Tamil Nadu-House Construction at Ootty

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2010-12-09T22:33:00.001-08:00

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Completion pictures

2010-06-27T06:46:00.001-07:00

ictures show final views mainly from insides

Work nearer to completion

2010-06-13T05:22:00.001-07:00

Picture shows work nearing completion

Work nearing completion

2010-02-27T16:43:00.001-08:00

Picture shows view as work nearing completion

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2010-01-29T08:26:00.001-08:00

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Slope roof slab concreting

2009-11-26T06:57:00.001-08:00

Final slope roof slab is concreted on 25/11.Pictures show steel reinforcement work in progress for the slope roof

Picture above is view from roof top of house under construction

Work reaching First floor slope roof

2009-11-21T05:21:00.001-08:00

After concreting first floor flat roof,work is now reaching first floor slope roof.Form work for first floor slope roof now in progress

Reaching First Floor roof concreting

2009-10-26T07:42:00.001-07:00

Work has reached first floor roof level.Flat roof portions in the rear will be concreted on 27/10.Work will then start on slope roof above front Gym room and upper lounge and part of Home Theatre.Pictures show work in progress

Brick work reaching lintel level at First Floor

2009-10-05T07:44:00.001-07:00

Brick work has reached lintel level at First Floor.Precast outside stair steps are being fixed.Ground floor front side slope roof concreted.

Pictures show work in progress and me standing at open terrace area in the front side of the house where ground floor slope roof come up to become parapet for open terrace area.

First Floor brickwork

2009-09-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Work commenced on First Floor brick work and on slope roof for Ground Floor.Pictures shows views from site and picture of a common tree with lot of red flowers seen on roadside.This tree is quite common in Kerala high ranges also

Ground Floor roof slab concreting

2009-08-30T00:00:00.000-07:00

Ground Floor flat roof slab was concreted on 28/8.

Even though I went on 27/8,checked all reinforcement and found that the reinforcement work were done correctly as per the details given by me earlier,I returned on the same day after giving instructions to workers on laying of concrete.

These pictures of concrete laying were sent to me by Meenatchi and it seems unlike in our place they have conducted religious pooja before laying of the concrete.

Concrete laying started at 9.30 in the morning and got completed by 9 in the evening.That was pretty fine considering that they used about 175 bags of cement for the concreting

Ground floor flat roof slab concreting

2009-08-27T07:52:00.000-07:00

Ground Floor flat roof slab is ready for laying of concrete as steel reinforcement work is completed today.Pictures show roof slab reinforcement done and pictures of Meenatchi,her father in law,contractor of the work ,Eswaran and workers with me above the roof to be concreted on 28/8

Roof slab concreting-steel reinforcement work

2009-08-25T20:02:00.000-07:00

Work for first roof slab is progressing.Scaffolding work completed and steel reinforcement work in progress

Work reaching lintel level

2009-08-06T08:25:00.000-07:00

Lintel and flat sunshade concreting is over.Round Column concreting for sit out also done.Pictures show work in progress and views from sit out of the house being built

Front Elevation for the house

2009-08-05T02:40:00.001-07:00

Picture show front Elevation for the house if the construction is done only for two floors.Foundation is done for three floors and if the client chooses,we can go for three storey construction and in that case front Elevation will change accordingly

Brick work for Ground floor

2009-08-04T08:20:00.000-07:00

After completing Foundation work we have moved to brick work for Ground Floor.Pictures show work in progress

Foundation work completed

2009-07-18T08:56:00.000-07:00

Foundation beam is concreted. Brick work for a height of 25 cm is added above foundation beam. Quality of brick is not as good as semi wire cut bricks we use in Kerala sites. On top of this basement brick work, Damp proof concrete with reinforcement is done to prevent water seeping into the floor of the house through brick wall of Basement. After this, foundation basement is filled with red sand freely available at site itself. During my recent visit to the site, directions were given to our team of workers for beginning of brick wall work.
On the way to Jackanarai I could see several rosewood trees with very big size, may be as old as 200 years or more standing undisturbed by the side of main road to Ootty. As rosewood(Eetty) is a tree which takes nearly 120 years to become at least 50-60 inches in diameter at bottom, seeing such rosewood trees with diameter as high as 150-200 inches is actually a sight which I may not be able to see anywhere in Kerala. So I have taken pictures of the rosewood tree which is given here along with other site pictures

Foundation work reaching Ground Level

2009-06-27T05:35:00.000-07:00

After earth work excavation for column footings,Column footing concrete and column pedestal concrete is completed.Sand filling done upto newly fixed Ground level.Plinth beam work is now in progress

Foundation work progressing

2009-06-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

Earth work excavation for column footings completed.Basically the soil is hard laterite in nature.But in the front side,there is an area where soil filling was done previously for flower cultivation.Hence the front columns have to start at a bit low level

Pictures show view from the house construction site and excavated areas for column footing.In the excavated area,sand filling and floor concrete is done.Column footing concrete is now in progress

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2009-05-05T20:07:00.000-07:00

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House at Jackanarai near Ootty

2009-04-19T05:18:00.000-07:00

House designed by me for Mr.Saravanan,IT Engineer working in USA is being constructed at his native village at Jackanarai near Aravenu close to famous tourist centre at Ootty.The site is above a hill promising a real breath taking view from the house when completed

We have done site set out on 17,April,2009 and the work starts immediately

Initial pictures can be seen