How to calculate quantity of Cement & Sand in mortar?
Calculate quantity of cement, sand and water cement ratio in mortar? Formula for calculation of cement sand quantity for mortar.
Plaster is the major part of building construction & cement mortar is used for plastring, a little irresponsibility in mortar mixture cost you loss of quality, money.
In this post you will learn about estimation of cement & sand in mortar and water cement ratio.
Below we will calculate quantity in Cubic feet as in Cubic Meter.
Lets Start!
Area of Wall = L×H
Area of Wall = 12’×10′ = 120 sft
Thickness of plaster = 10mm = 0.375 InchWet Volume of Mortar = Area × Thickness of plaster
Wet Volume=120×(0.375/12) = 3.75 Cft
- 0.375 divided by 12 to convert inch into foot
Dry Volume of mortar = 3.75×1.33= 4.98 Cft
Or 0.141 Cum
Now we will use dry volume to get Quantity of cement and sand
Ratio of mortar = 1:4
Sum of ratio = 5
Cement quantity in mortar:
Cement = (1÷5)×4.98 = 0.996 Cft
Cement = (1÷5)×0.141 = 0.0282 Cum
Density of cement = 1440kg/m3 or 40.77kg/cft
- multiply cft with 40.77 & cum with 1440 to get quantity of cement in KGs.
Cft>>>> 0.996×40.77= 40.60 Kg
Cum>>> 0.0282×1440= 40.60 kg
To convert into Bags divide by 50 (50 kg in one bag of cement)
Or directly calculate cement bags from Volume:
Volume of cement bag= 0.034cum or 1.226cft
Cft>>> 0.996÷1.226 = 0.82 Bag
Cum>>> 0.0282÷0.034 = 0.82 Bag
Sand quantity in mortar:
Simply Multiply Dry Volume of cement by 4 (sand is 4 times of cement) OR
Sand = (4÷5)×4.98 = 3.984 Cft
Sand = (4÷5)×0.141 = 0.112 Cum
Sand is sold & purchased in CFT & CUM
If you want to convert it into KGs then multiply Cft Volume with 45.30 and Cum volume with 1600.
Density of sand is 1600kg/m3 OR 45.30 kg/cft
cft>>> 3.984×45.30 = 180.47 kg
Cum>>> 0.112×1600 = 180.47 kg
Water Cement Ratio:
As water is about 0.45 to 0.50 times to cement. To maintain its strength and workability, water should be added with exact ratio.
as cement is 40.60 kg so the water should be added is 20.30 kg/Ltr.
If there is high volume of mortar or concrete, ready mix plaster and ready mix concrete can/should be used to save time and manpower.
Read article about concrete mix grades
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