Treatment to top surface of plinth filling

Basics in Building Construction 4(2+2)

Lesson 06 : Termite Proofing

Treatment to top surface of plinth filling

Prior to laying the sand bed or subgrade for the ground floor of the building, top surface of the consolidated earth filling within the plinth walls should be leveled and treated with chemical emulsion at the rate of 5 liters per sq.meter of the surface. If the consolidated earth fill does not allow the chemical emulsion to seep through, 50 to 75 mm deep holes are made at 150 mm centers both ways with crow bars on the earth surface to permit easy seepage and to achieve uniform absorption of the chemical emulsion by the earth fill.

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