B.11.9.

B.11 CEMENT PLASTER

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

Plastering concrete, stone, or brick masonry surface in cement mortar of specified proportion
and specified thickness including, scaffolding, curing, etc., complete as deducted.
B.11.1. Materials. -Cement mortar - Cement mortar shall have the proportion of cement
to sand as mentioned in the wording of the item or in the if the special provisions and
shall comply with specification No. B.5.(a) for cement mortar for plaster.
B.11.2. Scaffolding -Shall be as per B.9.11.
B.11.3. Preparatory work -All joint in the face work that is to be plastered shall be
raked out to depth equal to not less than the width of the joints or as directed by the
Engineer. The raking shall be done taking care not to allow any chipping of masonry.
In new work the raking out shall be done in mortar in the joint is still green. Smooth
surfaces of concrete, old plaster, etc., must be suitable roughened to provide necessary
bond for the plaster. All dirt, soot, oil, paint or any other material that might interfere with
satisfac-tory bond shall be removed. In the case of stone masonry, bushing on the walls
to receive the plaster shall not be more than 12 mm. The surface to be plaster shall be
cleaned and scrubbed with fresh water and kept wet 6 hours prior to plastering. It shall
be kept damp during the progress of the work. The plastering shall not be commenced
unless the preparatory work is passed in writing by the Engineer.
B.11.4. Gauges -Patches of plaster 15 cm.x 15 cm. shall be put on about 3 m. apart as
gauges to ensure even plastering in one plane.
B.11.5. Plastering -In all plaster work mortar shall be firmly applied with some what
more than the required thickness and well pressed into the joints and on the surface and
rubbed and leveled with a flat wooden rule to give required thickness. Long straight edge
shall be freely used to ensure the perfectly plane and even surface. All corners must be
finished to plane or curved surfaces as shown on the plan or directed by the Engineer
and shall present a neat ap¬pearance.
The mortar shall adhere to the masonry surface intimately when set and there should be
no hollow sound when struck. Cement plastering should be done in squares or strips as
directed. Plastering shall be done from top downward.
B.11.6. Finishing -In any continuous face of a wall, finishing treatment of any type should
be carried out continuously and day to day breaks made to coincide with architectural
breaks in order to avoid unsightly junctions.
B.11.7. Moulding -All moulding shall be worked true to template and drawn neat, clean
and level. All exposed angles and junctions with door frames, etc., shall be carefully
finished and shall be beaded if ordered.
B.11.8. Watering and curing -All plaster work shall be kept damp continuously for a
period of 14 days. to prevent excessive evaporation on the sunny or windward side of
the buildings in hot, dry weather, matting or gunny bags may be hung over the outside
of the plaster in the beginning and kept moist.
B.11.9. Item to include -
1) Erecting, dismantling and removing the plastering.
2) Preparing the surface to receive the plaster.
3) Providing cement plaster of the specified average thickness with specified number of
coats.
4) Dewatering if necessary if not separately provided in the tender.
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS  VOLUME II  BUILDINGS  2012 331