Our country Kenya is very rich in terms of minerals like construction materials. For instance Machine Cut commonly known as Ndarugu is found in driest parts of Machakos and Kiambu. These counties are not only in central Kenya but also is close proximity to Kenya's capital city Nairobi. Though these counties are endowed with minerals, they lack capacity in terms of skills and finance. Most of people mining the building stone are foreigners. Once they mine, they take profit to their mother country leaving local people in deplorable state.
Machine Cut or Ndarugu Blocks are advantageous since They have the following benefits;
a. They save labour cost because they are large in size hence the labourers can cover large area within a short period of time.
b. Cost of plastering is greatly reduced since the joints to be filled between them is small due to their regular shape.
c. They use less mortar and they are neat
d. There is no need of stone dressing.
They have the following disadvantages;
a. Due to transportation charges,they might be expensive.
b. They easily break when exposed to water.
before ordering machine cut stone it healthy to consult experienced fundi or foreman
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