Author name: Yugal Shukla

Adding a swimming pool in setback area

How to Better use Setbacks / Margins in Buildings

Margins around the house in a residential property is a pre-requisite of zoning the land. With many rules and regulations, people sometimes have the misconception that setbacks are a wastage of space; real estate is money, after all. But there are unique ways of using the extent which beautifies and utilizes these margins better. Setbacks […]

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sustainablebuilding material used for construction

Construction Materials For Green Certification in India

Green Building is about making the optimum use of resources throughout the timeline of building construction, with energy-efficient actions and designs. With numerous benefits from certifications to economic considerations, technology today encourages people to use more eco-friendly materials and local construction techniques with better performance and durability. Selecting the appropriate materials according to the geographical

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shallow water and tree line area in setback area

How to Use Setback Space in Residential Buildings?

Margins around the house in a residential property is a pre-requisite of zoning the land. With many rules and regulations, people sometimes have the misconception that setbacks are a wastage of space; real estate is money, after all. But there are unique ways of using the extent which beautifies and utilizes these margins better. Margins

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Ecofriendly Construction Materials for Green Building Certification

Green Building is about making the optimum use of resources throughout the timeline of building construction, with energy-efficient actions and designs. With numerous benefits from certifications to economic considerations, technology today encourages people to use more eco-friendly materials and local construction techniques with better performance and durability. Selecting the appropriate materials according to the geographical

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What is a setback

What are Setbacks – Significance and Design Implications

What are Setbacks? Set back is a dedicated space/margin between the superstructure/ building and the road/street or neighbouring plots on all sides. It is provided to maintain environmental security, privacy and safety. Every state government has building policies, which are regulated by local government bodies. There should be no permanent structure in setbacks that discourage

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Designs in External Plaster

How much cement, sand and water is required for 12mm thick plastering?

Plastering is done on the walls to remove surface imperfections, maintain line level and alignment. In addition to that it also acts as a protective surface for external walls. Cement plaster, Gypsum plaster and Lime plaster are the commonly used plastering materials for house constructions. Cement plaster is made by mixing cement and sand in the

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Ratio of Cement, Sand and Coarse aggregate used in Concrete

How to Calculate Quantities of Cement, Sand and Aggregate for Nominal Concrete Mix (1:2:4)? – Happho

Mix design is a process of determining the right quality materials and their relative proportions to prepare concrete of desired properties like workability, strength, setting time and durability. While following a mix design is advised to optimise the material consumption, it is not possible at site to always come up with Mix design. Nominal mix

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