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Tips for sharpening your knives

Mastering the skills to sharpen your kitchen knives is not only important, but essential too. Here, you may argue why is it important to master the skill, especially when you need to sharpen your knives only once in a month or once in a couple of months. Well, the fact about sharpening knives is that if not done properly there are many potential hazards of cuts and wounds. Moreover, you cannot do…

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Site Plan and Building Plan

Preparation of site plan and building plan is the first step towards planning of a home. These plans show all the relevant and minute details of the plot and structure planned to be constructed. Services of qualified Architects or Civil Engineers should be taken for preparation of site plan and building plan. You may ask them to prepare the building plan complying the rules of vastushastra.…

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Maintain safe distance from Electric Supply Lines

While selecting plots it is advised that to avoid those plots which are very near to the electric supply lines, like high voltage lines passing over the plot or lines passing through the boundaries of the plot. But if still you don’t have any option to avoid and you have to construct your home, then in such conditions you should consider the guidelines laid down by Indian Electricity Rules which…

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5 Basic rules of Designing

Designing is the first and crucial step of planning of home. Though it is always advised to take the services of a certified Architect or Engineer, who will take care of all the rules of designing, but we should also know about them. After practical experience of years, we have summarized below the 5 basic rules, which should be followed while designing the home.

Convenience and comfort of the…

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Make your Drawing Room alive

Drawing room is the only place where the whole family spends time together. Also it is the room where guests and relatives have their reach. So decoration of Drawing Room becomes very important. Here we have summarized some tips which will make your Drawing room alive.

Generally Drawing room is the largest room of the house, so there is no matter of preference of colours. You can use colour as…

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Learn to know about an ideal Stair

Stairs connect two floors lying on different levels. So it is also an important part of the house since a bad stair can result in uneasiness to the youngest as well as the oldest member of the house. But still it is neglected during planning and construction of the house by a common man. Everyone gives stress on location and planning of Bed Room, Drawing and Kitchen. But nobody pays attention…

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Flooring

Flooring is the process of providing clean, smooth, durable and impervious levelled surface to the occupants of the house and the said surface is called Floor. The Floor should be sufficiently strong to withstand the loads coming over it.

Process of Flooring:

All the floors consist of two main components

Floor base:At ground level the floor base consists of layers of various materials. The…

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Points to consider before buying a Plot

Buying a plot and constructing home over it in our own way is preferred by most of the home lovers. Also buying a plot is seen as a preferred investment as it gives huge returns in comparison to other investments.

But buying a plot is not like cutting a piece of cake. It needs lot of research about the authenticity of the owner, approval of various municipal authorities etc. Therefore we have…

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#Developer #Plot #Property #Title deed

Digging Borewell

After you have got your plan approved, fixed the contractor and ready to start the construction of your dream home, you have to fix the arrangement of water which will be required in large quantity during and after the construction process. If there is Municipal water supply available in your locality, then you should apply for it and get it arranged or otherwise you have to arrange for it…

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Concreting

Learn all about Concreting.

Concrete is a mixture of Cement, Sand and Coarse Aggregate (Stone chips) mixed in water. These ingredients are mixed in a suitable proportion (advised by the Architect) either by volume or by weight. The quantity of water is taken as per the fixed water-cement ratio. All the four ingredients when mixed produce a plastic mass which can be poured into suitable moulds or formworks to give desired…

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Vastu Tips for Drawing Room

The drawing room is the gathering place where we socialize with our relatives, friends and other guests. Here we also spend our leisure time with our family watching TV or having discussions or doing some activities. Most of the times it is constructed in the center of the house therefore, it is an important part of every house. A vastu compliant drawing room attracts wealth, happiness and…

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#Drawing Room #Vastu

Finding the Finest Home Décor Destination Online

When it comes to furnishing your home, the sheer number of possibilities and options are enough to have you confused. Though you do not want to make the process rushed and extensive, running from one décor shop to another is not such a great thing. If you are hoping to renovate the whole look of your home, choosing the right home décor themes and colors are important. There are a number of great…

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Tips to protect your home in rainy season

As the monsoon starts showering we feel relieved from the scorching heat of the summer season. But before arrival of monsoon our home needs to be prepared for avoiding any potential damages due to rain waters. Below we have listed few tips which will protect your home and you can enjoy the rainy season without any worry.

First of all thoroughly check the roof for any cracks. If any crack is found…

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How to keep your home cool in summer?

Keep your home cool in summer by making some simple changes and care.

Summer, the toughest season to survive. Excess heat squeezes out water from inside of your body making it uncomfortable to live even inside the house also. High electricity bills due to prolonged use of ACs, increase your monthly house budget. But some simple changes and care can save you from the anger of the sun and also a lot of money, keeping your home cool naturally.

Plant shady trees around…

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Drainage plan of house

It is essential to prepare detailed plan showing the drainage system of the proposed house. Also it should be got approved or sanctioned from the competent authorities. In absence of a detailed drainage plan, it may lead to an unhealthy situation during disposal of sewerage of the house. Generally Architects take care of this while designing the house. But here we have tried to provide you some…

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Earthquake resistant home

In areas prone to frequent earthquakes, houses should be designed keeping in view the earthquake forces likely to develop. Following general rules should be adopted in the construction of earthquake resistant home.

The foundation of the house should not rest on the loose soils but on solid rigid base. Loose soils settle easily during an earthquake and cause damage to the house.

Different elements…

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20 ways to make you home energy efficient and environment friendly

Nowadays we are listening a lot about energy conservation and environment protection as it will impact our future generation. Lots of studies are being conducted and several actions are being taken to make our surroundings environment friendly. Simultaneously considering the limited available resources, electricity saving has become very much important in today’s scenario. Government and…

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