Low Cost Roof System For Rural Housing

J. P. SHRIMALI1, B.L. JAIN2 , SANJAY K. SHARMA3*
1 Senior Lecturer, Vidya Bhawan Polytechnic, UDAIPUR 2 Former Associate Professor UCE, RTU, KOTA 3 Proffessor and Head Civil Engg. Dept. NITTTR Chandigarh, India

*E-mail: sanjaysharmanitttr@gmail.com

 Abstract: Near about 5.6% of the total tribal population of India live in “MEWAR” and “VAGGAR” region of Rajasthan state. In this region, lot of tribals are residing in the out-skirts of Banswara, Udaipur, Pratapgarh and Dungarpur districts. They prefer to live in the jungle with the nature and build their huts by using local material and local skill. It is imperative to introduce the innovative technology of the construction of rural cost-effective huts, which is based on the adoption of the local environment and constructed with the house-hold themselves without the need of the modern tools & equipment. If, we analyze the building costs and its break up, it is observed that the main components of the building are foundation, wall, roof, door & window, flooring and finishing etc. The maximum expenditure for rural houses after construction of walls is in roofs which is 25 % of total expenditure. Therefore, to reduce the cost of the roof of the rural houses this study was under-taken. Necessary sustainable cost-effective techniques are developed for supporting system by use of Bamboo roof trusses and Bamboo spaced column for costeffective rural huts. The average cost break-up of rural hut are shown as below A rural house is a structure providing the suitable place for protecting rural people from heat, cold, rain and wild animals. It can be built with different types of roof covering materials like thatch, tiles, slate, galvanized iron sheets and corrugated asbestos sheets over a supporting structure at present it is a baulk or trunk of a tree and the mud walls.


DOI: 10.15415/jotitt.2014.21005


LINK: http://dspace.chitkara.edu.in/jspui/bitstream/1/504/4/21005_JOTITT_shrimali.pdf

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