Cost of Building in Ghana _ Block Work,1st Floor Slab & Building Supervision from abroad _Ep 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- Cost of Building a house in Ghana: In this episode we provide reinforcement details of beams, columns and slab for the first floor. As always the total cost is also provided. The bonus discussion in this episode presents some tips for supervising your project while away from the country
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Yap
Thanks for this guys. Your vids make building projects look simple and encouraging
Great stuff! Very very insightful...more power to you to keep sharing the know how, waiting to see the final episode where you pop bottles of champagne to celebrate. All the best.
Yes
Thank you for sharing I have been following, and i really appreciate your transparency, we seek to start our own project God willing this year.
Great info
That was very informative especially with the estimating the cost of labour
Yes
Very nice to watch and listen carefully from this videos
Good info
Thank you so much for taking the time to put out this valuable information. Thanks 🙏
Good advice
I am not sure of your background but you really know your stuff. I am learning a lot from you.. You said the wall will serve as a load bearing when you put the beams on it. What will be the alternative if you don't put the beams on the walls.? Thanks for sharing this great information..
The load bearing alternative is what i had in my original plan. What you see in the video is the non-load bearing option. That means i can use glass instead of blocks as done in some office buildings
Me too
Yes. It is amazing.
Yap
thanks..good job. you have a good technical knowledge
Yes 👍
Nice one .keep it up
Great job
This is very useful information.
A great take away
Great work Guys
Well done bro. I have watched a few of these but I seem to flow with you. Well presented. Will you share your excell template?
The excel sheet won't make much sense to you. I will keep showing total cost for each stage shown in the video so just watch out. Feel free to drop an email if u need extra info. I will respond on Sundays
Well
Thanks.
Another very informative episode !
Now, @11:30, what is the width and height of your cast beam? 8"w x 18"h ? What is the longest span for the beam ?
Did you run the resized beam by a structural engineer in reference to the beam span ? Thank you.
Cast beam = 9"w x 18"h. Longest beam span at ~18'. Ye, resized beam approved by an engineer.
If you need info on structures this guy provides some useful information - th-cam.com/channels/lYS6cDC2GSX0phXTQMxOKg.html
@@Lerwincel Got it, Thanks.
7ft it looks
Love it
Thank you very much for your video series, they are very insightful. Within a week i've been watching them over and over, and its given me a good idea of the key areas of building construction. If you dont mind, I have a question for you, when you indicated that you paid GHc2500 for the carpentry work and also GHc2500 for the steel bending, was it for the entire floor or just a section of it, either the 3 or 2 bedroom apartment? And also for the carpentry, did the amount include removing the plywood and prop ups after the casting of the concrete was completed, or was that too a separate, and if it was, how much was it?
The price is for just one side, i.e, 3 bedroom side. The removal and packing of the formwork is the reason for the price increase for the next floor job. I think it was GHC4000. You can double check in Ep 5
Me too
Thank you for sharing your journey. So apart from the masons and laborers, and the person who oversaw the work in your absence; did you have a foreman too whom you paid for supervision and their building expertise?
I had no foreman
Good info
This was amazing thank you so appreciated. Do you have an email where I can contact you please to get recommendations of products company and workers please . You have really helped big time thank . You are a blessing
The email address is under the "About" tab of the channel. The next episode will also discuss how u can reach us
All said
Thank you so much. At least you have given us much information. My question is, do you have to provide transportation to the labour's.
No, I don't.
Well done bro
How many bags of cement will be needed for a single room or an apartment of single room, hall, washroom and kitchen?
Please how much does it cost for mason to do the concrete slab for the first floor. Is for 2 apartments
Check Ep 17 for the cost of concrete slab for the two bedroom side
you foundation looks very strong.. i find they very slow in providing videos
It's important
Thanks for the information. Pls, what is the size of the building in feet? Thank you
82 x 44 feet. The dimensions are clear in Episode One so check it out. You just need to divide the number you see by 300 to get it in feet
@@Lerwincel Thank you Boss
Why did you not have lintels above your doors and windows?
The doors have, only that, i didn't use the tradition style. For the windows it was not necessary cos of the beams. I will do well to explain more in the next video
@@Lerwincel great! Thanks for your response. Will look forward to the next video
The doors and windows 😍 👌 🙌
How many iron rods did you use for the flowing
16mm for beams = 1.5 tons
11.5mm for slab = 3 tons
10mm for beam stirrup = Half ton
And the price
@@1204 A ton as at April 2021 was GHC5400 in Accra
Can one set up a bank account in Ghana while in abroad? Just wondering
Absolutely
I don't know of any bank that does that in Gh. However, as indicated in the video, u can setup one anytime you visit. Once opened you can do all the transactions while you are away. I use Fidelity Bank and it works fine for me
Why not?
What is the process? So far what I find out is that they want you to be present or have an intermediary to open it on your behalf@@1204
my question is,why all house in Ghana have corrosion at the base and always the base will be chipping off the paints...
I wouldn't know exactly why, but possible reasons could include, poor quality paints, capillary action cos there was no water proofing and chemical composition (mainly saltiness) of the soil
How could you have finish columns when the blocks not tied into the columns.
We explained why we used this option in Episode 5 or 6 so check it out
Blocks laying around
Hi 🙋♂️. Can you please elaborate on the double T connection as opposed to what you shown on this video?
I learnt of a better approach which we used on the last floor. You can see that in Ep 16
@@Lerwincel thanks. Will check it out
Hi we need some updates bro
There’s Episode 21 now. The next Episode will be on water meters so it will be mainly for those building apartments
Please your foundation is it the same cost as a 2 story building. Thank you
Can you be a little clearer on your question
@@Lerwincel I think the gentleman wants to know if the foundation cost for 3 floors is the same as for 2 floors.
@@freshfishonfire6420 Oh! It will be a little cheaper cos it would use 6 bars instead of the 8 i used. The rod for the stirrups could also be lesser than the 10mm i used. The pillar size can also be 9x9 inches. You can also use 12mm instead of the 14mm i used for the column mat and plinth beam
Hmmm!
@@freshfishonfire6420 👏 😮 wow!
Please can 14mm iron rod use in story building like using 16mm iron rod
Yes, but only for a single residential storey
@@Lerwincel thank u sir
So they cannot be trusted unless you really have a good trustworthy person to allow them to do anything from abroad
Only top flooding casting 90,000??your teaching skills is a bit poor
No, block work included
@@Lerwincel please kindly give me your WhatsApp let talk
@@Lerwincel would like to Know the price of top flooding casting work the suspended slap
@@stnewmann8213 The next episode will have that so watchout
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