Materials, Tools and Instruments

Mechanical Masonry Tools• mixer/concrete mixer• power drill• Dumper• Crane• Grindstone• Various saws• Excavator• Scaffolding• Tile cutter

Mechanical Masonry Tools

• Shovel• Pickaxe• Rake

• Hammer• Hatchet

• Mallet/sledgehammer• Tow• trowels

Instruments for measuring and marking

• Rulers and tape measures and rolling rule• Guage/ caliber

• Spirit level and water level• Plumb line• Compass• Squares

• Drawing pen

Other Masonry Instruments

• Broom• Crowbar

• Plaster trowel• Tongs

• Arched saw• Chisels• Hammers• Pliers

Masonry MaterialMATERIALS FOR MORTARS (binders: gypsum, lime, hydraulic lime, cement; Inactive: gravel, sand, brick dust, pozzolana)

ALL TYPES OF TILES (solid bricks, hollow bricks, hollow blocks, tiles, etc.).

STONE BLOCKS AND SLABS (masonry and cladding)

BLOCKS Lightweight concrete (masonry)

CONCRETE FOR JETS

Masonry MaterialWOOD Carpentry (formwork and timber structures)

METAL (for consolidation, reinforcement, new facilities)

SHEET METAL (roofing, etc.)

TILES AND OTHER MATERIALS (for floor and wall coverings)

INSULATION MATERIALS AND WATERPROOFING (natural and synthetic)

Decorator Tools• Chalk line• Round iron for plastering• Plumb bob and line• Sheet metal shears• Trowel – planer• Iron lima/file• Spirit level• handle (ruler with

handle)• Palette knife

Decorator Tools• Various paint brushes• Pumices• Chemin de fer• Screeds• Rulers• Rollers• Sprockets• Spatulas• Sponges• molds

Decorator MaterialsBrick dust

lime

Cementite

Cement

waxGypsum/plaster 

pigment 

mortar Marble dust pozzolana

soap 

Canary grass

stucco