Floating slabs are sometimes called monolithic slabs because they have no contact with the foundation. In some construction floating slab is used as support and only after the foundation has been constructed that we throw the floating slab.
Usually monolithic slab is less expensive than Floating slabs. Floating slabs also happens to be a monolithic slab-shaped as an upside-down U, where concrete is to be applied monolithically or in 2/3 steps. Mono pour which means the way it is built and poured, rather than the kind of the foundation of a building.
What Is Shuttering?
It is a part of formwork, or you may call it as derivative of formwork. Shuttering is a vertical temporary arrangement which is arranged to bring concrete in a desired shape.
Formwork which supports vertical arrangement is known as shuttering. In a technical point of view, Formwork for columns, footings, retaining walls is called as a Shuttering.
What Is Grouting?
Grouting is the process of injecting material into cavities or cracks in concrete, masonry structure, soil, rock-mass to increase the structure’s load-bearing capacity refers to grouting and the material used for this objective is called grout.
A mixture of cement, sand, and water or chemical helps to fill gaps refers to grout. It is used to repair concrete cracks, filling gaps in tiles, sealing joints and gaps filling for waterproofing and also for soil stabilization.