IS14242:1995

( Reaffirmed 2005 )

Indian Standard
DESIGNANDCONSTRUCTIONOFROOFSUSING
PRECAST REINFORCED CONCRETE
L-PANELS- CODEOFPRACTICE

UDC 691.328-413 : 692.4

Q BIS 1995

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS

MANAK’ BHAVAN, 9 BAHADUR SHAH ZAFAR MARG
NEW DELHI 110002

March 1995 Price Group 3

Housing Sectional Committee, CED 51

FOREWORD

This Indian Standard was adopted by the Bureau of lndian Standards, after the draft finalized by the
Housing Sectional Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
Considerable shortage of houses in the country, which is also increasing continuously, has led to increa-
sing stress being laid in the development programmes of central and state governments, on facilitating
speedy and economical construction of houses. Problem of housing being enormous amongst the lower
income groups, both rural and urban, the greatest stress is being laid on housing for these target
groups.
This calls for development and standardization of new building materials and construction techniques
which are simple and economical, commensurate with structural and hygienic safety and durability, in
order to ensure speedy and economical construction.
This standard is one of the series of standards on new materials and techniques of roof/floor construc-
tion which when implemented is likely to result in substantial savings in materials and cost of cons-
truction, in addition to achieving speedy construction. The other standards in the series are:
a) Precast reinforced concrete L-panels for roofing -- Specification
b) Precast reinforced concrete planks and joists for roofing and flooring - Specification
c) Design and construction of floor and roof with precast reinforced concrete planks and joist -
Code of Practice
d) Prefabricated brick panel and partially precast concrete joist for flooring and roofing -
Specification
e) Design and construction of roofs and floors with prefabricated brick panel - Code of Practice
f) Precast reinforced concrete channel units for construction of floors and roofs - Specification
g) Design and construction of floor and roof with precast reinforced channel units - Code of
Practice
h) Construction of walls using precast concrete stone masonry blocks - Code of Practice

Prefabricated reinforced concrete L-panel can be used for construction of sloping roofs in place of
conventional roofings. It mainly consists of a full span reinforced concrete L-shaped component
thereby combining sheeting, purlins and battens of a conventional sloping roof into a monolithically
composed component fulfilling the functions of all these separate components. The panel acts as
L-beam having wide flange for resisting flexural compressive stress and hence resulting in saving
material and overall cost. Additional advantages of L-panels are its durability and its reusability to
suit temporary constructions.
Considerable assistance has been rendered in the preparation of this standard by the Central Building
Research Institute, Roorkee, who have developed this technique.
The Committee responsible for the formulation of this standard is given at Annex A.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the
final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in
accordance with IS 2 : 1960 ‘Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )‘. The number of
significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value
in this standard.
 IS 14242 : 1995

Indian Standard
DESIGNANDCONSTRUCTIONOFROOFSUSING
PRECASTvREINFORCEDCONCRETE
L-PANEL-CODEOFPRACTICE
1 SCOPE 3.2 Steel
1.1 This stattdard lays down the criteria for design of Mild steel cottfortnittg to grade 1 of IS 432 (Part 1) :
precast reittforced concrete L-panel for roof construc- 1982, high strettgtlt deforttted bars cottfortuing to
tiott attd the recotnntendatiotts for cottstructiott of roof IS 1786 : 1985 or other steels as recottttuettded in
with these L-yattel. IS 456 : 1978 shall be used.
2 REFERENCES 4 ELEMENTS OF ROOF
2.1 The Indiatt Stattdrds listed in Annex B are ttecessary 4.1 L-panel
adjuttcts to this standard.
3 MATERIALS L-yattel used for cottstructiott of roofs shall cottfortn to
IS 14241 : 1995.
3.1 Concrete
4.2 Supporting Rema
Concrete used for tttakittg L-yattels, supyortittg beattts, if
any, as well as the in-situ concrete shall conform to grade Supportittg beattt, whett used, shall be desigttrd as
M-15, or for higher raittfall area or corrosive atmosphere, simply suyporfed rectattgular beam as per IS 456 :
grade M-20 or M-25 of IS 456 : 1978. Raw materials used 1978. However, combination of a partially prrcast
for makittg concrete shall cottfontt to the requirements of reittforced cottcrete joist attd in-situ concrete with
IS 456 : 1978. Itttyernteability of concrete shall be ett- suitable reittforcetttrnt tuay provide. more economic
sured, in additiott to strettgth. While desigttittg the tuix desigtt of the supportittg beam, in such case a
or otherwise choosing the tuix proportions. Table 1 of Tee-beam shall be cottsidered for the desigtt as showtt
IS 14241 : 1995 should be followed. in Fig. I.

