Consumables for construction work do not belong to the main raw materials, but are closely associated with them. As the name implies, they include small tools and materials that are consumed or worn during the execution of a specific order, that is, with a short service life. The rest of the article indicates what applies to construction supplies.
Tools and auxiliary materials for manual application of protective, decorative and adhesive coatings
These are primarily paint brushes and rollers. Depending on the type of surface to be treated and the type of coating applied, they differ in shape and size. For convenience, these products can be equipped with special telescopic rods, which are able to extend the handle of the tool up to four meters, which allows you to paint even a very high ceiling.
The use of a roller implies the purchase of a paint cuvette of the appropriate size, which, thanks to the ribbed surface, evenly distributes the paint over the entire area of the paint tool and removes its excess. As a rule, they acquire several rollers for working with coatings of different colors and compositions, but you can use one handle, changing only the nozzle. When working with one painting tool for several days, to prevent drying, both the brushes and the rollers are soaked in a container of water until the next use or tightly wrapped in a cellophane film.
The same series of building consumables includes masking tape, which can seriously reduce time and nerves when beating off the perfect edge during the application of paintwork, as well as keep the mating surface clean. They differ only in the width of the overlapping edge and footage.
Spare parts, abrasive and cutting tools
Each electric tool used in construction or repair requires its own equipment, which is a processing structural element, usually of a replaceable type. It includes drills, cutting wheels , grinding wheels, as well as lubricants and much more.
Consumables for construction tools are a significant cost element and the cause of endless disputes between the customer and the contractor. This situation is associated with a high degree of standardization of such components. With the same functionality, both price and quality of products can have a serious run-up. The choice is not always obvious, but with a large amount of work, it is worth giving preference to the goods of well-established manufacturers.
Classify consumables for construction equipment by the following criteria:
- Metalworking. These include drills, bores, metal cutters, cutting and grinding wheels, grinding materials, hacksaw blades, lubricants.
- Woodworking. Cutting discs for circular saws, jigsaw blades, wood drills.
- For processing stone, tile and concrete. Diamond coated blades, chisels and impact drills with victorious soldering.
Throughout this list, only saws on wood and components of a drilling type (except for impact drills) are subject to restoration by sharpening.
Hardware and fasteners
Depending on the type of work, this group of building consumables can be even more expensive than tooling processing tools. This includes screws for wood, metal, nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware, all kinds of attachments for a screwdriver and fasteners of any other types (ties, rivets, clamps, brackets).
Packaging
May be refundable and irrevocable. This is an important element in maintaining the presentation of basic materials. It can be paper, polyethylene, barrels, bags, pallets, boxes and other packaging.
Ancillary equipment and personal protective equipment
Hair and wire brushes, rags, containers for transporting and stirring bulk materials and garbage collection, brooms, stationery, gloves, glasses, respirators, etc.
All these little things result in a pretty penny and can not always be fully taken into account at the stage of budgeting. Therefore, to simplify the calculations for construction supplies, they often allocate 3% of the cost of basic resources and include them in the estimate as a common line without decoding the nomenclature.