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answers | What is the recommended thickness of flat rcc roof for 1300sqft house with max. room size 13x14ft with load bearing walls? Is it ok using 8mm and 6mm tmt bars for whole work? Or should I use 10mm/12mm bars for invisible beams through the centre rcc roof of large rooms?. |
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answers | What is maximum room size that support rcc roof without beam in between and load bearing walls. I've also seen that in some places of rcc roof steel bars are provided in box form instead of mesh...will it act as small beam without projections? If yes, up to what room size we can use it instead of actual beam?. |
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answers | Local contractor advised to produce the cement bricks on-site using small electric compressor/vibrator machine for my two storied house. I also prefer the same since the raw materials are supplied by me and he charges only for labour. He suggested the following materials and ration for good quality bricks: For 300 bricks:Metal - 1 UnitQuarry Powder - 0.5 UnitCement - 5 BagsI just asked about the p. |
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answers | I'm planning to make concrete solid bricks on site approx. 4000 Nos for my house construction. The contractor will provide the small hand operated electric machine, mixer and labor, and the I need to supply the materials only. The labor for making one brick of size 12"x8"x6" is Rs 7/-. He told me that the number of bricks from one bag of cement can vary from 40 to 70 Nos based on strength requirem. |
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answers | I've given the labor contract of my house construction to a contractor who is not engineer but have >30 year experience in house construction and work quality is also good. I'm here to clear technical doubt regrading the beam requirement for the rcc flat roof. My contractor's advise is that there is no need of beams with thickness more than roof, but only provide additional steel bars through the. |
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answers | I'm in search for good quality concrete bricks for the load bearing walls of my two storey house. The brick manufacturing units in our local market produce bricks using big hydraulic press and concrete mixers where we are not sure about the quality/quantity of raw materials used, and also no written guarantee on quality or other strength specifications. Some contractors bring small hand operated. |
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answers | I'm curious to know the chances of complete collapse of single storey houses constructed following the modern engineering practices ie. Dry pack rubble foundation+RCC belt+Clay/Concrete brick wall+RCC lintel+RCC roof. How strong earthquakes ie. Richter scale those houses can withstand? Any idea about how many such houses collapsed in recent earthquakes in India? . |
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answers | I'm planning to avoid the sunshade (extension of lintel to outside) to save the construction cost for my house. So, is there any structural importance to sunshade and can I safely exclude it from my house plan? If yes, what are the low cost alternatives to protect windows from rain water and sun light?. |
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answers | I'm curious to know the chances of complete collapse of single storey houses constructed following the modern engineering practices ie. Dry pack rubble foundation+RCC belt+Clay/Concrete brick wall+RCC lintel+RCC roof. How strong earthquakes ie. Richter scale those houses can withstand? Any idea about how many such houses collapsed in recent earthquakes in India? . |