Mukiri wrote:tafutabiz wrote:Am about to start constructing my 120sqm maisonette and will share with the rest of you my experiences too, otherwise thank you guys that have shared on this platform, you have given me enough confidence.
Hope you do it on a separate thread, and in detail. ie Foundation trenches were xyz deep, cost for digging was abc, steel was xyz, it was cut into abc, concrete was a mix of xyz kokoto and abc simiti, we put a layer of xyz inches, foundation stones from etc etc Kujenga sio mucheso
Im in the process of building another house and could do with some comparison
sq and guest room 12 X 24 feet chini and the same juu.
Foundation;
Black cotton excavation 2.5 feet deep 4,000
Foundation stones 9' 11,500
Sand 13,500
ballast 10,000
Hardcore 6,000
Karatasi 800
Mabo 6X1 2000
Day 1
1 fundi, 2 kym, 10 bags cement foundation footings finished.
Day 2
1 Fundi 2 kym, 3 bags cement 1 foundation stone levels.
Rainned whole night the whole thing was flooded, water had to be removed first.
Day 3
1 Fundi, 2 kym, 3 foundation levels 8 bags cement
Day 4
Filling up with the hardcore
Day 5
1 fundi, 4 kym, 15 bags cement, foundation slab ika korogwa
Day 7
Structure,
Ndarugu mawe za 9, 600 feet(I think) 31,000
some mabati strip places between stone levels - around 1, 500
Prep work, 1 fundi, 2 kym 1 level stone work
Day 8
1 fundi, 2 kym, 3 levels stone work
Day 9
2 fundi, 2 kym, 3 levels stone work
Day 10
2 fundi, 2 kym 3 levels stone work
Day 11, 12, 13, 14
Hired trappers, mabo and poles 10,000
12 y12, 40 y10, 10 r8 binding wire kibao 35,000
2 fundi, 2 kym did the trappers and support and did the chuma work.
Day 15
Slab work 15,000
20 bags cement
sand 13,500
ballast 16,000