrocement Channel Roof 620 MJ/sq.m as compared to 750 MJ/sq.m for a 4’’ thick RCC roof
Embodied MJ – Mega Joules
Energy