4. Cement shall be standard Portland cement, ASTM C 150-68 Type 1 5.

. Mortar Mix mortar from 3 to 5 minutes in such quantities as needed for immediate use. Retempering will not be permitted if mortar stiffens because of premature setting. Discard such materials as well as those which have not been used within one hour after mixing. Proportioning: Cement mortar shall be one (1) part Portland cement and two (2) parts sand by volume but not more than one (1) Portland cement and three (3) parts sand by volume. B. ERECTION 1. All masonry shall be laid plumb, true to line, with level and accurately spaced courses, and with each course breaking joint with the source below. Bond shall be kept plumb throughout; corners and reveals shall be plumb and true. Units with greater than 12 percent absorption shall be wet before laying. Work required to be built in with masonry, including anchors, wall plugs and accessories, shall be built in as the erection progresses. 2. Masonry Units. Each course shall be solidly bedded in Portland cement mortar. All units shall be damp when laid units shall be showed into place not laid, in a full bed of unfurrowed mortar. All horizontal and vertical points shall be completely filled with a mortar and as laid. Each course shall be bonded at corners and intersections. No cells shall be left open in face surfaces. All cells shall be filled up with mortar for exterior walls. Units terminating against beam or slab softfits shall be wedged tight with mortar. Do not lay cracked, broken or defacted block. 3. Lintels shall be of concrete and shall be enforced as shown on the drawings. Lintels shall have a minimum depth of 0.20 (8) and shall be at least 0.20 (8) on each side of opening. C. WORKMANSHIP AND INSTALLATION: 1. PLASTERING: C lean and evenly wet surfaces. Apply scratch coat with sufficient force to form good keys. Cross scratch coat upon attaining its initial set; keep damp. Apply brown coat after scratch coat has at least 24 hours after scratch coat application. Lightly scratch brown coat; keep moist for 2 days; allow to dry out. Do not apply finish until brown coat has seasoned for 7 days. Just before applying coat, wet brown coat again. Float finish coat true even surface; trowel in manner that will force sand particles down into plaster, with final trowling, leave surfaces barnished smooth, free from rough area, trowel marks, checks, and other blemishes. Keep finish coat moist for at least 2 days; thereafter protect against rapid drying until properly, thoroughly cured.

2. PEA GRAVEL WASHOUT: Before start of work, provide desired pitch for drainage. Roughen concrete surface with pick or similar tool. Clean off loose particles and other materials which may prevent bond, keep surface wet for at least 4 hours before applying. Scratch coat of mortar. Coat no more than 3/4 thick. Apply mixture of pea gravel and Portland cement with pressure to obtain solid adhesion. Trowel pea gravel to hard, smooth, even plane and rod and float to uniform surface of even texture. When surface is semi-dry evenly spray surfaces with clean water with spray machine to wash out loose cement to part exposed pea gravel. Remove its natural texture and appearance. Before applying pea gravel finish, submit samples to owner for approval. D. SCAFFOLDING Provide all scaffolding required for masonry work, including cleaning down on completion, remove. E. VITRIFIED FLOOR TILE INSTALLATION: 1. Do not start floor tiling occurring in space requiring both floor and wall tile setting has been completed. 2. Before spreading setting bed, establish border lines center wires in both directions to permit laying pattern with minimum of cut tiles. Lay floors without borders from center line outward. Make adjustment at walls. 3. Clean concrete sub floor and moisten it without soaking. Sprinkle dry cement over surface. Spread setting bed mortar on concrete and tamp to assure good bond over the entire area then screed to smooth, level bed. Set average setting bed thickness at but never less than . F. WALL TILE INSTALLATIONS: 1. Scratch coat for application as foundation coat shall be at most . While still plastic, deeply score scratch and cross scratch. Protect scratch coat and keep reasonably moist within seasoning period. Use mortar for scratch, float coats, within one hour after mixing. Retempering of partially hardened mortar is not permitted. Set scratch coat shall be cured for at least 2 days before starting tile setting. 2. For float coat use one part portland cement, one part hydrated lime (optional), 3-1/2 parts sand.

