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In this video Er Sudeep Kumar Agrawal Corporate Trainer of Civil Guruji Civil Engineers Training Institute is Explaining Why SUNKEN SLAB is provided? Sunken Slab Advantages and Disadvantages
What Is Sunken Slab ?
The sunken slab is one of the familiar and adaptable ways to maintain architectural design in especially the washroom, as well as laundry areas
The sunken slab is a type of slab cast at a certain depth ( 200 mm or any other depending on design) below normal floor level, it is also known as a sunk slab, this extra depth is used for placing pipes, utility ducts, then space is filled with sand or other lightweight materials until the normal floor level.
MATERIAL USED TO FILL SUNKEN SLAB:
CLC blocks (Cellular Light Weight Concrete)
Broken Red clay Bricks
Broken Fly Ash Bricks
Coal lumps
Burnt Tar lumps
Brick Jelly
USES OF SUNKEN SLAB:
Sunken Slab used in the washroom.
It is used in the Washing area.
Any other area where sanitary pipes needed.
ADVANTAGES OF SUNKEN SLAB:
So that water can not come back.
All plumbing items concealed in the sunken slab.
It reduces noise.
Provide a better drainage system.
Easy to repair.
Can provide desired decoration in the space.
DISADVANTAGES OF SUNKEN SLAB:
The height decreases from slab to slab.
Experience or skilled labour is required to fabricate this kind of slabs.
In any such slab, waterproofing and brickbat construction take a longer time for construction.