Uses:

Gunite is used in the following works.

(a) Refractory linings in furnace walls, boilers and stacks.

(b) Coatings over masonry, rock, concrete and steel.

(c) Encasement of structural steel for reinforcing and fireproofing.

(d) Repairs of deteriorated concrete in structures like dams, tunnels, reservoir linings, water front structures, etc.

(e) New structures like roofs, walls, tunnels, sewers, shafts, pre-stressed tanks, reservoir linings, swimming pools, canal linings.

(f) Repair of fire damaged and earthquake to concrete and masonry structures.