IS 6041 : 1985 Code of practice for construction of autoclaved cellular concrete block masonry

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the construction of load bearing andnon-load bearing walls with autoclave cellular (aerated) concreteblocks conforming to IS 2185 : Part 3 : 1984.

2 References

IS 2 :1960Rules for rounding off numerical values

IS 226 :1975Specification for structural steel(standard quality)

IS 269 :1976Specification for ordinary and low heat Portlandcement

IS 280 :1978Specification for mild steel wire for genera]engineering purposes

IS 383 :1970Specification for coarse and fine aggregatesfrom natural sources for concrete

IS 432 : Part 1 :1982 Specification for mild steel andmedium tensilesteel bars and hard-drawn steel wire forconcrete reinforcement:Part 1 Mild steel and medium tensile steel bars

IS 432 : Part 2 :1982 Specification for mild steel andmedium tensilesteel bars and hard-drawn steel wire forconcrete reinforcement: Part 2 Hard-drawn steel wire

IS 455 :1976Specification for Portland slag cement

IS 456 :1978Code of practice for plain and reinforcedconcrete

IS 712 :1984Specification for building limes

IS 1344 :1981Specification for calcined clay pozzolana

IS 1489 :1976Specification for Portland pozzolana cement

IS 1566 :1982Specification for hard-drawn steel wire fabricfor concrete reinforcement

IS 1635 :1975Code of practice for field slaking of buildinglime and preparation of putty

IS 1786 :1985Specification for high strength deformed steelbars and wires for concrete reinforcement

IS 1905 :1980Code of practice for structural safety ofbuildings : Masonry walls

IS 2116 :1980Specification for sand for masonry mortars

IS 2185 : Part 3 :1984 Specification for concrete masonry units:Part 3 Autoclave cellular (aerated) concreteblocks

IS 2250 :1981Code of practice for preparation and use ofmasonry mortars

IS 2402 :1963Code of practice for external rendered finishes

IS 3812 :1981Specification for fly ash for use as pozzolanaand admixture

IS 7921 :1975Recommendation for modular co-ordination -multimodules and preferred sizes for horizontalcoordinating and controlling dimensions

IS 7922 :1975Recommendation for modular co-ordination -multimodules and preferred sizes for verticalcoordinating and controlling dimensions

IS 9893 :1981Specification for precast concrete lintels andsills