This document provides specifications for lime concrete used in roof terracing. It outlines the materials used including course aggregate, fine aggregate, and lime. It specifies the proportions of lime, sand, and brick ballast used. The concrete is laid in layers and consolidated by ramming and beating over 7 days while sprinkling a lime, gur, and bael fruit solution for waterproofing. The finished surface is smoothed with this solution and sloped between 1:50 to 1:36 toward outlets. It is kept wet for 10 days during curing.
3. COURSE AGGREGATE
COURSE AGGREGATE SHALL BE WELL BURNT
IT CAN BURNT BRICK BALLAST OF 25 MM GAUGE
POROUS BALLAST SHALL NOT BE USED
IT SHALL PASS THROUGH 37.5CM SQUARE MESH
4. FINE AGGREGATE
IT MAY BE SAND, SURKHI OR CINDER
SAND SHALL BE CLEAN, COARSE AND FREE FROM SILT, CLAY
AND OTHER FOREIGN MATTERS.
SURKHI IS USED WHEN PURE, CLEAN COARSE SAND IS NOT
AVAILABLE
SURKHI USED SHALL BE FREE FROM DUST, DIRT
5. LIME
LIME USED SHALL BE FRESHLY BURNT WHITE FAT LIME
LIME USED SHALL BE FREE FROM ASHES AND OTHER
IMPURITIES
LIME SHALL BE SLAKED AT SITE OF WORK
6. PROPORTION OF CONCRETE SHALL BE 18:36:100
BY VOLUME.
18 BEING LIME, 36 SAND AND 100 BRICK BALLAST
MIXING SHALL BE SIMILAR TO LIME CONC. IN FOUNDATION.
7. LAYING AND CONSOLIDATION
ROOF WHICH MAY BE MADE OF RCC MAY BE LIGHTLY
SPRINKLED WITH WATER AND CONC. SHALL BE LAID IN
LAYERS SO AS TO OBTAIN REQUIRED SLOPE
CONC. SHALL BE LIGHTLY RAMMED AND THEN PERFECTLY
LEVELLED
CONC. IS KEPT FURTHER CONSOLIDATED BY BEATING WITH
WOODEN THAPIES FOR ABOUT 7 DAYS
DURING BEATING CONC. IT SHALL BE SPRINKLED WITH A
SOLUTION OF LIME, GUR AND SOL. OF BAEL FRUIT FOR
WATER PROOFING.
8. FINISHING
AFTER BEATING A SOLUTION OF LIME, GUR AND SOL. OF
BAEL FRUIT IS SPREAD ON THE SURFACE AND
SMOOTHENED
PLASTER IS NOT USED FOR THE FINISHING OF SUFACE
SLOPE OF FINISHED SURFACE SHALL BE VARYING FROM
1:50 TO 1:36 TOWARD RAIN WATER OUTLET
9. CURING
FINISHED SURFACE SHALL BE KEPT WET FOR ABOUT 10
DAYS
THE MEASUREMENTS ARE TAKEN FOR AREA OF FINISHED
WORK IN SQ-M
LENGTH-BREADTH SHALL BE MEASURED UPTO THE
ACCURACY OF 1CM AND AVERAGE THICKNESS UPTO 6MM
NO DEDUCTION IS MADE FOR OPENING UPTO .4 SQ-M AND
NEITHER EXTRA PAYMENT IS MADE FOR FORMING SUCH
OPENING
SURFACE FINISHING SHALL BE TAKEN AS SEPARATE ITEM
AND SHALL BE MEASURED IN SQ-M.
10. NOTE:
IF INSTEAD OF FAT LIME KANKAR LIME IS TO BE USED THEN
SAND OR SURKHI IS NOT USED AND PROPORTION OF
KANKAR LIME TO BRICK BALLAST SHALL BE 45:100
IF INSTEAD OF BRICK BALLAST, STONE BALLAST OF 25MM
GAUGE IS USED THEN PROPORTION OF LIME. SAND AND
STONE BALLAST BE 1:2:4 i.e. 25 CU-M, OF LIME TO 50 CU-M
OF SAND TO 10 CU-M OF STONE BALLAST