Housing problem in cities of Pakistan is becoming acute. Conventional on site constructing techniques are not adequate to cope with the increasing demand for houses. Some degree of industrialization is desirable through the use of prefabricated building components to over come housing shortage. Structural sandwich panels is a new form of prefabricated construction. Reported herein is the roofing work of an experimental house using prefabricated structural sandwiches. Introduction of new ideas and their acceptance by the society is a problem common to all fields of activity, especially so in case of building industry due to traditions and high economic stakes involved. Thus cooperative efforts between research organizations and various construction agencies is the need of the hour. This will not only help clear away any public misgivings but will also help generate feed back information vital to any research work in prefabricated building construction.