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Hi,
Yesterday after 2.5 hours of searching for good sand, I could get one lorry of about 405 cft @ 29000/- the sand was very good belkodi cauvery delta sand. It is very hard to find good quality sand now a days for constructuion work.
Over a period of last 5 years or so, there is an increasing amount of m.sand or granite crushed sand used for the construction purposes. As a civil engineer I would recommend using the following sand for different usages.

1. All types of concrete work in construction. - 100% M.Sand - or robo sand - with 3 stage process of filtering, and often tested for its quality of delivered sand at CIVIL AID or any other testing laboratory.
2. For all Size stone masonry foundation works - 100% m.sand.
3. For all wall construciton masonry concrete block work or brick masonry work - 80% of river sand and 20% of M.Sand, preferably sieved.
4. For plastering work external and as well internal - 85% of river sand and 15% of m.sand mandatorily sieved.
5. For flooring base mortar works of about 1.5" thk - 60% rough river sand - kanakapura also o.k and 40% m.sand rough portion.
6. For elevation granite works and tile laying works in bathroom - Tile adhesive ready mix. Grades of the ready mix depending upon kind of cladding or daddoing. Say for example - strong for granite and slightly weak for tiles.

M.Sand is the best alternative to river sand and all the members are benefited without insisting upon river sand for all kinds of works. This is also enviornmentally friendly.
Finally to mention. all crushed stone powder is not m.sand. Proper grading of the stone powder to the requirements of IS is what is necessary and only few people in the market are well equipped to give m.sand thus. One of them which i am using is Robosilicon industries pvt. ltd, located in mysore road.

meharnath.

maheshvivid2003 wrote:ther are lot of chances to get cheated by sand dealers

3months back i bought first two loads 430cft or less from a sand dealer refered by engineer for rs 26 n 26k per load and later mestri suggested we can go to stand n get same sand for lesser price and in stand bought 3 loads for 20k per load n called the same guy again after diesel price hike he was asking 22k and again last sunday went to stand n bought for rs20k per load medium sand lil stones n always check the sand by exp person like mestri before buying it and most importantly the measurement n

20mm jelly increased from rs24 to rs25 per cft

6inches cement block is rs26 per block n 4 inches is rs21

i heard that centring charges have increased though my mestri is giving for rs20 per sqft

ACC PPC Cement -> Rs.340 per bag

meharnath wrote:Hi,
Yesterday after 2.5 hours of searching for good sand, I could get one lorry of about 405 cft @ 29000/- the sand was very good belkodi cauvery delta sand. It is very hard to find good quality sand now a days for constructuion work.
Over a period of last 5 years or so, there is an increasing amount of m.sand or granite crushed sand used for the construction purposes. As a civil engineer I would recommend using the following sand for different usages.

1. All types of concrete work in construction. - 100% M.Sand - or robo sand - with 3 stage process of filtering, and often tested for its quality of delivered sand at CIVIL AID or any other testing laboratory.
2. For all Size stone masonry foundation works - 100% m.sand.
3. For all wall construciton masonry concrete block work or brick masonry work - 80% of river sand and 20% of M.Sand, preferably sieved.
4. For plastering work external and as well internal - 85% of river sand and 15% of m.sand mandatorily sieved.
5. For flooring base mortar works of about 1.5" thk - 60% rough river sand - kanakapura also o.k and 40% m.sand rough portion.
6. For elevation granite works and tile laying works in bathroom - Tile adhesive ready mix. Grades of the ready mix depending upon kind of cladding or daddoing. Say for example - strong for granite and slightly weak for tiles.

M.Sand is the best alternative to river sand and all the members are benefited without insisting upon river sand for all kinds of works. This is also enviornmentally friendly.
Finally to mention. all crushed stone powder is not m.sand. Proper grading of the stone powder to the requirements of IS is what is necessary and only few people in the market are well equipped to give m.sand thus. One of them which i am using is Robosilicon industries pvt. ltd, located in mysore road.

meharnath.

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation of the different types and the usage. I wish I had know this last year, it would have been really useful. During our house construction last year, we came into the sand strike and I was being told to use the M sand. As I had no background in this, I tried to find out frm various sources with conflicting answers

Dear members,

Where/how do i downlaod teh material price attachments

Thank you
Raghu

Hi All,
Could any one provide latest pricing list / rates for construction materials.
And is it true that due to diesel price hike all basic construction materials have been hiked ?
What is the percentage of hike ?

Regards
VKV

The prices for most of the commodities (Sand, Bricks, Jelly Stones etc, have already gone up. 5-10% increase).
The prices for Hindware Sanitaryware will be increased from 25th of October. Maybe this is a good time to buy Sanitaryware if you consider buying Hindware.

Thanks Jolly for the info.
Earlier I planned to purchase the item by mid of nov.
Pradeep

hi guys

im planin to buy steel tom approx 2 tons n 2day enquired steel price 47k per ton

is it a good price ?

Is this inclusive of transport and VAT ? . Which brand as price depends on that, as i got Prime gold/FE 500 2 days back at 48K inclusive of transport/vat.

yes it is inclusive of tax vvs,chamundi,bmm