SOIL-CEMENT BLOCK TECHNOLOGY

• Soil-cement block technology uses both local soil and local labour which makes it a more accessible option for the construction processes

• This masonry doesn’t require plastering on both sides of the wall.

FOUNDATION & SOIL EXCAVATION

• While excavating soil to lay the foundation, instead of excavating the soil outwards, building the foundation and filling it back in, excavate the soil inwards. This helps save excavation costs.

• It is further suggested adopt arch foundation in ordinary soil for effecting reduction in construction cost

ARCHES & DOMES

• Arch and dome structures inherently possess the ability to eliminate tensile stresses in encompassing an open space, owing to their shape.

• Just like arches, domes too have a tremendous amount of structural strength

TERRACOTTA ROOFING & FLOORING

• Flooring and roofing that employ red tiles made from hard laterite clay is terracotta roofing and flooring.

• For flooring, the bed is prepared from broken brickbats (thus reducing the brick usage and hence the overall cost).

• These tiles require little maintenance.

• Its aesthetic excellence coupled with its ability to provide effective natural ventilation makes Terracotta roofing and flooring an eco-friendly, affordable, and durable.

The old fashioned house had a sloped overhang that protects the wall from sun and rain.

Traditional roof upto 4m wide requires just three pieces of wood nailed together to make a truss rafter.

Bamboos can be split in half and used as shuttering instead of steel between brick units with thin concrete ribs.

Frameless Doors And Windows

The cheapest way to construct windows is to put them on pivot hinges, one at the top and one at the bottom.

Vetrical wooden planks with strap iron hinges make cheap functional doors.

Build

Build the 9 inch thick wal flush with 18 inch thick plinth wall instead of offsetting

Dove tail the stones on either side while constructiong a stone wall Create recesses in the wall to improve stability of walls.