CHAPTER 11 -PLASTERING AND POINTING

Notes
1. Rates include. - (a) Lead up to 100 m, for all materials for all Items.
(b) Cost of all materials including water.
(c) All lifts for all items
(d) Cost of mixing cement mortar.
(e) Cost of curing
2. Rates are Inclusive of raking of joints, preparation of surfaces, erection
and removal of scaffolding, finishing, curing and cleaning.
3. Measurements:- (i) Dimensions shall be measured correct to the nearest
cm. The area shall be calculated in sqm correct to two Places of decimal.
(ii) Measurement of wall plastering shall be taken between walls or partitions
(dimensions before plastering being taken) for length and from top of the
floor or skirting to ceiling for height. Depth of cornices or cover, if any,
shall be deducted.
(iii) Deductions:- For jambs, soffits, sills etc.; for openings not exceeding
0.5 sqm each In area, for ends of joists, beams, posts, girders, steps,
etc., not exceeding 0.5 sqm In area; and for openings exceeding 0.5
sqm and not exceeding 3 sqm each, deductions and additions shall be
made In the following manner:-
(a) No deduction shall be made for ends of joists, beams, posts
etc.and openings not exceeding 0.5 sqm each and neither additions
shall be made for reveals , jambs , soffits, sills etc. of these openings
nor for finish ( finish to plaster) around ends of joists , beams, posts
etc.
(b)Deductions for openings exceeding 0.5 sq m but not exceeding 3
sq m each shall be made as follows and no addition shall be made for
reveals, jambs, soffits, sills etc. of these openings.
(1)When both faces of wall plastered/pointed with same type of
plastered / pointed, deduction shall be made for one face only
(2) When two faces of wall are plastered/pointed with different types or
if one face Is plastered and the other pointed, deduction shall be
made from the plaster or pointing on the side on which the width of
reveal is less than that on the other side, but no deduction shall be
made from plaster or pointing on the other side. Where widths are
equal, deduction of 50 percent of area of opening on each face
shall be made from areas of plastering and / or pointing as the case
may be.
(3) When only one face is plastered and the other face is not plastered,
full deduction shall be made from plaster if width of reveal on
 plastered side is less than that on unplastered side, but If widths of
reveal on both sides are equal or width of reveal on plastered side
Is more, on deduction shall be made nor any addition shall be
made for reveals, jambs, soffits, sills etc.
(4) When width of door frame is equal to thickness of wall or is
projecting beyond thickness of wall, full deduction for opening shall
be made from each plastered face of the wall.
(5) Plastering and pointing In C. M. 1:3 shall be done with prior written
permission of the Superintending Engineer/Chief Engineer.
(6) Thickness of plaster shall be exclusive of thickness of key i.e.
grooves or open joint in brick or stone work or space between
lathes. The minimum thickness over any portion of the surface shall
not be less than specified thickness by more than 3 mm.
(7) Only 10 or 15 mm thick plaster will be allowed for all thickness of
brick walls except on one side of 20 cm brick wall where 20 mm
thick plaster, if actually done, will be paid. Plaster more than 15
mm thick on brick work (except on one side of 20 mm thick brick
wall) and more than 20 mm thick on stone work shall be done with
prior written permission of the Superintending Engineer/Chief
Engineer.
(8)It is essential that mixes shall be used as soon as possible after
water has been added and that following working periods
recommended shall not be exceeded.
• (a) Cement mortar - 30 minutes
• (b) Cement lime mortar - 2 hours.
After completion of the finishing coat, the plaster shall be kept wet
for at least seven days.
Note :- (1) Where two or three coat plasters are adopted, as for as
possible the mix for the under coats should contain coarse sand
conforming to grading zone - II of I.S. 383 - 1970 and having
fineness modulus not less than 2.0.
Note :- (2) For single coat plaster the fineness modulus of sand
should as for as possible 1.5 and conforming to grading zone - IV of
I.S. 383-1970. Where only fine sand is available the fineness
modulus of sand may be improved by mixing the required
percentage of coarse sand. The strength of plaster mix gets
reduced with the reduction in the fineness modulus of sand.
