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Last additions - Chiyman's Low Cost House - Part 2 - Ground slab and ground to first floor cloumns |

Ground floor slab formwork completed and ready for concrete pour the next day. The bathroom (with the blue pipe sticking out) will be formed at a lower level and cast seperatelychiymanJan 18, 2011
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The waste from the downstairs toilet will be collected in this tank formed from precast concrete rings - this one is 4 rings deep.chiymanJan 18, 2011
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Ground floor slab completed - the part nearest the concrete mixer will be brushed once it has semi cured.chiymanJan 18, 2011
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Everything ready for pouring the Ground floor slabchiymanJan 18, 2011
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Note the reinfocement for the ground floor slab (mesh) was tied onto the ground beam reinforcement for extra strength.chiymanJan 18, 2011
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placing pegs in the ground as a depth guide for the ground floor slabchiymanJan 18, 2011
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Materials for construction of the column formworkchiymanJan 18, 2011
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Pouring concrete into the column formwork - a highly manual process - effective though!!chiymanJan 18, 2011
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A delivery of Yucca poles freshly cut which will be used later for the first floor constructionchiymanJan 18, 2011
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Further ground floor to first floor column formwork constructionchiymanJan 18, 2011
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Ground floor slab completed. starting to build the formwork for the Ground floor to first floor columnschiymanJan 18, 2011
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Completed Ground slab brushed finish ready to accept floor tiling later onchiymanJan 18, 2011
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