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Plastering is done on the walls to remove surface imperfections, maintain line level and
alignment. In addition to that it also acts as a protective surface for external walls. Cement
plaster, Gypsum plaster and Lime plaster are the commonly used plastering materials for
house constructions.

Cement plaster is made by mixing cement and sand in the proportions required. Cement
plaster is applied to both interior and exterior walls to give them a smooth surface.

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To arrive at the quantities of Cement, Sand and Water required for Plastering work, we need
to understand on what parameters do these quantities depend.

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Wastage of materials is not considered in the calculation. You can consider a wastage factor
of 5% to the above calculation.

Tip: Ready Made plaster bags (40 kg) are also available in market. They are ready to use
and just water needs to be added to the mixture.

For calculation purposes, lets assume that the area that needs to be plastered is 100 sqft (10
ft X 10 ft wall) and a Plaster of Mix ratio 1:4 (cement:sand) is used.

We shall use DLBD method (Dry Loose Bulk Density) in determining the ratios. This is the
most accurate method as it accounts for the variations in the Loose Bulk Density. Loose bulk
density might vary based on the location available materials.

Plaster of 1:4 Cement : sand (Volume proportion)

Volume of 1 Bag of Cement (50 kg) = 36 litre or 0.036 cum (cement loose density as 1440
kgs/cum)

Volume of Sand required (using 1:4 proportion) = 0.036 x 4 = 0.144 x 1600 = 230 kgs
(considering sand dry bulk density as 1600 kgs/cum.)

Usually around 20% of water by weight of the total dry material is mixed in the mixture to
achieve the desired workability.

Water required = Weight of total dry material * 20% = (50+230) x 0.2 = 56 liter = 0.056 cum

*(Keep this handy to derive initial water requirement in any cement mortar)

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Cement = 50 kgs , Sand = 230 kgs and Water = 56 kgs

Total weight of the mixture = 50+230+56 kgs = 336 kgs

Density of Cement sand mortar = 2200 kg/cum (Approximately)

So, Amount of plaster mortar (1: 4) yielded with one Bag of cement (50 kgs) = 336/2200
= 0.153 cum

Amount of plaster mortar required for plastering 100 sq.ft. (10 sq.mtr) area of 12 mm
thickness

= 10 x 0.012 = 0.12 cum

Thus to do 100 sq.ft.plaster (12mm thick) with 1:4 proportion, the individual material
required are

Cement needed would be = (50/0.153)x 0.12 = 39.21 kgs. or 0.784 bags

Sand needed would be = (230/0.153)x 0.12 = 180 kgs or 5 cft

Bulkage of Sand is not taken into account. A correction for bulkage has to be taken into
account.

Water needed would be = (56/0.153) x 0.12 = 44 liters.

Note: Keep wastage allowance of 5% over and above arrived quantities.

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The empirical method is easiest way to calculate the quantities of materials required. Again
considering the same parameters (i.e., Area – 100 sqft or 10 Sq meter and thickness 12mm

Volume of plaster = Area X Thickness = 10 sq.m. X 0.012 = 0.12 cu.m.

The wet volume of the mixture is always less than the dry volume.

Dry volume of motor required for plastering = 1.27 X Wet volume of plaster = 1.27 X 0.12 =
0.1524 cu.m.

The mix ratio of plaster mortar is 1:4, So the volumes of materials required would be

Cement required = 1/5 X 0.1524 = 0.03048 cu.m.

Sand required = 4/5 X 0.1524 = 0.12192 cu.m.

To get the weights of materials required in multiply it with its density

Cement required = 0.03048 cu.m. X 1440 kg/cu.m. = 43.89 Kgs

Since Sand is usually measured in cu.ft. = 0.12192 X 35.29 = 4.302 cu.ft. or 195 kgs

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You can calculate the cement and Sand requirement for other Thickness of plaster and Mix
ratio by just changing the numbers.

Note: Keep wastage allowance of 5% over and above arrived quantities.

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