Low Cost Housing Techniques by Replacing Conventional Materials

Economy is a thing of concern since past. Several techniques are been adopted to achieve it. This paper adopts the following alternatives; they are Bamboo as a replacement for steel, mortar filler and fly-ash bricks. As the other two are readily available, this paper aims at determining the feasibility of bamboo as a structural replacement for steel. Beams were casted for M20 with bamboo as reinforcement and were tested for flexural strength. Tensile tests and flexural tests have proved that bamboo can absorb energy thus making it a replacement of steel. Such techniques are eco-friendly and are also economical which is of great concern while providing housing for rural areas.