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A. Seven Days For Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete.: D. All of The Above

The document discusses guidelines for building construction including: 1. The minimum curing period for ordinary Portland cement concrete is 14 days. 2. Rules for building stone walls specify that the thickness of horizontal joints should be 5-7 mm and the overlap for natural stone should be at least 100 mm. 3. Proper brick work involves not using mortar stronger than the bricks, stacking bricks to prevent water absorption from mortar, and water absorption of walls not exceeding 15% for external and 10% for internal.

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A. Seven Days For Ordinary Portland Cement Concrete.: D. All of The Above

The document discusses guidelines for building construction including: 1. The minimum curing period for ordinary Portland cement concrete is 14 days. 2. Rules for building stone walls specify that the thickness of horizontal joints should be 5-7 mm and the overlap for natural stone should be at least 100 mm. 3. Proper brick work involves not using mortar stronger than the bricks, stacking bricks to prevent water absorption from mortar, and water absorption of walls not exceeding 15% for external and 10% for internal.

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The period of curing cannot be prescribed simply but it is usual to specify a minimum of:

a. Seven days for ordinary Portland cement concrete.


b. 14 days for ordinary Portland cement concrete.
c. 3 days for ordinary Portland cement concrete.
d. None of the above.

21. From the rules for the building stone walls:

a. The thickness of horizontal joint 5-7 mm.


a. The thickness of horizontal joint 20 mm.
a. The thickness of horizontal joint 5 mm.
d. None of the above.

22. From the rules for the building stone walls:

a. The overlap for natural stone not less than 100 mm.
b. The overlap for natural stone not less than 150 mm.
c. The overlap for natural stone not more than 100 mm.
d. None of the above.

23. At the brick work:

a. Do not use mortar stronger than brick itself, mortar consists of 1:1:10 cement, lime, sand.
b. Do not use dry bricks and bricks must be stacked so that does not absorb water from mortar.
c. Water absorption of the external walls not more than 15% and 10% for the internal walls.
d. All of the above.

24. A covering of concrete placed on the exposed top of an external wall, is known as:

a. cornice c. frieze
b. coping d. lintel

25. Pick up the incorrect statement from the following:

a. High early strength concrete is generally used in cold weather.


b. The second layer in plaster for concrete wall is base coat.
c. The thickness of scratch coat is 3mm.
d. All the above.

26. The vertical sides of a door and window openings provided in a wall, are known as:

a. jambs c. reveals
b. lintels d. sills

27. To stagger vertical joints in successive courses of a wall, a piece of brick is generally used at the end of
the course, which is known as:

a. header c. stretcher
b. bat d. closer

28. The minimum width of the hollow space between two walls of a cavity wall should be:

a. 5 cm b. 7.5 cm c. 10 cm d. 15 cm
The purpose of mortar is to provide:

1. A level bed for the brick, block or stone to sit on to maintain horizontal & vertical stability.
2. A water- resistant filler between the units to prevent the penetration of water into the interior of the
building.
3. A join to the individual units of the building material into a uniform mass.

The addition of lime for mortar:

1. Make it easier to spread the mortar.


2. Reduce shrinkage.
3. Lengthens the time that the mortar is still pliable.

Mention the base rules for building a stone wall:

1. Rocks have a natural bed on the horizontal surface. You should lay rock so that the bed remains
horizontal .
2. The horizontal joints must be horizontal & the vertical joints perpendicular to horizontal join.
3. It is forbidden to build more than 3 courses or 75 cm which is less with out pouring concrete behind it.
4. The thickness of horizontal joint 5-7 mm.
5. Spread the mortar to fix or bond one stone only.
6. Overlap the stone to avoid continuous vertical joints through the course the overlap, for natural stone
not less than 100 mm for Ashlar stone not less than 150mm.
7. Mix the mortar to use it before one hour and don’t use the mortar fallen down on ground.
8. Use wedges to keep thickness of joints constant through the joint use about 2 wedges for each stone.
9. We can remove wedges and free the joints start fill the joints with mortar after 24 hours.
10. Pour concrete on layers each layer about 20 cm.
11. The thickness of horizontal joint 5-7 mm.
12. The thickness of vertical joint 5 mm.

In masonry walls, there are four types of joint for different results:

1. The Flush joint.


2. The weather- struck joint.
3. The half – round joint.
4. The recessed joint.

How to build a brick wall:

1. Use the profile line to locate an external corner on the strip foundations.
2. Use a builder’s level held vertically or a plumb line to make the position of external corner with wet
mortar.
3. Stretch a line between the corners to provide a position for the first course of bricks. Secure the line
by wrapping it around a brick and putting another brick on top.
4. Lay the bricks in row.
Adjust their position by tapping the bricks with a trowel, check that they are level horizontally and
vertically with the builder’s level.
5. Build up the corners by racking the brick back for 8 or 10 coarses.
Check your accuracy with the builder’s level. Use a gauge rod to control the height.
6. Form the joints while the mortar is soft.
For the first joint or bed the thickness of mortar must be not less than 20mm, the other joint ranges
from 5-10 mm.

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