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Building Construction Paper 1,May/June 2013  
Questions:   1 2 3 4   Main
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Specification

Specification

FOUNDATION:  675 x 225 concrete strip laid over a thick blinding at a depth of 900 below ground level.

            FLOORS:    Earth filling;
                            300 hardcore; 
                            150 concrete slab;
                           25 mortar screed.

WALLS:                                    All walls are 225 sandcrete hollow blockwalls.

BEAMS/LINTELS
AND COLUMNS:                      225 x 225 Reinforced concrete.
           
DOORS:                                   D1 – 3000 x 3000 over-head roller-shutter metal door;
                                                D2 – 1200 x 1200 glazed aluminium sliding door;
D3  - 900 x 2100  x 40 Flush wooden with 100 x 50 hardwood timber frame.
D4 – 750 x 2100 x 40 Flush wooden with 100 x 50 hardwood timber frame.

WINDOWS:                              All windows are glass louvre type:
W1 – 1800 x 1200 (3 – bays);
                                                            W2  – 1200 x 1200 (2 – bays);
                                                W3  – 600 x 600 (1 – bay).

PORCH:                                   Metal balustrade 900 high measured from floor level.

RAMP:                                     3000 X 1800.

THRESHOLD STEPS:              Width – 1500;
                                                Rise    –   150;
                                                            Tread  –  300.

WARDROBES:                         1650 x 600 x 3000.

ROOF:                                      Double pitched timber roof with galvanized iron roofing sheets;
                                                Pitch – 15º;
                                                            Eaves projection – 750;
                                                            Height from ground floor to ceiling – 3000.

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