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  Think about styling your home? Have a look through magazine and online for image of tile you like. Tiles provides both a decorative and protective function, especially in spaces that have high chances on getting wet or damp in conditions such as kitchen or bathrooms. When choosing tiles there are many decision to be made and these will be influenced by many factors. How to choose the right tiles for your home: Tiling play an important role in the look and feel of your home. Let’s learn some things to remember when choosing tiles. You can use vitrified tiles for flooring, they are more durable. You can use ceramic or porcelain tiles for your walls. They don’t get dirty easily. Kitchen tiles should be scratch and stain proof. Bathroom tile should be skid proof meaning they should not be slippery. For flooring you can also use of marble or granite slabs. Ensure that whatever you choose in one room flows with the rest of your home’s style.

  Things to avoid in Brick Masonry! For your home’s durability, the right brick wall is very important. Brick masonry is a highly durable form of construction. It is built by placing bricks in mortar in a systematic manner to construct solid mass that withstands exerted loads Often, brickwork is faulty due to inexperienced labour. Let us learn a few things about issues in brick masonry: Use of irregular shaped bricks affect the quality of walls. Making the wrong concrete mixture, the incorrect cement to water ratio weakens the wall strength. If the bricks are dry, they can soak up water from the concrete mixture, this can reduce its strength. Problems with bed joints, Bricks are laid on a layer of concrete mixture. If it is too thick or not filled uniformly it can affect the Brick wall. Joints should never be in straight alignment.. Insufficient curing reduces the strength of the wall. To avoid all these issues, complete the work under expert supervision.  Max Ceme...

  How can I make my house more environmentally friendly? Making your home a green home has now become an important part in the home-building process, doing your part to protect the environment once meant separating paper from plastic in your recycling bin and buying organic greens that you carried home in a reusable tote. But these days, there is a lot more you can do to create a green and healthy home. Let’s know more about how you can make a green home: A green home uses solar energy to do many chores, such as solar panels for electricity solar heaters for water and solar cookers for kitchens, which are a few eco-friendly options. Incorporating solar into your home is a great way to make your home greener by reducing your carbon footprint and completely slashing your utility bill. Photovoltaic solar panels are getting cheaper and more efficient. Choose Native Plants : By adding native plants and trees to your landscape, you allow less water to be used for irrigation.  If y...

  What are examples of insulation? When insulating your home, you can choose from many types of insulation.   Proper insulation protects a home from exterior cold, heat and sound. Properly insulating your home not only reduces heating and cooling costs,   but also improves comfort. Insulation saves your electricity and also creates a cozy environment in your home.    There are four type of insulation in a home. First, window insulation: cold from outside mostly enters a home through windows and doors. To prevent this, you can install double glass windows with a rubber gasket in it. Secondly, floor insulation: By installing a layer of wooden flooring/ laminate flooring/ cork-based flooring. You can prevent your home from cold entering through the ground. Third, walls and roof insulation: Create air pockets in the walls while building it or use AAC blocks as a building material which will provides insulation from harsh sunlight. Apply light color paints on ...

  How can I hide my water pipes? Concealing the pipes and the wires of your home into the wall keeps the look and finish of your home intact. Let’s understand the right way to conceal the piping in the walls of your home. First, mark the tracks of the pipe outlets, such as tap, showers and wash-basin onto your wall with spirit level. Ensure that the drinking- water pipe and drainage pipe do not overlap. Then cut the marked area with the help of a dish blade. See to it that depth should be 4-6 mm more than the thickness of the pipes. Ensure that you don’t cut any column or beam of your home in the process. Use a spade to make grooves in the marked area. If the wall is a load-bearing wall make sure to not shatter the whole marked area in one go. Fit the pipes in the grooves with the help of nails fill with the gap between the pipes and the wall with cement and sand mortar and use a steel mesh to avoid cracks in the wall. Place the mesh on the groove and fix it with the help of nails ...

  What are the defects in plastering? It is seen often that plastered surfaces developed cracks and white patches, which affects the aesthetic of the building. This video help in identifying some of the problems in plastering causes and preventive measures. Crazing cracks are the network of find crack, having hexagonal Pattern. These are shallow and do not extend to the hole depth of the plaster. Map cracking is also similar to crazing cracks but usually deeper. These are cause due to over travelling of rich mortar mix using the sand having high silt content rapid drying of plastered surface and adequate curing. These crack can be avoided by using well graded sand not using pure cement as finishing coat not overworking the cement finishes and providing adequate curing for minimum of 10 days. Grinning is the appearance of the masonry joints through the plaster, this can be prevented by providing two coat of plaster on solid background and application of under coat before plastering...

HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CONSTRUCTION TEAM One of the first steps in building an effective team is to define the goals of the project. Everyone should agree on the objectives, such as using green construction methods, emphasizing safety and staying within the budget. Goals should be measurable and specific. Choosing a good team can be a big help when you decide to build your house. The right team of professionals is well-versed in how to handle any project that comes their way. One key to working effectively as a team is for team members to respect and trust each other. This can help team members trust that the other people on the team know their jobs well and can accomplish what they set out to do. It is important to choose the good and the right contractor for construction. Always start off by speaking to experienced contractor from locality. To get a better understanding of the workmanship. Material used, and concerns during building. Speak to other in the locality who have built th...

  Which cement is best for home? Building your own dream homes is like a dream come true. To build it all you need is a proper planning of what type of house you want.  For strength and durability of your home choose the best quality cement for construction, as cement is the most important role in constructing your home. Cement tied everything’s together like Bricks, roof, tiles on wall and many more use. The best cement that you choose for construction will last longer, resisting bad weather and other condition that might cause any degradation. While these things will help you determine what kind of cement will be the best in constructing your home below are a few guidelines that will help you interpret the quality of cement: Let’s see some tips on selecting the cement for your home: Cement plays an important role in the strengthening of your home s o always choose branded cement from a genuine dealer. While buying cement remember to look at the manufacturing date, if it’s ol...

  How to check the foundation of a house? A good and solid foundation is the core of any building structure, without which no building will be able to stand firm. Compromised foundation and building quality will be undermined if site supervisors do not adhere to the stipulated guidelines lay down by the authorities. Foundations must have a rigid base in order to fully support the effective load of the building. Come let’s check on what to do before the foundation work: One thing you can do before building your home is site visiting. When it comes to your building foundations, soil type could have a dramatic impact on your project.  Never build your building in soft soil area because if the soil is soft it will damage your house in the future. Dig a trench in the ground, until you touch the subsoil. Ensure that the bar bender steel is correctly aligned and does not shift when concrete is poured. When concrete mix is ready remember to poured it immediate to the foundation. Ensur...

  What are the methods used for concrete compaction? Compaction of concrete is one of the important site operations that together enable the fresh concrete to reach its potential design strength and density by reducing the pores. Compaction is the process which expels entrapped air from freshly placed concrete and packs the aggregate particles together so as to increase the density of concrete. It increases significantly the ultimate strength of concrete and enhances the bond with reinforcement. Proper compaction also ensures that the formwork is completely filled. There are two methods of concrete compactions: You can do compaction of concrete  by two methods, hand compaction and mechanical compaction. Hand compaction: Rodding is a method of poking concrete with a rod. You can use a steel rod for rodding. Tamping is mainly used for the construction of roof slabs and pavements. Ramming it is not used for the compaction in reinforced concrete works or upper stories flo...