My Dream House Construction Experience

[sachinbr]

conz KVS setty for getting ur roofing done.

Even I too had my roofing done yesterday. And regarding to the Teak Wood.

I had purchased burma teak @ price of Rs 3225 for 1 sal. I got it done @jalaram woods, kottigepalya as my carpenter was having his workshop there only.

And I went for red sal for window and others which costed me Rs 1150. I think you should have place the windows and door before only bcz you get good grip if u get it laced before.

And mysore road timber is a good place to buy

Dear sachin,
I could not understand your statement " you should have place the windows and door before only bcz you get good grip if u get it laced before"
Did you mean windows and doors should be placed before roof slab......Can you clarify?

What I meant is that many people have practise of placing the window and door in the last, I mean during plasting time, but it would be convenient if u place it before when you are constructing the walls bcz the doors and windows would get a firm grip with wall(and dont get confused I am not speaking about shutters to windows, which will be done later).

[sachinbr]

Hello to All,
This post would have been before my two previous posts,some how missed it

As I said earlier the roofing was complete by 9 am on that day , and i went to the site again around 4pm to have a look at the roof, to my surprise i could see some hair line cracks at few places (see the pics below), immediately i called JE and informed about it, he along with mastery were present at the site with in 5mints and they said on seeing the cracks, nothing to worry about it,it is quite normal, the crack is just 2 to 3mm deep only and it happens every where even with on site concreting.

mastery , in fact removed some concrete and showed that it is just 2 mm deep.

Now my question is , is this normal and happens to all ? your feed back and comments are most welcome.
Do I need to take any correction measures from leakage and strength point of view ?
Next day the cracks have gone, How? they just repaired it by just widening it and putting some pure cement only mortar at all the places.

The second pic (middle one) is taken just few inches from the surface, so it looks like huge crack though its a hair line one.The other two shots are from about my chest level.

hey KVS setty it is common to get these cracks if you go for RMC, so better next time go for on spot mixing. I will post my pic, I don't have any of those cracks

[basha_skj]

I was told by one of senior most civil engineer that, the reason for such surface cracks is using 53 Grade cement (due exothermic reaction). He says, we can avoid such cracks,by using 43 grade cement for roof. Is it true? I am planning to go for spot mixing for roof on this weekend. early reply is appreciated.

[sachinbr]

@basha_skj if ur going for spot mixing dont worry, you can use 53 grade cement and u get hair line cracks only when using RMC

[ausraja]

well it sort of looks like RMC is not an good option from the experiences of several of this forum members.

[vijaykumarthapa]

Guys when i checked with engineer and others...got to know that its better to go with RMC instead of spot mix, as RMC is mixed in more scientific way and less labor required..plz correct me if i am wrong.

[KVS Setty]

Hello Guys,

Yesterday we spent whole day at new timber yard Mysore road right from 9 am to 6pm and completed wood purchasing process. We had made up our mind from which mill to purchase from my previous day's enquirers at different mills .So went straight to that mill and with the help of carpenter and engineer we selected four logs appx 5ocft each ,though we required only 3 logs.With in 10 mints we negotiated the price and finalized the order.
Here are some points to note:

# we had with us finalized correct wood cut sizes we needed in neat tabular form prepared by the engineer,and handed over the same to the wood cutting guys.

# they noted all the sizes in a black board in some systematic way as seen in the pic.

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# Informed the owner to cut the logs with out much of waste, so the owner himself stood to mark the log cutting marking after spending some time with careful planning. I felt he has lot experience in this.


# I should say the owner worked more than any other guy in the team, though he does corers business per day . Learnt a lesson from him,how to be one among a team of workers to get the work done in a systematic perfect manner.he is quite reliable and a person to trust.

# Once you go for logs instead of ready cut pieces, you should be very careful in selection of logs with the help of experienced carpenter or engineer who knows about wood. few things are , the bigger the girth ( perimeter) the better it is and there should be less or no pin holes. you can't expect 100% free from pin holes, we had very few in one of the logs
and none in the other two , see the pic for two of the pieces having pin holes.

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# Apart from the basic price ,we need to consider cutting, planing, tax,
transportation and loading and unloading charges, and some tips for cutting guys. really they deserve.

# You can expect 8-10 % wastage , it is not totally waste, you can use lot of pieces to make beading for your interior work , I would say wastage is negligible (just 3%) if planning is correct and with a good cutting guy applying his brains. so it works out cheaper compared to ready pieces provided if you have some quantities.

Feel free to comment and ask any other info you need.

Here are some pics of the day.

[KVS Setty]

Few more pics are here:

[sunildn]

Dear KVS Setty,

I am also constructing house at RR Nagar and waiting for sand strike to get clear for 1st floor moulding. Now I need to purchase wood and bit confused with the wood selection. Initially I had planned with Burma Teak for main and pooja door, Red Saal for all other frames and Austrlian/Malasian Honne for shutters. Our carpenter told that Red/White/Gum Saal may get bend and cracks, so, he suggested Honne for frames and shutters where my budget goes little high. Can you please tell me what wood did you purchased and the cost. Also, let me know the mill name from whom you purchased, so that I can also go and have a look.

Regards,
Sunil D.N

[sahu.mgse]

Dear KVS;
looks like you have planned very systematic and time bound project. Have you gone for full contract or only labor contract.
Going thru last post i could not understand, what all includes in your wood requirement. in other way how to prepare the total requirement.
If it is for window frame etc.. then other work like rod insertion etc who will do.
what kind of wood and at what rate you have got.

I have gone for full contract and upto first floor roof (for G+3 floors) has come and no wood is planned. What is your advice on wood purchase and what stage I should tell him for purchase for full requirement. till now contractor has not given any indication in this regards.

sahu