(9) The following lndian Standards may be referred to: -
I. S. No. Title
383-1970 Coursed and fine aggregate from natural sources of
concrete (second revision) (Reaffirmed 2007)
 I. S. No. Title
1661-1972 Code of practice for application of cement and cement –
lime plaster finishes(first revision) (Reaffirmed 2006)
2402-1963 Code of practice for external rendered finishes(Reaffirmed
2006)
2645-2003 Integral cement water proofing compound (first revision
)(with amendment No. 1)
2750-1964 Steel scaffoldings (with amendments No 1 to 3)
(Reaffirmed 2006)
3696(Pt. I)- Safety code for scaffolds and ladders : Part-1 Scaffolds.
1987 (Reaffirmed 2007)
8605-1977 Construction of masonry in dams. (Reaffirmed 1998)

Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark

1101 20 mm thick cement plaster on
stone work in
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 148.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 132.00
(c) C.M 1:6 sqm 112.00
(d) C.M. 1:8 sqm 102.00
1102 25 mm thick cement plaster on
stone work in-
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 167.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 147.00
(c) C.M. 1:6 sqm 126.00
(d) C.M. 1:8 sqm 116.00
1103 6 mm thick cement plaster to
ceiling in-
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 63.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 59.00
1104 10 mm thick cement plaster on
brickwork in-
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 73.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 63.00
(c) C.M. 1:6 sqm 55.00
(d) C. M. 1:8 sqm 50.00
1105 15 mm thick cement plaster on
brick work in-
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 95.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 83.00
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
(c) C.M. 1:6 sqm 64.00
(d) C. M. 1:8 sqm 62.00
1106 20 mm thick cement plaster on
brickwork in
(a) C.M 1:3 sqm 120.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 105.00
(c) C.M. 1:6 sqm 88.00
(d) CM. 1:8 sqm 81.00
1107 Labour only for-
(a) Item 1101 sqm 62.00
(b) Item 1102 sqm 70.00
(c) Item 1103 sqm 29.00
(d) Item 1104 sqm 24.00
(e) Item 1105 sqm 28.00
(f) Item 1106 sqm 42.00
1108 15 mm thick cement plaster C:M sqm 99.00
1:3 with water proofing compound
(one packet of 1.6 kg per bag of
cement).
1109 15 mm thick rough cast cement
plaster in
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 133.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 118.00
(c) C.M. 1:6 sqm 102.00
1110 Labour only for item 1109 sqm 59.00
1111 20 mm thick rough cast cement
plaster in-
(a) C.M. 1:3 sqm 151.00
(b) C.M. 1:4 sqm 134.00
(c) C.M. 1:6 sqm 118.00
1112 Labour only for 1111 sqm 73.00
1113 1:3 cement plaster in bands (20
mm thick) of-
(a) 10 to 20 cm width m 24.00
(b) 20 to 30 cm width m 35.00
1114 1:4 cement plaster bands (20 mm
thick) of-
(a) 10 to 20 cm width m 22.00
(b) 20 to 30 cm width m 32.00
1115 Labour only for items 1113 (a) & 15.40
1114 (a) m
1116 Labour only for item 1113 (b) & m 20.20
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
1114 (b).
1117 15 mm thick cement plaster 1:3 sqm 112.00
with a floating coat of neat cement.
1118 15 mm thick cement plaster 1:4 sqm 105.00
with a floating coat of neat cement.
1119 Labour only for item 1117 & 1118 sqm 35.00
1120 Pebble dash plaster on walls with sqm 200.00
a mixture of washed pebbles or
crushed stone graded from 6mm
to 12 mm nominal size, dashed
over and including fresh cement
plaster 1:3 in two coats, backing
coat 10mm and finishing coat
10mm thick including arises,
chamfers etc. complete.
