Building materials
Any materials that used for construction purposes are building materials. Cements, metals, bricks, concretes, woods, clays are the most commonly used types of materials in construction. These materials are chosen with cost effectiveness for building projects.
However, the utilization of building materials varies from one country to another depends on its availability. Apart from many naturally occurring materials there are many man-made products in use. Among man-made comes, bricks, plaster, concrete & many other materials. However, they are usually still made out of natural materials. For example, bricks are made out of clay.
Building Products
Most importantly, there are also ready-made sections made from various materials which are fitted in different parts of a building. Products are the processed and finished items that are offered for sale.
Products:
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Hand tools
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Fasteners & fixings
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Welding
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Sealants
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Security Solutions
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Painting Tools
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Personal Protection Equipment
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General Tools
Hand Tools
Firstly, tools that is powered by our hands rather than a motor is mentioned as a Hand Tool. The most common categories includes wrenches, snips & pliers, cutters, measuring layout, knives & blades, wood chisel, screw drivers, riveters, hammers and storage. For each and every trades, hand tools are used widely according to their necessities.
Fasteners & Fixings
Fasteners is a hardware device that mechanically joins two or more objects together. Fixing attaches a moveable element to a fixed one. These are used to hold things together to the surfaces of walls, floors or sometimes roofs. Some of the fasteners and fixings used in construction are drywall screws, self drilling screws, self tapping screws, chip board screws, nails, blind rivets, bolts, anchors & fixings. usage of fasteners and fixings helps in providing efficiency, durability and also safety. Almost in every tasks of a construction, these are used widely.
Welding
Most importantly, welding is used to join two elements together with a strong connection. Therefore, welders works with metals or thermoplastic and use filler materials to join them together. The most common welding tool are inverters and welding accessories. Welding is a simple process which results in the best finishing. It can be done in any place. In industries like automation, construction, aviation and many more , welding is an important component which cannot be avoided.
The most common welding type is arc welding. Any one near an arc welding needs to wear an eye protection like helmet & goggles because the arc is very bright. Without helmet and goggles it may cause visual damage to the eyes.
Sealants
Sealants helps to stop the flow of any form of liquid substances through any surfaces or joints or any openings in materials. Most commonly used sealants are silicone sealant and polyurethane foam.
Security Solutions
These types of tools are very important in a construction field. Therefore, they are commonly used in security solution tools are cylinders, mortise locks, door closer hinges & siding channel, knobset, night latch, RIM.
Painting Tools
Right type of painting tool is important to complete the building to its finishing. Painting tools comes in different shapes and different sizes. The essential of painting tools are cage rollers & refills, radiator rollers & refill, paint brushes, paint accessories.
Personal Protection Equipment
Personal protection equipment is one of the primary need of defense of the workers in the site of construction. However, there are many chances of hazards in the site, therefore, its important to have protection equipment. The protection tools includes safety shoes, safety work wears, safety harness, safety masks & respirators, ear safety, traffic safety, safety gloves, safety eyes ware and safety helmets.
General Tools
As we know construction tools are very important part of anyone who works in the construction sites. Here are some of the general tools needed in the construction field and they are, shovel, pick axe, nut setters & screw bits, construction buckets and mushroom caps.