Cinder silicone joints

Amla George

Sunken slabs are used in the toilets, bathrooms and washing place where we have our washing machines. The purpose of having a sunken slab is to conceal all the pipes below the floor. Since the pipes that carry water are concealed below the floor, care has to be taken to avoid leakage problems.

A cinder is a pyroclastic material. Cinders are extrusive igneous rocks. Cinders are similar to pumice, which has so many cavities and is such low-density that it can float on water. The color of cinder is brown.

Sunken portions, windows

Toilet floors are sunk to the extent of 300 mm and loading that depth with the weight of a normal waterproofing concrete is unaffordable. As such, a process called cinder filling is adopted to ensure that a toilet floor is water tight. The first layer of screeding in this process is same as brickbat coba and the application is throughout the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the sunken portion. Once the laying of sanitary pipes, water closets etc on this surface gets over, a concluding lump of concrete (comprising one volume of cement, two volumes of sand, four volumes of light weight cinder and 1 - 1.5 kilogram of ISI certified waterproofing compound/bag of cement) is poured. Cinder filling also suits chajjas of windows, as they extend to height of 150 mm and loading even that depth with the weight of a normal waterproofing concrete is very expensive.

Used when the Architect desires a clean unbroken exterior surface for the glazing uninterrupted by the protrusion of mullions.

Silicone an excellent and frequently used material to secure glass. Proper control and placement is essential to create structural adhesion with weatherproofing, thermal and load resistant qualities. Silicone joints should be designed to perform on two opposing surface planes. This is achieved thru the use of spacers, bond breakers and backer rods.

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Silicon-joint segment windows provide a breath-taking view uninterrupted by the frame . Large windows where normally a mullion (vertical frame) is required to meet Australian Standards, can now be achieved using transparent glass fins and silicon joints. The glass fins are designed to provide the support of the mullion without its appearance.

Some of the most useful properties of silicones include: Low thermal conductivity Low chemical reactivity. Low toxicity. Thermal stability (constancy of properties over a wide temperature range of 100 to 250 C). The ability to repel water and form watertight seals, although silicones are not hydrophobes. Excellent resistance to oxygen, ozone, and ultraviolet (UV) light such as that in sunlight. This property has led to widespread use of silicones in the construction industry (e.g. coatings, fire protection, glazing seals) and the automotive industry (external gaskets, external trim). Good electrical insulation. Because silicone can be formulated to be electrically insulative or conductive, it is suitable for a wide range of electrical applications. Does not stick to many substrates, but adheres very well to others, e.g. glass. Does not support microbiological growth. High gas permeability: At room temperature (25 C), the permeability of silicone rubber for such gases as oxygen is approximately 400 times[citation needed] that of butyl rubber, making silicone useful for medical applications in which increased aeration is desired. However, silicone rubbers cannot be us

Skylights have been used for over a century to provide interior daylighting. Functionally, skylights are roofs and are therefore exposed to a larger volume of rainwater and are much more susceptible to water leakage than vertical fenestration systems.