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Originally Posted by splitlid dear wanna, i think you really need to start from the beginning.
firstly you need to get your archiect to sort out all the issues with your drawings, and supply you with the foundations and beams/columns etc. that will then be a 'full set' of working drawings.
without these the builder cannot build the house!!! (well he may, but it will be wrong).
secondly you need a boq, this can either come from you architect, or your builder.
your builder may not give you a boq, especially as you are a labour only job.
so you may have to do it yourself!!!!
i know, i know, seems daunting doesnt it, but it is possible. start today by working out how many sqm of blocks you will need. post ya answer here.  | hi splitlid
1. for wallstones, i need 15m x 4m x 4 walls = 240m2
2. similar amount for red bricks, but to get the number of red bricks, i have to find out the lateral surface area of each brick. then use 240m2 to divide by the surface area to get the number of bricks needed
3. for floor area, aproximately 225m2 x 2(both storeys) = 450m2 of sandstone/marble/granite
these are i think the superficial parts.
1. more important is the m3 of sand, cement, stone.
2. plus the length of water pipes with the associated number of t and u joints.
3 and of course the rebar
pls mark my answers
thanks |
Soooooo ....
All your walls are single-skin?
Which, if any, are load-bearing?
Are the walls to be built within a concrete frame and are merely to keep the weather out?
Previously I saw a remark that you had the architectural drawings, but not the foundation drawings. It is normal for an architect to employ a structural engineer to do these works for him - as well as to point out all the other mistakes the architect has made.
If you are having electricity and plumbing installed, I very much doubt that single-skin brick will be suitable anywhere - concrete block walls may have to be used. (Hollow blocks except where you are chasing-in pipes and conduits.
Speaking of conduits - make sure your builder uses them - it is very popular to run domestic power and light cables on the surface in Thailand and it looks bloody awful.
I may comment further when I have read more, but I have only just started page 2.