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Staggered Ground Beam250 viewsA staggered ground beam design to accommodate for unevenness in the ground level.
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20 cm. Thick Lintel250 viewsThis shows a finished 20 cm. lintel above the glass blocks.
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Facia Board249 viewsThe synthetic concrete composite facia board, brand Sherara, was used. It is durable, easy to install, and not overly expensive.dozer
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Roof Valley248 viewsA scored 1 meter wide strip of rust resistant galvanized is used in the roof valley. A leak proof valley requires a wide piece of metal to ensure that water doesn't splash in during heavy storms. dozer
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External Color Render Application246 viewsThe external color render is applied over a rough dry coat of non color render. dozer
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Interior Brick work246 viewsRed bricks are used on the interior walls, which when affixed with concrete are much stronger than the regular cinder blocks.dozer
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Rough Coat Render245 viewsThis shows a color coat of render being applied over a dried rough coat render. There is a certain technique which we employed after some initial missteps to get the block outline not to show through to the color coat.dozer
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Form work for ground beam243 viewsThe wood form work to support the pour of the ground beam which sits on the footing. The ground beam will be 10 centimeters wide by about 20 centimeters deep.
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Steel Strength242 viewsThe steel distributors in general use a system for strength specification which is meaningless structural engineers. The standard strength specification as indicated here is stamped on the rebar and conforms to an SDxx format. This SD30 used here means that it would require a 30 kg. weight to permanently deform a 1 mm strand of this steel. dozer
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Applying Roof Tiles242 viewsRoof tiles being set in place.dozer
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240 viewsAnother shot of the bathroom wall, showing the decorate glass block inserts, which are, in the case of the bathroom, inserted 2 blocks thick. The outside block of these group of 4 blocks, which will be located in the shower stall, are opaque (the light will come in, but shapes cannot be made out inside the shower stall).
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Ground Beam239 viewsAfter a completed pour with the metal frames distributed evenly at 2.5 meter intervals.
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