Most viewed - Chiyman's Low Cost House - part 1 - substructure and ground beams
Ground beams being placed in position on top of the below groung columns - lots of water applied to consolidate the footings.91 viewschiyman
The Electical Authority man with his wife - they were perfectly charming. He did his work very professionally and also helped with the breaker installation. Thanks.87 viewschiyman
Footings poured and concrete pipes cropped to the correct level for further constuction and attachment of the ground beams. This method saved a lot of time.81 viewschiyman
Footing in place, supported on clay bricks to allow concrete to flow arround the pad. Pad overall dimension 1.5m x 1.5m steel cage dimension 1.3m x 1.3 m.76 viewsI had to complete the first stages of the construction quickly so decided to use the conceret pipes to form the below grade section of the columns. This allows backfilling of the footing as soon as the concrete had hardened and avoided the need to construct wooden forms.chiyman
Clearing the way for the Concrete truck. (The chaps who had dug the holes had left the soil right by the edges of the holes).74 viewschiyman
Another view of the footings before the concrete pour.74 viewschiyman
Backfilling and cutting trench for the ground beams.70 viewschiyman
Backfilling the footings the next day68 viewschiyman
First of 3 Concrete truck arrives. Pour direct to the footing and also filling the concrete pipes which form the below ground section of the main building columns.67 viewschiyman