Takoro13:

Maintain 35 per cement bag, please. Though, I introduced pillars at strategic places of the house..
I pray to do dpc/German floor but money money money

Thanks

Takoro13:

Maintain 35 per cement bag, please. Though, I introduced pillars at strategic places of the house..
I pray to do dpc/German floor but money money money

Thanks

musachara:
can you also include costing in your thread for those of us planning to build in the mere future

joshuachuks:

Yea, I will maintain that range though I am molding 6inches not 9inches so the mixture might give you two or three more blocks

joshuachuks:

You can do DPC to some point then leave the others
For example; your dpc should be half around the high part of your foundation by that you have saved money

Takoro13:

My 6" is going for 40 per bag. Hope is OK

Takoro13:

That is not professional I think. The last experience I hard was laying concrete on the blocks all around the the foundation blocks

joshuachuks:

Yea,
It's not but it's a way to save but if the money is available you can cast all it shouldn't cost you more than 1 trip of stone.

Takoro13:

Like how many bags of cement do you think will finish four bedroom floor? 48-50 right? That is around 120k. Am afraid and pray to God

joshuachuks:

Bro in building you can give a direct cost, because anything can come up on the way and there is loss sometimes. So I will advice you to work gradually not putting your self under pressure. You will finish your project by god's grace.

joshuachuks:
Good morning everyone
Let me give a total and breakdown of the money I have spent so far for buying of materials needed for the foundation and block molding.

joshuachuks:
Rods 12mm 20 pieces. = 42000
Gravel 2 trips. = 48000
Sharp sand 2 trips = 25000
Flat Board 40 pieces. = 34000
Quarter rod 20 pieces = 8750
Bounding wire = 1000
Peg. = 1600
3inches nail half bag. = 4000
2 by 2 wood 20 pieces = 6000
Cement 20 bags. = 47000

joshuachuks:
Molding expenses

Cement 50 bags = 117000
Sand 7 trips. = 87500
Water = 5000
Payment of molders =40000

Money for design and plan approval =100000
Survey was done some years ago so it wasn't that expensive as it is now.
So I spent 50k

Takoro13:

Show us the level of the work so people can talk about the expenses you post below.

Good luck

Takoro13:

This is for foundation I supposed. Close to my four bedroom foundation work.

Takoro13:

How many blocks you made from 7trip and 50 cements

joshuachuks:
Foundation digging images

joshuachuks:
Forming was done today.
And we were being careful because of the ground type which had several step down because of the slope.
So we were able to finish the forming today.
Before the forming was done, stones were poured around the foundation.

Tammynator:
God will provide for you and you will complete this project. As for using 9" blocks, I need the experts to tell us why it is now a popular opinion to use it instead of 6".
Here in Uyo, what is common is even 5" solid blocks from foundation to finish. That is what I intend doing when I will do mine.

Happiestman1:
Your land is how many square meters?

joshuachuks:

457000square meters