Construction & Home Improvement Guide
Nowadays, every multi-story building (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.) requires an open ground story for parking space, lobbies, conference halls, banquet halls, etc. So the ground floor needs to keep free…
How To Calculate Length Of Roof Rafter In this article, we will discuss how to calculate the length of roof rafter. But, before we jump on the calculation, we need…
What Is Fly Ash Brick? Fly ash bricks are unconventional bricks manufactured from industrial wastes such as fly ash, cement, and sand/stone dust. These types of bricks are nowadays used…
What Is Shear Wall? Shear wall is a vertical element used to resist lateral forces such as wind and seismic forces acting on a building structure. It works as a…
Difference Between Short Column And Long Column There are different types of columns used in structures. In our previous article, we have already discussed that topic. In this article, I…
What Is Column? Column is a vertical member which transfers loads of a structure from beam and slab to the foundation. The effective depth of a column exceeds three times…
Mild steel plates are widely used in construction works. There are different sizes of mild plates available in the market. In this article, I will explain how to calculate the…
Staircase is one of the most important components of a building. It helps people to access different floors of a building. When it comes to constructing a staircase, it is…
Cover is the thickness of concrete measured from the nearest outer surface of reinforcement. Cover is mainly provided to protect the reinforcement bars. In RCC structure reinforcement provided in concrete…
The importance of bathroom in our daily life cannot be ignored. Because bathroom is the place where people not only clean themselves but also get relaxed. However, when it comes…
What Is Rat Trap Bond? Rat trap bond is a type of brick masonry wall in which bricks are laid in vertical position instead of conventional horizontal position creating a…
Checking the quality of a flat or house is not an easy task. The quality depends on acceptance criteria with pre-defined product specifications. Quality also depends on the agreement with…
Checking the quality of construction is not an easy task. There are many things that determine the construction quality of a project. In this article, I will discuss how to…
Quantity estimation of materials is essentially required in any construction works and the quantity of materials depends on the mix proportions of the concrete. In this article, I will discuss…
Before calculating the number of bricks and quantity of concrete, we need to know some data. Let us assume The length of room = 10 ft breadth of room =…
Standard Sizes Of Columns In Structures First Of all, there is no standard size of columns. The size of column depends on several factors such as the type of column,…
What Is TMT BAR: The Full form of TMT is ‘Thermo Mechanical Treatment’ through which they are produced. TMT bars are manufactured by rolling hot steel wires and then passing…
Checklist For Beam Shuttering: 1. Quality and physical appearance of shuttering material is good or not. The formwork surface should be clean. 2. Check if shuttering oil is properly applied…
Calculating volume of 50 kg cement bag is very simple and easy. You just need to know the unit weight of cement. Unit Weight (Density) of Cement in loose condition…
Cement & Sand Required For 100 Sq.ft Plastering Work: Plastering is one of the most important works that needs to be done to protect the surface of wall or roof…
Difference Between Tile Flooring & Marble Flooring In this article difference between tile flooring and marble flooring will be discussed. You will get to know which is a better option…
For high rise building, the dimension of water tank along with drawings are provided from architect office. But for small residential building, we need to calculate by itself. In this…
Bulking Of Sand: Bulking of sand refers to the volume expansion of fine aggregates (sand) for consuming of moisture. Whenever dry sand interacts with moisture a thin film is conformed…
Cement, Sand, & Aggregates For 1000 sq ft Slab To calculate the quantity of cement, sand, and aggregates required for a flat slab, first we need to calculate the volume.…