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Precast Flooring

About Precast Flooring

Taranto's prestressed hollowcore floors are available in depths of 100mm to 200mm.

Precast concrete floors provide excellent resistance to fire, sound and noise transfer. The hollowcore construction also delivers outstanding thermal properties.

Prestressed Hollowcore Flooring

Safe Working Load in kN/M2Excl. Self Wt For Spans in Metres
100 100 150 150 200 200 200
4.0 8.3 16.8 16.2 - - - -
4.5 6.1 12.7 13.0 21.3 14.9 - -
5.0 4.5 9.4 10.7 16.7 11.8 23.0 24.7
5.5 Span in metres 3.3 6.8 9.0 13.2 9.6 18.2 19.6
6.0 - 4.9 7.3 10.0 7.8 14.6 15.6
6.5 - - 5.8 7.8 6.5 11.6 12.6
7.0 - - 4.7 5.9 5.4 9.3 10.1
7.5 - - 3.8 4.3 4.5 7.4 8.2
8.0 - - - 3.1 3.7 5.7 6.6
8.5 - - - - 8.3 4.2 5.2
9.0 - - - - 2.0 3.0 4.1
9.5 Span in metres - - - - - - 3.2
10.0 - - - - - - 2.4
10.5 - - - - - - 1.7
11.0 - - - - - - -
11.5 - - - - - - -
12.0 - - - - - - -
Structural Screed Depth mm None 50 None 50 None 50 None
Ultimate Bending Moment kN-m 43 80 84 129 136 175 180
Ultimate Shear Force kN 196 N/A 106 N/A 139 N/A 163

Beam and Block Flooring

Taranto Beam & Block Flooring provides a cost effective ground floor particularly suitable for residential developments.

Max Effective Span in Metres Super Imposed Load kN/M2
Application Layout Condition Block Density Kg/M3 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5 Domestic Garage with 75mm Reinforced Screeed
1900 3.830 3.657 3.505 3.370 3.140 2.872 3.217
1900 4.296 4.105 3.938 3.789 3.534 3.324 3.471
1900 4.979 4.766 4.577 4.409 4.121 3.882 3.805