IV. CARPENTRY AND JOINERY WORK A. MATERIALS 1. QUALITY OF LUMBER: Lumber shall be the approved quality of the respective kinds for the various parts of the work, well seasoned, thoroughly dry, and free from large, loose, or unsound knots, sups, shakes, and other imperfections impairing its strength, durability or appearance. All finishing lumber to be used shall be completely dried and shall not contain more than 14%moisture. All flooring, tongue and grooved shall be kin dried. 2. TREATMANT OF THE LUMBER: a. All concealed lumber shall be sprayed with anti-anay or bukbok liquid. b. Surface in contact with masonry and concrete coated with creosote or equivalent. 3. DOOR SAHES: All door sashes shall be well seasoned, flush type, semihallow core and solid core, tanguile plywood veneers on both sides. Exterior doors shall be of kiln dried Tanguile panel doors. 4. KIND OF LUMBER: All exposed lumber for framings shall be Apitong. All window and door jambs shall be of Apitong and Tanguile. Balcony railings, flooring, girder and joints shall be of S4S Yacal. All interior flooring shall be of Kiln dried T and G Tanguile. Living room wood panels at the second floor shall be of 1 thick pinewood. Eaves shall be kiln dried T and G Tanguile S4S. Exterior sidings shall be seasoned sun dried V-Cut tanguile. B. WORKMANSHIP 1. Execute rough carpentry in best, substantial, workmen like manner. Erect framing true to line, levels and dimensions, squared, alighed, plumbed, wellspliced and nailed, and adequately braced, properly fitted using nortise and tenon joists.

2. Millwork accurately milled to details, clean cut moldings profiles, lines, scrape, sand smooth; mortise, tenon, splice, join, block, nail screw, bolt together, as approved, in manner to allow free play of panels; avoid swelling, shrinkage, ensure work remaining in place without warping, splitting opening or joints. Do not install mill work and case until concrete and masonry work have been cured and will not release moisture harmful to woodwork. 3. Secure work to grounds, otherwise fasten in position to hold correct surfaces, lines and level. Make finished work flat, plumb, true. V. ARCHITECTURAL FINISHES SCHEDULE A. FLOORING 1. All interior flooring shall be 1 x 4 tongue and groove (T & G Tanguile, kiln dried.) 2. Toilet floors shall be vitrified 4-1/4 x 4-1/4 white or beige in color, mariwasa brand. 3. Balcony floors shall be of 1 x 4 Yacal set on a open joint and nailed on Yacal Floor joist. All balcony railings shall be Yacal. 4. Concrete Floor fronting the street shall be finished with 12 x 12 Vigan tiles with black pebble washout as border all around. B. WALLING: 1. All interior partitions shall be of x 4 x 8 plywood. Joints of partitions shall have a V-cut joint. 2. Interior paneling of second floor living room shall be 1 x 8 pine wood: 3. Exterior walling shall be 1 x 6 V-cut tanguile. 4. CHB Walling shall be plastered and lined with nail strip. 5. Toilet wall finish shall be of x 4-1/4 white glazed tiles. C. CEILINGS: 1. All interior ceilings shall be of x 4 x 8 plywood with mouldings. 2. Outside ceiling eaves shall be of 1 x 4 T and G Kilm dried tanguile, with air Vents covered with screen.

