Comments on: Most common building material in Goa is a stone called laterite https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/14/goa-laterite-buildings-walls/ Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: rishabh https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/14/goa-laterite-buildings-walls/#comment-2005 Thu, 08 Jan 2015 18:20:28 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13436#comment-2005 can u tell me the name of some more materials that r commonly used in construction in goa and surrounding areas.

]]> By: RSrinivasan https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/14/goa-laterite-buildings-walls/#comment-2004 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 01:32:37 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13436#comment-2004 Could u please tell me where it is available in Dindigul OR Madurai In Tamil Nadu

]]> By: Savio Teles https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/14/goa-laterite-buildings-walls/#comment-2003 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:16:50 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13436#comment-2003 The stone is used extensively in Goa along with mud bricks.The stone is basicaly cut out from the earth like a piece of cake,a very tedious job tough.Special cutting tools are required.The best natural building material mother nature has given us.From Goa

]]> By: LB https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/14/goa-laterite-buildings-walls/#comment-2002 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:53:41 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13436#comment-2002 In reply to David Kyagulanyi.

@David – Oddly I never saw the laterite being quarried so I’m not sure what equipment they use in India. I just saw laterite in use as a construction material everywhere. I’m not sure if the laterite you have in Uganda is of the same type, and appropriate for building? Sounds like it would be worth looking into.
Here are some interesting articles:
http://www.teriin.org/teri-wr/projects/laterite.htm
http://qjegh.geoscienceworld.org/content/33/3/181.abstract
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/travelblogs/79/86373/Goan+Laterite,+Red+and+Rough?destId=356223
and this blog post is interesting
http://windyskies.blogspot.ca/2010/10/goan-laterite-red-and-rough.html

]]> By: David Kyagulanyi https://ounodesign.com/2012/02/14/goa-laterite-buildings-walls/#comment-2001 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:12:03 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=13436#comment-2001 Thanks for the information. Are laterite quarrying equipment common in Goa? We have lots of laterite in Uganda and we could start doing the same. Thanks.

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