Understanding the End to know the Beginning. Part 1

Because this site has already been erected for the past 20 years since my uncle moved here, to help me understand the house better, he walked me from the planning process to the site itself. To start it all off, he began by saying that when it comes to designing a house to fit its owners, with freedom in choices, there still are SOP(standard operating procedures) that has to met. I knew little about the long list of regulations that the contractor has to consider and keep in mind, while they try as much to keep in the interest of the client.

Groundwork and its Foundation

Anyways, he began by explaining that this house and the area it sits on was developed by the Sunway Group. He went on, first explaining the foundation. Due to the known fact that most of the land in Sunway used to be a mining site, even after the groundwork was done including the piling, an additional ground beam had to be placed. From his description, it was placed from the car porch to as far as the yard. This was done before the Reinforced concrete was added for its foundation. The base concrete that is poured is 4 Inches thick.

the conversation then carried on to the structure of the house...

Structure

"Uncle Handsome", continued.'' Ah the wall part is also very important ar. You see ar, there are many kinds of bricks but the most used is fire bricks.'' Why? Fire bricks are known to be resilient and affordable. It has properties such as it being heat absorbent, a good insulator and sound proof. Some do use sand bricks. It is proven to be a better option compared to materials such as cement blocks. Cement blocks are hollow, making it not as durable.

Before it slips my mind. The wall structure and any form following, would not be up until the reinforced beams are constructed. Beams, made of steel steel bars are what holds practically everything together.

Next..
Perimeter

Every house made has to follow to-the-books its basic form as per constructed by the developers. Although, alterations within the given space of each house is up to the resident. For example, as mentioned by Uncle Handsome, from the building line to the closed area is 20ft. The backyard he has extended it to 5ft- its maximum allowance outwards to the alley.( Sorry my conversion of measurements not so good)



Forgive me for my poor memory, for as you can see some parts of the noted process might be too shallow.

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