Construction: Alternative Mealtime

Limited land a barrier when you want to put the dinner table. One solution to solve laying the dinner table is to create a table of concrete materials that blend with the kitchen wall.

Common problems that occur in a small house with limited land is limited placement of furniture, such as a table for dinner. Selection table becomes limited because only a few forms and specific measures that can be placed in the home.

If you get bored with the shape of the table-that alone, it can try to make the dining table made of plate made of reinforced concrete.

As Table Permanent

Table of the concrete material is made into the wall in the kitchen of one side directly adjacent to the kitchen. Because this table is united and not moveable so this table is permanent.

Strength of this table is the support found on the wall that separates the kitchen with the dining room. Structure table rested on the wall only on one side only. As for the other side is not supported. Plate structures are commonly known as table with cantilever structure. Thus it appears that this table as if flying for just one side of depend on.

Although only supported on one side only, this table can still support the weight on it because its main strength is on the structure table plates that are attached to a wall support. Because it does not have to worry about plate table will be sagged, except on the surface of the table plate which were given excessive weight and treated normally.

Table of this concrete plate surface can be covered by other materials such as ceramic, marble, or granite. But this election should consider the weight of the material itself. Do not let the material so that the lid is too heavy load supported by a plate table becomes excessive and can result in the table collapsed. Thus, it is advisable to use the cover of the ceramic material.

When will use other materials that cover still-dimensional structure is allowed but must be considered again. Marble example. With marble weights tend to be more severe than ceramic, the consequence is the size of the table should also be thicker. Similarly foundation planted in the wall must also be safe if you get a load on it. Besides the plat enlarged dimensions, dimensions must be enlarged the pedestal back. If not, the structure will experience the pedestal crack and this is very dangerous for those nearby.

Making Structure

If interested in making this table, the table size can be adjusted with the living space and needs. The important thing is to consider the power structure. The most determining whether or not there is a measure of the deflection plate itself sectional plate (plate thickness). Determination of thick plate depends from the load factors that work on it and deflections that will occur.

To plate the table, recommended measures have penampangnya spans from the point of 60 cm length the crutches adjusted to the size of the remaining space. While safe plate thickness with a width of 60 cm span is about 10 cm.

Because it is a reinforced concrete structure, the dimension of Steel that is used must be considered also. With dimensions of 60 cm wide and spans the thickness of 10 cm, diameter of steel foundation used is 9 mm.

Reinforcement steel woven foundation spaced about 10 cm and mounted on the printing plate before the table has been installed first. Reinforcement must be installed into the wall as footing. The trick is to bend the  foundation plate by 90 degrees and attached to the supporting wall. After that level the concrete surface of the plate when caste.

To print, use wooden planks and hanging on the wood supported using size 4 / 6. This buffer timber used as a temporary power when the concrete has not dried up. After about 28 days, the mold can be removed. And then given a surface layer of ceramic or other materials.

At the time of making license plate, make sure the surface of the table plate exactly flat and no slope. Therefore, when installing a concrete mold plates in order to use water pass flat surface. If the surface is flat so when used to eat the food on the table will feel comfortable.

Plus minus concrete table
Plus:
Having more power than the wooden table.
The surface can be given a variety of materials, ranging from ceramics to granite.
With a variety of materials as a coating, a strong surface to heat and cold, and easy to clean when there is a stain.

Minus:
This table can not be moved.
Size the performance very limited. If made more widely so that large expenses required for the concrete-forming material is also expensive as cement, sand, and Steel.