1121 Labour only for item 1120 sqm 120.00
1122 Pointing on brick work with cement
mortar 1:3-
(a) Flush pointing sqm 56.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 59.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 83.00
1123 Pointing on brick work with cement
mortar 1:4-
(a) Flush pointing sqm 55.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 56.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 80.00
1124 Pointing on brick work with cement
mortar 1:6-
(a) Flush pointing sqm 52.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 53.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 76.00
1125 Pointing on stone work with
cement mortar 1:3
(a) Flush pointing sqm 53.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 55.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 76.00
1126 Pointing on stone work with
cement mortar 1:4-
(a) Flush pointing sqm 52.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 52.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 74.00
1127 Pointing on stone work with
cement mortar 1:6-
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
(a) Flush pointing sqm 50.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 50.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 71.00
1128 Labour only for item 1122, 1123
and 1124-
(a) Flush pointing sqm 35.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 36.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 57.00
1129 Labour only for item 1125, 1126
and 1127-
(a) Flush pointing sqm 34.00
(b) Ruled pointing sqm 35.00
(c) Raised and cut pointing sqm 53.00
1130 Cement pointing in C.M. 1:3 to flag sqm 20.90
stone flooring.
1131 Labour only for item 1130 sqm 12.50
1132 Cost of water for curing only one sqm of 5.70
plaster or
pointing
1133 Labour only for curing one sqm of 7.40
plaster or
pointing
ROUGH CAST PLASTER
1134 Rough cast plaster upto 10 m sqm 238.00
height above ground level with a
mixture of sand and gravel or
crushed stone from 6mm to 10mm
nominal size dashed over and
including the fresh plaster in two
layers, under layer 12mm cement
plaster 1:4 (1 cement :4 coarse
sand) and top layer 10 mm cement
plaster 1:3 (1 cement : 3 fine sand)
mixed with 10% finely grounded
hydrated lime by volume of
cement .Ordinary cement finish
using ordinary cement.
PEBBLE DASH PLASTER
1135 Pebble dash plaster upto 10m sqm 227.00
height above ground level with a
mixture of wash pebble or crushed
stone 6mm to 12.5mm nominal
size dashed over and including
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
fresh plaster in two layers under
layer 12mm cement plaster 1:4 (1
cement :4 coarse sand) and top
layer 12mm cement plaster 1:3 (1
cement : 3 fine sand) mixed with
10% finely grounded hydrated lime
by volume of cement.
1136 Extra for providing and mixing
water proofing material 'Impermo'
of M/s Snowcem or equivalent in
cement plaster work proportion
recommended by the
manufacturers:
(a) 12 mm cement plaster 1:3 (1 sqm 5.60
cement : 3 sand)
(b) 12 mm cement plaster 1:4 sqm 4.30
(1 cement : 4 sand)
(c) 15 mm cement plaster 1:3 sqm 6.70
(1 cement : 3 sand)
(d) 15 mm cement plaster 1:4 (1 sqm 5.00
cement : 4 sand)
(e) 20 mm cement plaster 1:3 (1 sqm 8.70
cement : 3 sand)
(f) 20 mm cement plaster 1:4 (1 sqm 6.40
cement : 4 sand)
1137 Extra for plastering exterior walls sqm 21.00
of height more than 10 m from
ground level for every additional
height of 3m or part thereof.
1138 Extra for plastering on circular
work not exceeding 6m in radius:
(a) In one coat sqm 9.90
(b) In two coats sqm 15.30
1139 Extra for plastering done on
moulding cornices or architraves
including neat finish to line and
level:
(a) In one coat sqm 141.00
(b) In two coats sqm 232.00
1140 Extra for plastering :
(a) Spherical ceiling sqm 36.00
(b) Groined ceiling sqm 41.00
(c) Flewing soffits sqm 24.00
Item No. Item Unit Rate Remark
1141 Providing and applying plaster of sqm 64.00
Paris putty of 2 mm thickness over
plastered surface to prepare the
surface even and smooth
complete.