MS1 Lecture 8 - Internal Finishes

Measurement 1 –
Internal Finishes
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MEASUREMENT 1 TOPICS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. CONCRETE WORKS – CONCRETE & FORMWORK
3. CONCRETE WORKS – REINFORCEMENT
4. STRUCTURAL STEEL
5. PILING & EARTHWORKS
-- MID-TERM EXAM --
MEASUREMENT 1 TOPICS
7. WALLS
8. ROOFS
9. INTERNAL FINISHES
10.DOORS & WINDOWS
11.EXTERNAL WORKS
12.DEMOLITION
-- FINAL EXAM --
Internal Finishes
Internal Finishes
The measurement of finishes are divided into the following
elements:
1. Floor finishes and screeds
2. Wall finishes (including attached beams with the same
finishes
3. Ceiling finishes (including attached beams with the same
finishes
Internal Finishes
NRM have many sections involve in the measurement of finishes
as follows:
18 Tile and slate roof and wall coverings
19 Waterproofing
21 Cladding and Covering
22 General joinery
28 Floor, wall, ceiling and roof finishings
29 Decoration
30 Suspended ceilings
Internal Finishes
Drawings that must accompany
1. Plans of each floor
2. Sections through building
3. External Elevations
4. Finishes schedules
5. All floor to floor or ceiling heights
6. Layout of patterned work
7. Details of molded work
Internal Finishes
Mandatory information to be provided:
1. kind, quality
2. Number of coats of in-situ work
3. Types of underlays or linings
4. Bedding or other method of fixing
5. Type of pointing
6. Laps
7. Layout and width of joints and bays
8. Patterns
9. Spacing of battens and counter battens
10.Composition and mix of mortars
11.Bonding to other work
12.Radius of curved work
Internal Finishes
Mandatory information to be provided:
13. Nature of base
14. Laid in one operation with base
15 Applied finishes / sealer/ polishes
Works and materials deemed included:

1. All rough and fair square, raking and curved cutting and waste
2. All ends and angles either formed or proprietary
3. Extra material for curved work
4. Forming all rough and fair grooves, throats, mortices, chases,
edges, rebates, holes, stops, mitres and the like labour
5. Raking our joints to form a key
6. Raking out joints to insert skirtings and the like
7. All work in forming returns, ends, internal and external angles
Internal Finishes
Works and materials deemed included:
8. All extra material required for bonding

9. Additional material in laps and dressings
10. All works on attached columns and columns
11. Work in forming voids and holes ≤ 1.00m2
12. Formwork or any other form of temporary support
13. Working finishes up to and around all accessories
Internal Finishes
Measurement
1. Area measured is net in contact with base
2. Widths stated are the width of each finished face
3. No deduction for voids ≤ 1.00 m2
4. No allowance to be made in net area for laps, dressings or
any other labour
5. All work is deemed internal unless stated as external
Internal Finishes
Measurement
Schedules of internal finishes listing floor by floor and room

by room the ceiling, wall and floor finishes and decorations
is an invaluable aid to the measurement.
A finish schedule will:

✓ Often save time in taking off
✓ Reduce the risk of errors
✓ Make the taking off easier to understand by others
✓ Simplify adjustments to taking off resulting from the
issue of revised drawings
Internal Finishes
Floor Ceiling Wall
Location
Screed Finish Finish Decoration Finish Decoration
Ground floor
35mm thick cement 600 x 600mm
Living room Rubbed concrete Emulsion paint 20mm thick plaster Emulsion paint
and sand Homogenous tiles
Dining room Rubbed concrete Emulsion paint 20mm thick plaster Emulsion paint
Kitchen Rubbed concrete Emulsion paint 20mm thick plaster Emulsion paint
10mm thick moisture
35mm thick cement 400 x 400mm 400 x 400mm
Toilet resistant gypsum Emulsion paint 20mm thick plaster
and sand Ceramic tiles Ceramic tiles
board
Internal Finishes
Floor finishes
In situ sheet and tile finishings all have to be described as follows:
• Level or to falls less than 15 deg
• To falls and crossfalls less than 15 deg 10000mm
• To slopes more than 15 deg
7000mm
5000mm
3000mm
Internal Finishes
Skirting (baseboard) are
measured with the internal
finishes, its length relates to the
walls
Division strips may be required

