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Types of Tiles Used in Building Construction

14/09/2018 By Liton Biswas Leave a Comment

Types of Tiles Used in Building Construction

We can’t imagine a building finishes without tiles. Due to sustainability, aesthetic look and a wide variety of ranges, tiles have become popular in the construction industry. There are various types of tiles used in building construction nowadays. When I first started my career in building construction industry, I was confused about the types of […]

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How to Calculate The Dry Volume of Mortar

07/09/2018 By Liton Biswas 4 Comments

How to Calculate The Dry Volume of Mortar

We need to calculate the dry volume of mortar whenever we want to know the required quantity of cement and sand for preparing mortar for our masonry work. Nowadays, cement mortar is mostly used for all types of masonry work. When we estimate the volume of mortar for various masonry work, we just get the wet […]

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What is The Dry Volume of Concrete and How to Calculate It?

31/08/2018 By Liton Biswas Leave a Comment

What is The Dry Volume of Concrete and How to Calculate It?

If you want to estimate concrete ingredients, you need to know the dry volume of concrete. To estimate the concrete quantity we just take the dimension from drawings and then calculate the volume. The result we get is the actual concrete quantity and it is the wet volume of concrete. If you order ready-mix concrete […]

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How to Calculate The Cement Sand Quantity for Plastering

24/08/2018 By Liton Biswas 3 Comments

How to Calculate The Cement Sand Quantity for Plastering

For making masonry wall in a building we normally use bricks or concrete blocks. The surface of the concrete blocks and bricks are uneven. And the size of bricks or concrete blocks isn’t always same. So, after constructing walls we see uneven surfaces. To make the wall surfaces smooth and even we make plaster on […]

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How to Calculate The Quantity of Cement And Sand in Mortar

17/08/2018 By Liton Biswas 8 Comments

How to Calculate The Quantity of Cement And Sand in Mortar

Mortar is a mixture of cement, sand, and water. More specifically it is called cement mortar. Cement mortar is used in almost all types of masonry work in civil construction. Such as brickwork, plasterwork, tiles work etc. Although there is dry ready mix mortar available in the market, we often prepare mortar manually in our […]

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