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First of all, let me say this was another great detailed video from you as usual. Now, @1:41 in reference to your toilet drains, the way you made the plumber do it could pose some serious issues. Solid waste could travel from one toilet drain right into the other because from the picture ,it looks like a "SANITARY TEE" was used for the connection instead of a "45° DOUBLE WYE FITTING". This will be a very expensive problem to fix when renters start to complain about someone's solid waste floating in their toilets. I agree with you on applying common sense but doing that devoid of technical knowledge could cost you a lot of money in the construction industry. Thank you.
You make a very valid point. Interestingly my wife also raised a concern about waste getting to the other side. I will reference your comment and provide plumber's reason for accepting my suggestion during the bonus discussion in Episode 4, which should be out hopefully tomorrow or by next weekend
Please, would like to thank you personally for the great information you’ve been giving so far, I just got to know about your channel and it’s really helpful . But I have a quick question; How much were you charged for the leveling of the fountain fillings per Truck? And the filling in the concrete pillars of the foundation?
Thanks for the very useful education. Would you advise using the premix concrete truck for the foundation & 1st floor slabs or renting a concrete mixture? Which is the better option cost wise, for a structure similar to your apartment block?
Good question. I intended to discuss this in earlier episodes but it escaped me. I will touch on it in a future episode and reference you. In the meantime, the premix is more expensive but not that extreme if its a normal slab. We abandoned the idea of premix concrete cos of the size of our beams. But for the beams, we'll have gone for premix. As at Dec 2018, the C25 and C30 was Ghc561.09/m3 and Ghc582.36/m3 respectively. The capacity of a truck is 12m3
Please request “P” trap under your bath drain , simple to avoid odor and gases coming back up as you flush the system. Interesting plumbing codes I’m observing. I’m very concerned bout your face to face toilet drain , a simple angle T would have saved you headaches in the future.
Your P trap suggestion is on point and we plan to have it under a raised shower tray/floor. Face to face drain concern valid and i touched on that in Ep 4
Great video! I am On my block work now and that is why I visited this episode again. With that said, Quick question! How can you possible get 80 blocks with just 2 bags of Cement? That is pure sand block! My engineer advice to do 30 bags of Cement to get 600 blocks. Basically that is basically 7.5 bag per 80 blocks. How do u come up with that number if u don't mind me asking?
I don’t recall saying we get 80 blocks for two bags of cement. You were perhaps confusing number of blocks to be laid with number of blocks to be molded. Below are the standard quantities of blocks per bag of cement. For the last question, I didn’t come up with the numbers below. They are standard quantities, and I can confirm they work fine after using them on multiple occasions. 5” Solid 30-35 pcs 5” hollow 30 pcs 6” solid 25 pcs 6 hollow 20pcs
I enjoy reading your very educative project narratives. I have 100 x 80 land can you help me with a plan to build an apartment for rental/commercial projects.
Just to clarify, did you connect all the bio digesters to the soakaway? The soakaway looked like the traditional 'manhole', is it only liquid waste that will run into it?
You are right, it's same as the traditional manhole with a soakaway chamber. However, ours is just for liquid waste since the solid will be dealt with in the biogester
It depends on the use of the building and the location of the building. For the beam its expanse and whether you have load bearing blocks will also be a factor.
One thing I have noticed in ghana is that there is no u-bend feature (water retention) leading to the septic tanks. Without this, the smelled in the septic is also present in toilets and bathrooms. Has this been thought of please?
I would condemned your drainage work. I hope you never have s blockage, you'll have to dig your floors up, all you out side pipes. There plumbers are using this rodding eye system, no where in the world is this acceptable on a drainage system. Certainly not acceptable on a storey building. Inspection chambers are the only method This is why building collapse not standards, money Vs safety. I bet you've not thought about noise. Your in hard laterite, water doesn't soak away quickly, make it larger fill with stone/sand.
that toilet split as you called it is definitely against code, if you are calling yourself a project manager or plumber, just stop. you are not qualified to give that king of advice. you are also too cheep.
