I was thinking of posting queries i receive by email and my replies for some time now as these answers can be useful to so many others also.Here is the first such queries and replies.I just used name of the person without giving details of identifying the persons.
1. Plot area
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My name is Alex. I got your mail ID through net. I have a doubt about area measurement. My Plot is 5 Cent or sent i want to know sent means how many square meter. Please sort out my doubt.
My reply
Cents is only area of the land.For all practical purposes length of the plot in road facing side is very important.If you have more length in that direction utility of the plot will be better
one cent is 435 sft.Divide sft by 10.76,you will get M2
2.Flooring-vitrified tile and clay tile
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On the flooring i read your blog post regarding clay tiles with polyurethane coating..is it easy to get this coating done? will it last.. I was thinking of using vitrified tiles for flooring..
Priya
My reply
Vitrified tiles cause negative energy.Most of the vitrified tiles available in market are skidding in nature which is again harmful for movement.
But now improved vitrified tiles with matt finish and antiskid surface like Naturoc series of Nitco are available.But these again are not healthy for walking ,sitting and sleeping over.
Clay tiles are made from mud in earth and hence extremely environment friendly and healthy to live on.After laying, clay tiles can be hand polished to make it water and moisture resistant.Present day clay tiles are also wear resistant to a great extent.After this hand polishing using mansion polish you can also apply poly urethane coating over it to get better look and weather resistance.Polyurethane finishing coating material is manufactured by several companies including MRF and available in all leading paint shops.
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We are located in Palakkad. We have a two storied house with the top floor left as an empty hall not done up yet. We are now considering to convert it into a separate house upstairs. which stones are best to make the partition walls..as these are interior non load bearing walls we are talking about. Can you please give suggestions which are cost effective and easy to acquire as well as to work with
My reply
You can build on top of existing floor if you have foundation strong enough to carry an upper floor.While building upper floor you can build only exactly above walls in ground floor.To some extent non load bearing 10 cm thickness walls can be put even without having a wall to support at lower floor level if your Structural Engineer allows it.10cm walls means going for semi wire cut bricks only.You can also have gypsum board partitions.
If you want I can visit your site and study your site conditions and guide you on the matter
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