8m x 8m x 3m Garage/Workshop
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That's alot of bricks, I'm glad I'm not carrying them around by hand
katotter
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What a mess, this was the least favorite part of my build, everything messy and dusty.
katotter
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Is it just me or are the bottom sheets of the asbestos roofing not underneath the middle ones?
Fred W B
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Sure looks that way
Cheers
Fred W B
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Fred W B
This is interesting to me as how stuff is built in other parts of the world. Keep the pictures coming.
katotter
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I assume cavity walls are for the double story?
1949 caddyman
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So the brick wall is going to be the side of the slab? Will there be any bracing of the wall during the concrete pouring?
katotter
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What is the purpose of the brick ties then? If you reinforce the cavity and fill it up with concrete you surely wont have any damp to run off from it (that is the main purpose of the tie in a cavity wall).
I like the progress. Keep the pics coming. Also ******* down here making business slow.
I like the progress. Keep the pics coming. Also ******* down here making business slow.
So the builders had a surprise for me. They came to work. Luckely the rain subsided.
West wall
East wall
Pulled up only the outer walls to stop the sand from caving in.
In the east wall you can see 3 pvc pipes installed.
One 25 mm pipe to bring in the main power cable - 16mm square and then 2 x 20mm pvc pipes. One to take power to future garden lights and one for power future entertainment area,closer to the pool.
West wall
East wall
Pulled up only the outer walls to stop the sand from caving in.
In the east wall you can see 3 pvc pipes installed.
One 25 mm pipe to bring in the main power cable - 16mm square and then 2 x 20mm pvc pipes. One to take power to future garden lights and one for power future entertainment area,closer to the pool.
Fred W B
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Looking good Herman, I must pop in over the weekend to see the progress.
Cheers
Fred W B
Cheers
Fred W B
You have to. They are moving now so fast if I don't take a pic every night as I get home I miss a whole lot of progress.
Almost did not get the pipes into the walls.
Need to buy the toilet or I will end up chopping a 110mm hole into a steel reinforced concrete filled double brick wall. Need to put it in the correct spot and the builders build around outlett pipe.
Almost did not get the pipes into the walls.
Need to buy the toilet or I will end up chopping a 110mm hole into a steel reinforced concrete filled double brick wall. Need to put it in the correct spot and the builders build around outlett pipe.
colt zantop
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That exposed brick will be killer!!
1/2 Cup
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Its looking better every day.
madoc1
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looks nice. is that still one brick thick?
Mach5
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Nice looking yard. Brick must be very cheap in SA, since the entire back wall (above the retaining wall) is made from that stuff.
I've never been there. From the foliage in the pic, I imagine the weather to be pretty temperate...perhaps like the weather here in the U.S. midwest?
Oh, and I agree with the prior post -- the brick is "killer."
Do you plan to leave it solid, or is there a lintel/window or two in the works?
I've never been there. From the foliage in the pic, I imagine the weather to be pretty temperate...perhaps like the weather here in the U.S. midwest?
Oh, and I agree with the prior post -- the brick is "killer."
Do you plan to leave it solid, or is there a lintel/window or two in the works?
I'll admit that I agree, the brick is killer.
Only one layer of brick. That has been pulled up to retain the sand. Thr 3 walls you are seing are all serious retainer walls. Still going to get steel reinforcement in the cavity and then filled with concrete. So no chance for a window anywhere.
Bricks are R3000 per 1000 and it is about R10 to the Dollar. What is your price per thousand?
Like I said plastering everything to make it as light efficiant as possible.
Bricks are R3000 per 1000 and it is about R10 to the Dollar. What is your price per thousand?
Like I said plastering everything to make it as light efficiant as possible.
katotter
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R3000 per 100 for mampara bricks? They ****** you buddy. I paid R1560 per 1000.
As for the comments on brick being the cheapest way, that is true, concrete is expensive due to the rock and cement prices. Labour is also generally cheap as it is unskilled labourers laying bricks.
As for the comments on brick being the cheapest way, that is true, concrete is expensive due to the rock and cement prices. Labour is also generally cheap as it is unskilled labourers laying bricks.
B Mad
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katotter
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Lucky you.
Well my die hard builders endured and by 12 it was a lovely day.
Built the centre column up to floor height.
Then compacted the floor.
Then 100mm of crusher run was compacted.
And then another 100mm of sand and compacted.
Then the reinforcing went up against the walls.
Built the centre column up to floor height.
Then compacted the floor.
Then 100mm of crusher run was compacted.
And then another 100mm of sand and compacted.
Then the reinforcing went up against the walls.
