TLE MASON

• Brick hammer - a special type of hammer used to divide concrete hollow blocks or bricks into halves.
• Pointed Trowel - the main tool of a mason used to put concrete mixture on the hollows or in between layers of concrete
• Shovel- for scooping gravel and sand
• Spade- has a flat face or tip which is suitable for cement, mixing concrete.
• Framing Square or Steel Square - testing tool used to test the squareness of a layout for the foundation of a building
• Cold Chisel or star drill - cold chisels useful in drilling holes in concrete surfaces.
• Plumb Bob - a pointed metal tied to a string to determine the verticalness of your work.
• Spirit Level - testing tool that tests the horizontalness and verticalness of a job.
• Brushes - the common brushes used for painting.
• Mortar Board - made of wood where mixed cement, sand, and water are placed before the mixture is applied on a concrete wall.
• Mortar Box - used for mixing cement and water
• Wooden Trowel - wooden float used to make fresh concrete surface flat
• Finishing trowel - steel float used to finish flat concrete surface
• mortar mixer - equipment used to mix cement and water
• Wheelbarrow - used to transport heavy materials
• portland cement - extensively used cement in building construction
• aggregates - such as sand and gravel
• water - intended for concrete mixing
• 1:2:4 - 1 bag of sand, 2 parts of sand, 4 parts of gravel
• AA - 1, 1 1/2, 3
• A - 1, 2, 1
• B- 1, 2 1/2, 1
• C - 1, 3, 6
• site-job mix - A form of concrete wherein mixing concrete is done continuously until the aggregates are evenly distributed.
• Curing - This requires time, favorable temperature, and continuous presence of water.
• Testing Tool - Classification of a steel square
• 25% - Up to what percent do we expect work efficiency to rise if the proper use of tools are used on the job.
• Reinforcement Bars - steel bars that criss-crosses on the floor before the concrete is poured to make a concrete slab.
• Slab - A structural element used to create flat horizontal surfaces such as floors, roof decks and cellings.
• Foundation Plan - shows the location of the footings and their distance from one another.
• the building foundation should always be first class
• horizontal bar - is always placed on top of every three layers of concrete hollow blocks
• vertical bars - are placed every one and a half concrete hollow blocks.
• The number of times a steel bar can make a concrete wall stronger in resisting breakage is 10 times stronger
• Rebars mean the reinforcement of concrete by using steel bar
• Concrete mixture for foundation uses first class
• gauge 16 - What is the specification for tie wires used to tie reinforcement bars in the construction of a concrete hollow block wall?
• A concrete wall is made of solid concrete
• Masons - The name of skilled workers specializing on concrete jobs
• Concrete hollow blocks are available in 4" and 6" thick by 8" x 16".