LOW COST HOUSING – COST EFFECTIVE MATERIAL & CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

Load Bearing Structure: Recycled steel is used:

Cheaper in case of normal low rise building. As the cost of Steel reinforcement can be made
construction is low because lesser amount of concrete and entirely of recycled scrap iron.
B steel rods are required.
Easier to construct and also it requires much lesser time.
This material is salvaged from
automobiles, appliances, and
U Thus this will serve both the purposes of low cost as well
as in speedy processing.
steel-reinforcement structures.
Depending on the grade of steel
I It is flexible as well. used, it’s the perfect type to be
used over and over again
L without
deterioration.
any type of

D Foundation: Brick Jali:

The foundation cost comes to about 10 to 15% of the total The common burnt brick is one of man’s great
I building . It is adopted for single or double story building. inventions. all over the world, with only a few exceptions,
It is recommended to adopt a foundation depth of 2 nearly all bricks are roughly the same shape and size -
N ft.(0.6m) for normal soil like gravely soil, red soils etc.. that is about 9 x 4.5 x 3 inches.
This saves a large amount of total cost. To avoid the
G cracks in the foundation cement mortar in appropriate
ratios is used.

Walls- Rat trap bond wall:

Wall thickness of 6 to 9″ is recommended for adoption in
the construction of walls all- round the building and 41/2 ”
E for inside walls. It is suggested to use burnt bricks which
are immersed in water for 24 hours and then shall be used
C for the walls. Making use of Rat – trap bond wall &
Concrete block wall.
O Rat Trap Bond Wall • It is a cavity wall construction
and leads to reduction in the quantity of bricks required
N for masonry work. • By adopting this method of bonding
of brick masonry compared to traditional English or
O Flemish bond masonry, it is possible to reduce in the
material cost of bricks by 25% and about 10to 15% in the Lintel:
M masonry cost. • By adopting rat-trap bond method one can
create aesthetically pleasing wall surface and plastering
The traditional R.C.C. lintels which are costly can be
replaced by brick arches for small spans and save
I can be avoided. construction cost up to 30 to 40% over the traditional
method of construction. By adopting arches of different
C shapes a good architectural pleasing appearance can be
given to the external wall surfaces of the brick masonry.
S LAYOUT PLAN (150SQYRD AREA)

Single storied structure

Load bearing structure type
Foundation : With brick masonry in 1:6 cement
mortar and (1:8:16) cement concrete.
Superstructure: 9” thick rat-trap walls called the
cavity walls are provided.
Brick jali is provided on the outer lobby area for
the proper ventilation and the pleasant look.
Staircase:
Conventionally we have been using the cast-in-situ stair
construction systems. But it is much more expensive. So
in this design, only precast staircase is designed. Because,
its construction is cheap and quick. No laborious form of
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work is required to construct it. It can be simply supported
or can be supported with a cantilever.
HARLEEN SEHGAL
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