i want to do car porch tiling outside my nipah gate, however realize that the porch reaching to the road is slanting sideways, on the right is higher slope the way to the left front corner. The right cannot lower the ground else water cannot flow to the road. The left cannot make higher else it will be high hill slope for my car to drive in. If the car porch tiling do slope to the left front corner, the tiles might jack up at the one corner. My contractor also scratching head and propose to make the tile smaller.
How to make it a smooth slope?

got picture? try to imagine what u describe. or perhaps u elaborate more?

stopping by in a construction thread.
wanna see how a real house go through planning, design and construction? link is in my sig.

1. depends. concrete beam is cheaper, but in some situation it's just not feasible to erect a concrete beam and a steel beam is a better option.
2. water table. and maybe soil condition. if both is preferable, then it makes much sense to build underground.
3. we're heavily designing (and implementing) passive cooling in our build. windcatcher, wind stack effect, directed airflow, insulated roof, natural ventilation. even considering AAC bricks. maybe you could take some pointers from our build.

1. sorry can't help with that. i'm not QS.
2. prices for normal glass windows is around ~RM12 psft over here. including aluminium frame and installation. if i'm not mistaken.
3. cost for dual glazed, and tempered glass also depend on the frame quality. IINM it should be around RM50-70 psft depending on the thickness & type.
4. flat roofs constructed by concrete slabs will need asphalt treatment. not usually recommended for residential as it requires much more maintenance.
5. jkr spec need 1 year is the soil is new, not compacted. existing land after clearing usually don't need as long.
6. depending on area. and who you ask.
7. yeah. don't pick problematic ones. also higher priced doesn't mean better quality.

since this is not my thread, i'll refrain from giving more answer.
i reckon you could also learn quite a lot inside the home renovation and interior design subsection.

thanks for the input bro. and i visited your link. such a great help too!

since youre going minimalist as how i intended mine to be, someday (open-floor plan, minimalist), itll be a very good read to know about your progress and updates

hopefully your dream-house construction will proceed without any problem!

If I build a container house. Stack them up together with external roof do I need to apply any approval local government ?
Kinda blur with the requirements

bro, feel free to give opinion. I'm also not really know everything. just sharing what I know here only

a habitable building is required to be conform the requirement as stated in bylaw. so far I didn't really come across hence no much idea abt it

this is the 1 I'm frequently refer for.


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tenkiu tenkiu, anything i go read that book ba

but that book doesn't really spell out those container so I also no idea where to refer. actually in langkawi also have a lot of this. they build a lot of cabin made it become a hotel next to the beach and run commercially.

so need a lot of paperwork and approval ka ?
need to submit letters for local government ?

no idea abt it. should have la. I also interested to know. without engineer endorsement, I doubt it is fit to live in

TS, what's the world's largest construction companies(Top 10)?

how accurate is using poundage in estimating structural loading? do engineer use this method for structural design?

used to be vincci from french. nowadays china taken 4 out of top 5 list i think

http://www.constructionweekonline.com/arti...in-the-world/1/

This post has been edited by iwubpreve: Nov 16 2014, 10:29 PM

poundage is for temporary estimation / general checking only. engineer got their own structural design when come to this. (eg. the area of the steel and area of beam when come to section got certain ratio to comply therefore poundage is relate but is not 100% accurate) and also depend on the loading the poundage figure might deviated a lot.

if i got no time for measurement, can use poundage? based on your experience, normally how much kg/m3 for floor beam for high rise building like condo? 200kg/m3?

200kg seems more than enough for beam. well, u can do sampling measurement. take a beam at ground floor and measure a beam. best is u have the accurate qty, because u have more qty, ur price no longer competitive, ur price less qty, u get the job and suffer loss.

so I understand ur position, possible request to get the rebar qty in contract is "provisional"?

This post has been edited by iwubpreve: Nov 17 2014, 08:28 AM

park 1st

What's the quality of kitchen top from lowest to highest? Laminated plywood, solid surface, tiles, granite, marble, quartz, etc.

Parsons brinckerhoff ?