Sand is one of the most commonly used and an important material in construction. Sand is used as fine aggregate in concrete and used in plastering along with cement. Its also used as a filler materials beneath the tiles. There are various types of Sands currently that can be used in Construction. Types of Sand […]
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Getting a home of your own in metropolitan cities has turned into a luxury these days. Hoping for a sufficiently big kitchen is considered to be too ambitious. To greatly increase storage, display and functionality there need to be some necessary renovations done in the kitchen. To ease the task of revamping your kitchen Modular
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A. Bulking of Sand The volume of a given quality of Sand varies according to its moisture content. If the sand is wet, particles get a covering of water, which due to surface tension, keeps them separately and thus causes an increase in volume known as “Bulking“. Bulking increases gradually with moisture content and the
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Building Material Materials that are used for Construction Purposes are called Building Materials. Building materials can be categorized into two sources, natural and synthetic. In order to construct a good quality house in the amount you have budgeted, a thorough understanding of the quality parameters, cost and quantities of these building materials are required. Material
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Early Cracks in Plasters aren’t just unpleasant but they are indicative to something wrong in material selection or the procedure used for application. The most Common defects observed in Plasters are Plastic shrinkage cracks & drying shrinkage cracks. Let us now understand the reasons of occurrence of these cracks in Plaster and steps to be taken
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Staircases can be one of the most difficult elements of a structure to design. The number of steps that they have to cover, the slope of the stairs, the shape of the stairs, even the material used to create the stairs etc. can leave one confused and feeling helpless. However, we hope that this article provides
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One of the unique interior decor styles is the Bohemian Interior Decor. It is so chirpy and perky, it’s hard not to keep staring. Vibrancy using hues of red and purple is what’s most common. The perfect analogy for this interior design is the purposely messy fishtail braid. It’s as much the homey-welcoming kind as
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Have you ever seen light escaping through a vertical and falling on the surface creating a pattern. A pattern that creates a drama, dances, plays a rhythm, symmetry, parametric, asymmetry of form, of space. Yes that is the ability of a screen (also known as lattice, Mesh, Jali work). These screens are from centuries, with
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Aggregate is a granular material, such as sand, gravel, crushed stone used with a cement to produce either concrete or mortar. Aggregate is relatively inexpensive and does not enter into complex chemical reactions with water; it has been customary, therefore, to treat it as inert filler in concrete and mortar. However, due to increasing awareness
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Steel reinforcement play very critical role in influencing the structural behaviour of concrete. They are strong in tension at the same time ductile enough to bent or shaped. Thermal expansion of steel and cement are approximately same. And it bonds well with the concrete.plain concrete without steel or any other reinforcement is strong in compression
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