Linen tape, also known as cloth tape is a varnished strip made of closely woven linen. The width of the strip is about 12 to 16 mm. It is available in different lengths such as 10m, 20m, 30m, and 50m.
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Copper pipes of heavy gauge and light gauge are used for better grade houses and where ground-water is highly corrosive to steel pipes. These pipes are highly corrosion resistant and flexible. Taps ...
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The bitumen is obtained from petroleum naturally with the help of geological forces. They are found to seen intimately connected with the mineral aggregates. They are found deposited at bitumen ...
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Reinforcement detailing of a slab is done based on its support conditions. Slab may be supported on walls or beams or columns. Slab supported directly by columns are called flat slab. Slab supported ...
A bulldozer is a tractor unit with a blade attached to its front. The blade is used to push, shear, cut, and roll material ahead of the tractor. It is an ideal earthmoving machine that performs best ...
The removal of concrete formwork also called as strike-off or stripping of formwork should be carried out only after the time when concrete has gained sufficient strength, at least twice the stress to ...
Different Water-cement ratios are employed for different concrete applications. For high-quality concrete construction, a lower water-cement ratio of 0.4 is employed. For concrete construction like ...
Defective construction methods form the largest segment of source of distress to the beams. Such defects can be broadly subdivided as follows: Defects due to the quality of raw materials. Non adoption ...