46mmMSBARS
@ 200 mm c/c FOR L 73000
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OR Ls3000
L PANEL

REi:JFORCEMENT
‘PARTIALLY PRECAST JOIST
JOINT AT RIDGE
BR,CKS in,D JOINT ON SUPPORTlNG JOIST
+6mm MS BARS@iOOmm CJC
FOR L>3m OR +3mm G I WIRES AFTER PLACING THE
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JOINT ON SUPPORTING MIDDLE WALL JOfNT ON SUPPORTING END WALL

IS 14242 : 1995
4.3 Channel IJnit
The last uttit at the eave itt case of a verattdah or where
wide facia is desired frottt aesthetic cottsideratiotts sltall
be of chamtel cross sectiott which shall also cottforttt to
IS 14241 : 1995.
5 DESIGN CRITERIA FOR L-PANELS
5.1 L-pattel shall be designed as sitttply supported
L-beattts in accordance with IS 456 : 1978.
5.2 Total tnotttettt acting on the L-pattels shall 1~ split
ittto two components, otte perpettdicular to the flange
of panel and the other parallel to the flattge of panel.
Thus if vertical sitttply supported Bettdittg Motttettt is
M, thett Bettdittg Motttettt perpettdicular to the tlattge
Ml = M cost attd parallel to the flattge Mz = M sin&
where augle Clis the attgle tttade by flattge of L-pattels
to the horizontal, which will be givett by the followittg
equatiott:
T
tatt 8 = i - (B _ b)
where
1 is the slope of supporting wall with ‘the
-_=
M horizoutal = tan 8,
T = thickness of flattge of L-panel,
B= Overall width of L-panels,
b = width of overlap oi‘ L-pattels in roof, attd
8 = slope of supportittg &II with horizontal.
However, the Bettdittg Motnettt parallel to the tlattge is
usually very stttall attd shall be takett care ofby the steel
provided in the flattge for temperature attd handling
stresses. Hettce, the L-pattel shall be desigtted as
per 5.1, only for Ihe tttotnettt Ml, perpettdirular to
the tlattge.
5.3 Safety agaittst shear force attd bottd stresses shall
also be checked as per IS 456 : 1978.
5.4 Loads
Following loads shall be cottsidered itt desigttittg the
L-panels:
i) Self weight,
ii) Live load as per IS 875 (Part 2) : 1987,
iii) Wind load as per IS 875 (Part 3) : 1987,
iv) Hattdlittg stresses while liftittg the uttit sitttply
supported and upside down. In abscttce of actual
load, 1.25 titttes the selfweightof (he pattels catt
be considered for calculation.
5.4.1 Load factors takett while desigttiug or checkirtg
the stability uttderwittd load attd hattdlittg stresses shall
be those recottttnettded in IS 456 : 1978.
5.5 No anchorage is usually fouttd ttecessary for basic
wittd pressure of 1SO kg/m* if the ditttettsiotts givett itt
Table 2 of IS 14241 : 1995 are adopted. For basic wittd
pressure higher than 1.50 kg/m’, anchorage shall be
designed. However, for ditttettsiotts other that1 those
ittdicated above, anchorage requirement shall always
be checked.
5.6 For the prevailittg wind pressures itt Lttdia, uo extra
reittforcetttettt in L-panels shall be tteeded to resistwittd
force.
6 SCJPPORTING BREAM OR TRUSS
6.1 Whet1 the roottts of large lettgths are required to be
covered by mare than otte span of L-panels, L-panels
shall be supported ou either a truss or a siutply sup-
p0rte.d rectatrgular reinforced concrete, steel or cottt-
posite beam. Any of these supporfittg metnbers shall be
designed to take all the loads cotniug ott the roof in
addition to its selfweight.
7 TRiU%PORTATION
7.1 The cotttpottettts tttay be trattsported by trolley, cart
or truck always keeping the flattge ttearly vertical. For
loadittg in layers, itttertttediate flat cross tintber pieces
shall be used behveett two layers.
8 ERECTION
8.1 The bearing surfaces of gable walls attd the L-
panels shall be properly cleaued to retttove dust and
loose material. The pattels shall thett be placed over the
gable walls with suitable overlap attd side bearing. The
joittts shall thett be filled with in-sirlr cottcrete of the
same grade as used for L-panel alottg with required
reinforcement (see Fig. 1). Perspective view of Ihe roof
cottstructed with L-panels
1. is showtt in Fig. 2.
8.2 in-situ cottcrete shall be cured by sprittklittg water
for at least otte week. Roof surfaces shall thett br
pairtted with cetnettt slurry cotttaittittg suitable water
proofing cotttpouttds (see IS 2645 : 1975).
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IS 14242 : 1995

