| Which Are Various Reasons of Cracks in Buildings? | | By: Priti Arora - On 9/27/2010 - 32271 View(s) - 10 Comment(s) | | Cracks can happen due to foundation movements and settlements of building, thermal movements, chemical reactions, elastic deformations and shrinkage etc. in buildings. They can damage plaster of walls, ceilings and destroy the beauty of the structure also. Let’s know their reasons in detail and get preventive measures. |
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| | How To Repair Cracks | | By: Priti Arora - On 3/12/2012 - 39542 View(s) - 19 Comment(s) | | You can repair cracks which damage plaster surfaces, ceilings and the whole structure. To ensure safety of the building and maintain its good looks, let’s know different techniques to fix various types of cracks.
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| | Orientation of Building | | By: Gunjan Utraja - On 5/25/2010 - 46350 View(s) - 11 Comment(s) | | To get maximum ventilation and natural light in your house, make sure the building is properly oriented. Orientation of building saves energy and provides comfortable living as well. This article tells you about various factors and benefits of building orientation.
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| | How to prevent electric shock? | | By: Gunjan Utraja - On 5/28/2010 - 5526 View(s) - 1 Comment(s) | | Electricity can be deadly if not used with utmost care. When the phase or live wire touches our body, electric current gives shock depending on the intensity of voltage and paralyze muscular functions of the body. To avoid electric shocks during electric works/contact, make sure you have followed all precautions of electric shock mentioned in the following article.
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| | Avoid Short Circuit | | By: Priti Arora - On 9/27/2011 - 1433 View(s) - Comment(s) | | Avoid daily short circuit and overloading with the use of MCB(miniature circuit breaker), and save your electrical appliances from short circuit. |
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| How can we fill Wall Cracks before painting? | | By: Priti Arora - On 4/25/2009 - 4184 View(s) - 1 Comment(s) | | Outdoor walls always take a beating from the wind, rain and changes in temperature, these results in cracks. They can be filled so that you can get your wall looking as good as new. |
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| | Building New Home V/S Buying Builder Flat | | By: Amit Hasija - On 3/27/2012 - 8863 View(s) - 1 Comment(s) | | Buying a builder’s flat may be costlier for you rather than building a new home. But if you plan to make your own, you will have to devote your time on arranging raw materials and hiring contractor to ensure the quality of construction. This article gives details of the pros and cons of building a new home and builders’ flat.
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| | Guidelines for Ventilation in Building | | By: Gunjan Utraja - On 5/25/2010 - 11971 View(s) - 3 Comment(s) | | Proper ventilation in building ensures sound health and good living conditions. This write-up tells you some tips for proper ventilation while designing a building.
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| | Gharexpert can save you money during construction | | By: Gunjan Utraja - On 5/25/2010 - 26756 View(s) - 7 Comment(s) | | Do you know almost all individual home construction projects in India take more money to complete than what people originally plan? If planned properly, we all can save 10% or more on our home construction projects. GharExpert.com has collected a series of articles where our objective is to share with you all the tricks that you could use to save money in building your dream home! |
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| | Surface Preparation and Painting Tips | | By: Mohini Sharma - On 6/1/2011 - 10431 View(s) - 2 Comment(s) | | Whether you are going to paint a newly constructed wall or old one, These surface preparation tips will help you in getting better result for painting your wall, room or even complete home.
Paint is any liquid, liquefiable or mastic composition which after application to a substrate in a thin layer is converted to solid form.paint is used to protect ,decorate or add functionality to an object. |
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| | Fire Resistant Building Material | | By: Amit Hasija - On 5/4/2010 - 15916 View(s) - 2 Comment(s) | | A building constructed with fire resistant material can safe guard you and your family from fire damage. This article will tell you more about fire resistant build materials. |
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| | How to Design a Garage | | By: Amit Hasija - On 11/12/2011 - 2154 View(s) - Comment(s) | | How to design a garage- Read ideas and tips before designing your garage. It helps you the decide the location and in designing a unique and functinal garage. You can design multi-purpose garage that provide extra storage space for car or other vehicles and household articles also. |
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| | Comparison between Basement and Additional Upper Floor | | By: Gunjan Utraja - On 5/25/2010 - 5672 View(s) - 6 Comment(s) | | Construction of basement and multi storey building is the need of the hour as there is less availability of land and rates of the land are very high. We get additional usable space by constructing either basement or upper floor.
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| | Earthquake Resistant Building Construction | | By: Gunjan Utraja - On 9/21/2011 - 15372 View(s) - 2 Comment(s) | | Earthquakes strike without much warning. It may harm badly designed & constructed buildings killing its inhabitants. Tips in this article explain about the earthquake resistant construction & your response if the earth quake does happen. |
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| | How to ensure weight of steel members? | | By: Amit Hasija - On 3/26/2012 - 8323 View(s) - 1 Comment(s) | | Before you purchase mild steel members for construction of your house, you must know weight and cost of steel members since the shopkeeper shows prices of steel members in weight. This article gives details of estimated weight and cost of steel members.
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