26 S. No.

Items

CHAPTER-V

Unit

Rates (Rs.)

MORTARS
NOTES : 1. Cement : Cement to be used in the work, shall be either ordinary portland cement 33 grade conforming to IS :269 or ordinary Portland cement 43 grade conforming to IS:8112. 2. Sand : Sand to be used in the work, shall conform to IS:1542-1960 for plaster and IS:166-1965 for masonry work. Nothing extra, is permissible on account of use of Narmada Sand or sand brought from any other river/quarry and the sand brought from Narmada shall also be allowed to be used only, when it conforms to the requirements of IS:1542-1960 and IS:2166-1965 as mentioned above. 3. Cement Mortar : Cement and sand shall be mixed in specified proportions given in the agreement/ drawings. All mortars shall be mixed with a minimum quantity of water to produce desired work-ability consistent with maximum density of mortar. The mix shall be clean and free from injurious type of soil/acid/alkali/organic matter or deleterious substances. 4. Water : Water used for mixing and curring shall be clean and free from injurious amount of oils, acids, alkalis, salts, sugar, organic or other substances. Potable water is generally considered satisfactory for preparing mortars. 5. The mixing shall preferably be done in a mechanical mixer operated manually or by power. Hand mixing can be resorted to as long as uniform density of the mix and its strength are assured subject to prior approval of the Engineer-in-Charge. Hand mixing operation, if permitted, shall be carried out on a clean water tight platform where cement and sand shall be first mixed dry in the required proportion

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mixture is of uniform colour. Thereafter, minimum quantity of water shall be added to bring the mortar to the consistency of stiff paste. The mortar shall be mixed for at least two minutes after addition of water. Mortar shall be mixed only in such quantity as required for immediate use. The mix which has developed initial set, shall not be used. Intial set of mortar with O.P.C. shall normally be considered to have taken place in 30 minutes after mixing. If the mortar has stiffened during initial setting time because of evaporation of water, same can be re-tempered by adding water as frequently as needed to restore requisite consistency but this retempering shall not be permitted after 30 minutes. Mortar, unused for more than 30 minutes, shall be rejected and removed from site.

MORTAR
S. No. Items 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Cement Mortar 1:1 (1 Cement : 1 Sand) Cement Mortar 1:2 (1 Cement : 2 Sand) Cement Mortar 1:3 (1 Cement : 4 Sand) Cement Mortar 1:4 (1 Cement : 4 Sand) Cement Mortar 1:5 (1 Cement 5 Sand) Cement Mortar 1:6 (1 Cement : 6 Sand) Cement Mortar 1:8 (1 Cement : 8 Sand) White Cement Mortar 1:2 (1 Cement : 2 Marble Dust) Unit Cum. Cum. Cum. Cum. Cum. Cum. Cum. Cum. Rates (Rs.) 2802.00 2012.00 1616.00 1289.00 1113.00 962.00 774.00 7092.00