ANNEXA
(FOr-Wd)

COMI’ITEE COMPOSITION
Housing Sectional Cotutnittee, CED 51

Chuirman Rep-esenting

DK P. S. A. SVNDARAM Ministry of Urban Development, New Delhi

Members
SHIU f3. R. AMUWANI Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Delhi
SHKIAROMARRAW The Action Research Unit, New Delhi
PROF1-f.P. BA~wRI School of Planning anci Architect, New Delhi
PROFSUBIRSAW (Alternate )
SHRI K. K. BHAINAGAR Housing and Urban Development Corporation, New Delhi
SHRI M. N. JOGLEKAR
(Alternate)
SHRI H. U. BULANI In personal capacity ( 1, Sad/ma Enclave, Punchheel Park, New Delhi
110017)

SHR, S. N. (ILA.nFRJEE Calcutta Municipal Corporation, Calcutta

CI~IEFARCHITECT Central Public Works Department, New Delhi
SENIORARUX~CT ( H & TP - 1) (Alternote )
Cuter ENGINEEH, Atrmoru~ Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority, Bomhay
Aacmmcr, AUTHORITY ( A lfernate )
CHIEF ENGINEER
(I)) Central Public Works Department, New Delhi
SUPERINTENDINGENGINEER
(D) (Alternate )
ENWNEEKMEMBER,DDA Delhi Development Authority, New Delhi
Smu Y. K. GARG National Housing Bank, New Delhi
SHRI (‘HETANVAIDYA( Alternate )
SW 0. P. GARYALI National Council for (‘ement and Building Materials, New Delhi
DR N. K. JAIN( Akrnute )
SW 7: N. GIPTA Building Material and Technology Promotion Council, New Delhi
SWJ HAK~~INDERSINUII Public Works Department, (;overnmcnt of Rrtjilsthan, Jaipur
SHRI R. N AWZAWAL( A krnule )
DR K. S. JAWXSH r’entre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas
(ASTRA), Bangalore
DR B. V. VENK~TAR~MAN
REDOY( Ahcrnu~e )
SHRI N. N. JAVDEK~R CIDC’G, Maharashtra
SHRI P. M. DESHPANDE
( Allernafe )
SHRIT. P. KALIAPPAN Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board, Government of'IkmilNadu, Madras
StIRiJ. BHWANESWARAN
( Alfernafe )
Miss NINA KAPOOR The Mud Village Society, New Delhi
SHRIA. K. M. KARfM Housing Department, Government of Mcghalaya, Shillong
SHRI K. R. S. KRISHNAN Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi
COL D. V. PADSALGIKAR B. G. Shirke and Cn, Pune
SHRIRAJA SINGH IRC’ON, New Delhi
SHRI S. SELVANTHAN
( Alternate )
DR A. C. MADI~AVARAO Structural Engineering Research C’entre ((.‘SIR), Madras
SHRI 1. K. MANI ( Alternate )
SHRIT.K. SAHA Engineer-in-chief’s Branch, New Delhi
SHRI R.K. MI~AL ( Alternate )
SHRIJ. S. SHARMA (‘entral Building Research Institute (CSIR). Roorkee
SHRI B. B. GARCi( Abernu/e )
SHRI J. VENKATAR~MAN, Director (ieneral, BIS (Lr-~,/p~c~oMenher)
Director (Civil Engg)
Member Secreiury
SHKI J. K. PRASAD
Joint Director (Civil Engg), HIS
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 IS 14242 : 1995

Panel Ihr Modular Coordination and Prefabrication for Mass Scale Housing, CEZD 5 1 : PZ

ANNEX B
( cfuus~2.1 )

Lls’l-OF KEFKKKED INlHhN S’I‘ANI)AKL)S

IS No. Title IS No. Title

432 (Part 1) Mild steel and medium ttmile steel ‘75 (Part 3, : ’ Ox7 Code of practice for design loads
(other than earthquake) for build-
: 1982 bars and hard-drawn steel wire for
concrete rehfflrcernent: Part 1 ing structures: Part 3 Wild loads
Mild steel and medium tensile steel (second revision)
bars (third rcvlsion) 17x0 : 19x5 Specification for high strength
deformed steel bars and wires for
456 : 197X Code of practice for plain and
concrete reiaforcemcnt (&hid
rehforccd concrete (tltird
rcvi.vion)
revision)
2645 : 1975 Specificatioii for integral cement
875 ( Part 2 ) Code of practice for design loads wa!er prooting coitqmd
: 19x7 ( other than earthquake ) for build- 1424, . 19c)5
Specification for precast
irig structures : Part 2 Imposed
reinhrred concrete L-pad for
loads ( sfmmd revision )
roofing
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