D. DOORS 1. All interior, bedroom doors shall be hallow core flushed door using plywood veneer. 2. All toilet doors shall have one side using waterproofed plywood facing inside. Bring float coat flush with screeds or temporary guide strips placed to give true and even surface at proper distance from the tile finished face. 3. Setting Wall Tiles: seals wall tile thoroughly in clean water before setting. Set Wall tile by trowelling neat portland cement skim coat on float coat or apply skim coat to black of each tile unit. Immediately float tile in place. Make joints straight, level and perpendicular. Maintain vertical joints plumb. 4. Grouting: Grout joints in wall tile with neat white cement immediately after suitable area of tile has been set. Tool joints slightly concave, cut off excess mortar and wipe from face tile. Roughen interstices of depressions. In mortar joints after grout has been cleaned from surface. Fill to line of cushion tile bases or covers with mortar. Make joints between wall tile, plumbing and other built in fixtures with light colored caulking. Immediately after grout has had its initial set, give tile wall surfaces protective coat of non-corrosive soap. 5. All exterior doors shall be solid panel doors. E. WINDOWS 1. All windows shall be steel windows casement and awning type with simple square wrought iron railings and secured with screen. 2. Other windows as indicated in the plan shall be glass jalousie. 3. Glass and glazing: All windows shall be glazed on the outside with steel casement putty. Glass shall be puttied in neat trim line manner, with steel glazing chips. Use 3/16 thick clear glass. 4. Provide louvers below the ceiling and wall partition of bedrooms without exterior window access. F. FINISHING HARDWARES: 1. Butt Hinges- unless otherwise approved, use brass, polished and finely finished, mortise ball bearings 5 knuckles, non rising loose pins as manufactured by Stanley or corbin for all interior or wood doors. Use one and one-half pairs (3pcs.) of hinges per leaf of doors more than 1.80 m high loose pin butt for room doors, fixed pin butt for closets.

G. LOCKSETS: 1. Cylindrical locks- all interior doors shall be equipped with high grade heavy or standard duty (as required) cylindrical locksets. The mechanism shall be heavy gauge, cold rolled steel contained in sturdy cylindrical housing with all parts zinc plated and dichromated for maximum resistance against rust and corrosion. Exposed parts shall be brass heavily plated as manufactured by schlage, yale or approved equivalent. 2. Keying and Keys- locks shall be keyed in sets and sub sets to provide maximum expansion. All sets shall be grand master keyed, and all locks shall be great grand master keyed per unit.

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H. RIM BOLTS- Rim bolts and keeper shall be chrome finish. I. DOOR BUMPERS- where wooden doors shall strike an object during opening, provide door bumpers. J. Cabinet hinges shall be Washington type or piano hinges heavily chrome or nickel plated. K. Cabinet and Closet catches shall be plastic roller types. L. Provide Yale door closers for all swing exterior doors. M. Provide heavy-duty head and foot bolt for the three (3) main entrance doors. VI. ROOFING AND TINSMITHING WORKS A. MATEIALS: 1. ROOF SHEATHING- shall be corrugated galvanized Iron sheet gauge 26. 2. Gutters downspouts and Flashings shall be of gauge 26 plain G.I sheets. B. INSTALLATION WORKMANSHIP: 1. Sheathing- layout the roofing sheets in a manner that the side overlap faces away from the prevailing wind. Provide not less than 0.30 m overlap on ends and not less than 1-1/2 corrugation on side laps on both sides. Secure the roofing sheets to purlins by using G.I. rivets and 1 wide G.I. Tiles. 2. Gutter- connection of gutters shall be made by using brass rivets and fully jointed by nikolite lead. Provide a minimum of 1% slope towards the downspouts.

