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Racy Building Strategies - 21 |
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- Cantilevers are often found to be failing and falling. The main reasons behind these failures are inadequate design and wrong placement of steel. As explained in detail in last episodes, in a cantilever, the main steel has to be near the top face and not near the bottom face. A cantilever slab need not have uniform thickness like the normal slab. Keep it thickest at the support and thin at free end. Get a cantilever designed from an engineer instead of believing the mason. Must watch its steel placement or get it checked from a qualified engineer. Canopies, sunshades, balconies etc all are cantilevers and need special attention.
- For more tips, see the Hindustan Times of 07.10.06
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Tip of the Moment
In basement construction, whenever a construction joint is given, treat it well before laying further concrete.15. For treatment of construction joint in basement, chip off old concrete if it is older than a day and roughen it with wire brush if it is few hours old and still looks green. Apply the same 1 part acrylic polymer and 2 part cement slurry over old concrete and only then lay the fresh concrete. Always fix nozzles in the walls, preferably at construction joints for grouting the walls with non-shrink injection grout at a later stage if leakage or dampness is noted.
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