A carpentry question

[sholla]

I have purchased the wood , teak and red sal, for the door and window frame for
my house construction in cut lengths. Now the carpenter is saying that he will do
some work at the site and then take all the wood length pieces to his workshop
(couple of km.s away) for doing the corner design, holes and the groove (tokku) .
Is this what is done normally ? Some how I am uncomfortable in having this
wood out of my sight.

regards
sholla

[blrsiteseeker]

yes, it is much more efficient for them to do the work with machines than by hand. And transporting the machines to your site is generally not feasible. I did not have many wood doors and windows that needed to be worked by the carpenter, but he took the 2 doors and did all the groove cutting, and some assembly at the workshop, and finished up at our site.

[ardesarchitects]

Hi sholla
Its a common practice ,but then there are instantaneous of mixing up the cut sections with others wood if not carefully observed.It may be wanted or accident.
Getting machine to site is not possible unless you are constructing multi-floor building.

Regards
Ar.Praveen.N
Ardes Architects and Interior Desinger
ardesarchitects@gmail.com
www.ardesarchitects.com

[sahu.mgse]

I have purchased the wood , teak and red sal, for the door and window frame for
my house construction in cut lengths. Now the carpenter is saying that he will do
some work at the site and then take all the wood length pieces to his workshop
(couple of km.s away) for doing the corner design, holes and the groove (tokku) .
Is this what is done normally ? Some how I am uncomfortable in having this
wood out of my sight.

regards
sholla

Dear Sholla;

How much you paid (per cft) for these woods.

Regards
Sahu

[sholla]

Teak - Rs.3000/- (the pieces were cut from a log during our visit)
Red Sal - 1100/-

I understand that these are not very competitive prices , I have
heard of 2800/ for teak and 950 for sal. But the problem is often
one does know what is the quality of wood that is being compared.
I took my carpenter along and he said the wood quality is good.

This whole experience of wood buying is a scary hair-raising
experience.

[sahu.mgse]

Teak - Rs.3000/- (the pieces were cut from a log during our visit)
Red Sal - 1100/-

I understand that these are not very competitive prices , I have
heard of 2800/ for teak and 950 for sal. But the problem is often
one does know what is the quality of wood that is being compared.
I took my carpenter along and he said the wood quality is good.

This whole experience of wood buying is a scary hair-raising
experience.

thanks
sahu.mgse

[maheshv]

Hello,

I am trying to get door frame done in Red Sal.

I came to know that in addition to wood cost (CFT wise) and Carpenter cost, we have to pay additional cost for
1) tokku (the place in the frame where door shutter will sit)
2) plaening (I could be spelling this one wrong)
3) groove cut design (like S design or semi-circle design)
4) Clamps, fevicol, nails, tar (AVM) and primer (ASIAN)

What would be the cost for these things? please help me here

For other looking for information on frames
Red Sal price 1050
Carpenter if RFT then 25, if SQFT then 20