3. Downspouts- shall be 2x4 plain G.I. sheets or colored pvc pipe as approved by the Architect. 4. Flashings- shall be plain G.I. sheet over corrugated roofing of not less than 0.30 overlap extend G.I. Flashing until it covers the top portion of the firewall. VII. PLUMBING WORKS: A. GENERAL: 1. All work shall be done under the direct supervision of a licensed plumber and in strict accordance with these specifications and of the methods as prescribed by the National Plumbing Code of the Philippines. B. MATERIALS: 1. Cast iron soil pipe for sewer and cement drainage pipes T and G ASTM C-14 and ASTM- 75 respectively. 2. Cast iron sewer pipes and fittings- ASTM A-74 for soil, waste and vent pipes. 3. Caulking Lead- Federal spec. QQ-56 or epoxy mix A and B. 4. Bronze gate values- Federal spec. WW-V-58. 5. Galvanized iron pipes and fittings- Schedule 40 for all hot and cold water lines. 6. Water Closet- Saniwares brand. All toilets shall be of venture model or Compton except the second floor owners toilet which shall be salernina or cadet type. Vitreous china price Pfister angle valves. White in color. 7. Lavatories- Saniwares Ventura and Diana (or new comrade) vitreous China, complete with all chromard finish price pfistor. Fittings and accessories. 8. Kitchen Sink- Northern Hill Classic cast iron acid- resisting enameled finish inside. With black complete all chromard finish U.S fittings and accessories. 9. Soap and Tissue holders- Vitreous China 10. Towel bars and hooks- brass chrome plated. 11. Drains: Floor drains shall be high grade strong, tough and even-grained metals with adjustable screwed cover nickel plated. 12. Shower head and Valve-

a. For owners toilet, use P.F. with marquis 3-valve divester. b. For other toilets- use shower head with plastic and 2-valve divester. C. ALTERNATE MATERIALS: 1. Alternate material allowed, provided such alternate is approved by Architect such as PVC pipes for sewer and drainage pipes. 2. Each length of pipe, fitting trap, fixture and device used in plumbing system shall have cast, stamped or indelibly marked on it, manufacturers trademark or name weight, type and classes or product when so required. D. INSTALLATION 1. Install plumbing fixtures free and open to afford easy access for cleaning. 2. Install plumbing fixtures as indicated on drawings, furnishings all brackets, cleats, plates and anchors required to support fixtures rigidly in place. 3. Install all fixtures and accessories in locations directed in accordance with manufacturers instructions, minimizing pipe fittings. 4. Protect items with approval means to maintain perfect conditions. Remove work damaged or defective and replace with perfect work without extra cost to OWNER. 5. All G.I. soil and drainage pipes shall have a minimum slope of 1%. 6. Vertical pipes shall be secured strongly by hooks to building framing. Provide suitable bracket or chairs at the floors from which they start. Where an end or circuit vent pipe from any fixtures or line fixtures is connected to a vent line serving other fixtures, connection shall be at least four (4) feet 1.20 M above floor on which fixtures are located, to prevent use of any vent line as a waste. Horizontal pipes shall be supported by well secured strap hangers. 7. Connection of water closets to soil pipes shall be made by means of flanged plates and asbestos packing without use of rubber putty or cement. 8. Make all joints air and water-tight; for jointing pipes, the following shall be used.

a. For bell and spigot jointed cast iron and waste pipes, caulk with oakum or jute and soft pig lead. b. Lead to cast iron pipes use brass ferrule wiped on lead side and caulked into ball of cast iron soil pipe. c. Concrete pipes: bell and spigot or tongue and groove use yarning material and cement mortar. d. G.I. Pipes- Use Teflon Tape or white lead when tightening threaded joints. E. ROUGH-IN 1. Provide correctly located opening of proper sizes where required in walls and floors for passed of pipes. 2. All items to be embedded in concrete shall be thoroughly clean and free from all rust, scale and paint. 3. All changes in pipe size on soil wash and drain lines shall be provided with reducing fittings or recesses reducers. For changes in pipe sizes provide reducing fittings. 4. High corrosive nature ground within site shall be taken into account by plumber. Protective features shall be installed to prevent corrosion of all water pipes installed underground. 5. Extend piping to all fixtures, outlets and equipment from gate valves installed in the branch near the riser. 6. All pipes shall be cut accurately to measurements, and worked into place without springing or forcing. 7. Care shall be taken as not to weaker structural portion of the building.