where the finish changes
Screeds are measured with

floor finishes as their areas are
the same
Internal Finishes
Tiles laid other than a

straight pattern (Diamond
pattern) should be stated
in description)
Internal Finishes
Special pattern
Internal Finishes
Division strips
Internal Finishes
Waterproofing
These sections are applicable for waterproofing to bathroom and
kitchen floors and the like. The waterproofing is applied to the
concrete floor slab or to the topping in multi storey buildings so
that if water floods the floor it will not penetrate to the rooms on
the floor below.
Waterproofing can be asphalt liquid, flexible sheet / membrane

Internal Finishes
Asphalt waterproofing
Internal Finishes
Ceiling finishes
Area taken from wall to wall using
the figured structural dimensions
which are usually best taken over
the beams and the adjustments
made later.
Suspended ceilings are measured
as composite items of framework
and panels
Cornices, bulkheads and light
coves is usually straightforward
which normally runs all around the
room.
Internal Finishes
Wall finishes
Perimeter of the room is best
taken in the waste
calculations having the same
height and finish.
Deductions for opening will be
taken later.
Plaster is an in-situ finish to
receive paint or wallpaper
Render is cement and sand to
receive tiles or sheet finishes
Internal Finishes
Expanded Metal lath
backing material for
plaster
Internal Finishes
Taking Off
You should measure the work in the following order:
1) The general areas of the finishes

Be careful to consider how areas need to be adjusted for
fixtures and fittings. For example:
a) Measure floor finishes under vanity counters and under
cookers in kitchens
b) Deduct for fixed fittings where the finish will not go behind or
under them
c) Measure toppings and plaster under and behind fixed
fittings. These are not always clear from the drawings and
must be checked.
Internal Finishes
Taking Off
You should measure the work in the following order:
2) Adjust for openings including

a) Deduct for area of openings
b) Add for additional area of finishes to reveals and to
head (if applicable)
c) Measure all other work around openings as
necessary
3) Measure other items

a) The perimeter of the areas of finishes
b) Measurable items within the areas of finishes
Internal Finishes
Typical Taking Off List
Floor Finishes
Toppings
Waterproofing under finishes - in bathrooms, kitchens and other
wet areas
Tile and Slab Finishes (ceramic, mosaic, marble and granite tiles
and slabs)
a) General areas
b) Contrasting bands
c) Isolated patterns
Internal Finishes
Floor Finishes
Painting and Coating (epoxy and similar hard wearing paints to
floors)
Access Flooring
Staircases
Landings
Treads
Risers
Strings
Nosings
Internal Finishes
Wall Finishes
Plaster and Render

Tile and Slab Finishes (ceramic, mosaic, marble and granite tiles
and slabs)
Painting
Lath
Internal Finishes
Ceiling Finishes
Finishes (gypsum board, rubbed concrete, plasterboard)

Decorations (painting)
Bulkheads
Light coves
Cornices
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Measurement 1 –

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2. CONCRETE WORKS – CONCRETE & FORMWORK

3. CONCRETE WORKS – REINFORCEMENT

5. PILING & EARTHWORKS

10.DOORS & WINDOWS

Works and materials deemed included:

8. All extra material required for bonding

Schedules of internal finishes listing floor by floor and room

A finish schedule will:

Division strips may be required

Screeds are measured with

Tiles laid other than a

Waterproofing can be asphalt liquid, flexible sheet / membrane

You should measure the work in the following order:

1) The general areas of the finishes

You should measure the work in the following order:

2) Adjust for openings including

3) Measure other items

Plaster and Render

Finishes (gypsum board, rubbed concrete, plasterboard)

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