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An Overview About Low Cost Housing Low cost housing is a new concept that deals with effective budget and use of techniques which help in lowering the cost of construction through the use of locally available materials and improved skills and technology without sacrificing performance and life of the structure. There is big misconception that low cost housing is suitable for only sub standard works and they are constructed by using cheap building materials of low quality. The fact is that low cost housing is done by good managing the resources, well. Building Cost In a low cost housing, building material cost is less as you can make use of the locally available materials and also the labour cost can be reduced by properly making the time schedule of our work. Cost of reduction is achieved by selection of more efficient material or by an improved design. Areas from where cost can be lowered are:1) Lower plinth area by using thinner wall concept. 2) Use locally available material in a new form like soil cement blocks instead of burnt bricks. 3) Use energy efficiency materials which need less energy like concrete block instead of burnt bricks. 4) Use eco-friendly materials which are substitute for conventional building components like the R.C.C. Door and window frames instead of wooden frames. 5) Pre plan every element of a house and logically sketch the design procedure for lowering the size of the components. 6) Each component shall be checked whether if it’s necessary, and then the component would be used.


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