[quote=mmunguti]Hi Wazuans,
Am looking for building stones....for the foundation. Have been told to get the "blue" stone or Kavu....sourced on the way to Naivasha/ Maai Mahiu.
Does anyone know exactly where the quarries are?[/quote]

You were lied to. You can use concrete blocks, for example. The materials you use should be those near you, if you are in Mandera, are you going to get stones from Naivasha?

[quote=majimaji][quote=mmunguti]Hi Wazuans,
Am looking for building stones....for the foundation. Have been told to get the "blue" stone or Kavu....sourced on the way to Naivasha/ Maai Mahiu.
Does anyone know exactly where the quarries are?[/quote]

You were lied to. You can use concrete blocks, for example. The materials you use should be those near you, if you are in Mandera, are you going to get stones from Naivasha?[/quote]
the problem with the building industry is that most of the 'professional' guys learnt the trade through tales, they don't have the theory or the basics behind what they do, they just know it should be done that way.

[quote=sitaki.kujulikana][quote=majimaji][quote=mmunguti]Hi Wazuans,
Am looking for building stones....for the foundation. Have been told to get the "blue" stone or Kavu....sourced on the way to Naivasha/ Maai Mahiu.
Does anyone know exactly where the quarries are?[/quote]

You were lied to. You can use concrete blocks, for example. The materials you use should be those near you, if you are in Mandera, are you going to get stones from Naivasha?[/quote]
the problem with the building industry is that most of the 'professional' guys learnt the trade through tales, they don't have the theory or the basics behind what they do, they just know it should be done that way.[/quote]


Very true. The trick is to use what is available in your locality. Even soil is a building material but everyone wants to us stones to look modern, hence the high building costs. I once did a water tank and every local fundi was insisting on very hard stones for the tank to avoid water percolating on the stones. I got an expert who told he could use any stone to do the tank, and surely, he use porous machine cut stones but cured them by dipping them in water to' drink all the water they needed' plastered them properly after building, and to date- after 15 yrs, not a singe drop leaks!

[quote=majimaji][quote=mmunguti]Hi Wazuans,
Am looking for building stones....for the foundation. Have been told to get the "blue" stone or Kavu....sourced on the way to Naivasha/ Maai Mahiu.
Does anyone know exactly where the quarries are?[/quote]

You were lied to. You can use concrete blocks, for example. The materials you use should be those near you, if you are in Mandera, are you going to get stones from Naivasha?[/quote]


Methinks concrete blocks would be the easiest option. Thanx