What is the Hacking?
1. Striking a surface with a special tool so as to roughen it.
2. A style of brick-laying in which the bottom edge is setin from the plane surface of the wall.
3. In a stone wall, the breaking of a single course into two or more courses, sometimes for effect but usually because of the scarcity of larger stones.
Or
Hacking is the process of creating indents of controlled size on the concreting surface to facilate good bonding for the mortar coming in contact with it.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS
Name
|
Use
|
Hacking hammer
|
To create
indents
on all concrete
surfaces
|
Hammer and Chisel
|
To
chip off any
debris, excess concrete, slurry and dirt.
|
Safety goggles
|
To protect the eyes from flying debris during hacking
|
Face
mask
|
To protect the face
from flying debris during hacking
|
Gloves
|
To protect the hands
during hacking
|
Flicker machine
|
Used to splatter cement mortar slurry on to a hacked surface
|
Step
ladders
|
Used
for hacking and cleaning at higher levels.
|
Scaffolding
|
For
hacking at heights not reachable from the floor
|
Mallet
|
To
chip off
any debris, excess concrete, slurry and
dirt
|
Stone chisel
|
To
chip off
any debris, excess concrete, slurry and
dirt
|
Measuring scale
|
For
all distance measuring
purpose
|
Inspection tools:
- Step ladders
- Measuring tape
- German scale
