Grey Structure House Construction Process- A Step by Step Guide

The simple yet recommended process of grey structure house construction includes many steps after its design phase completes. If you are a layman and looking for a contractor to construct your new house, you must have a precursory knowledge about how the house builds and what material is suitable for its strong structure. To understand how the cemented house constructs in Pakistan, this is the simple step by step guide to learn.

Site Clearance

The very first step in house construction is site clearance. Site clearance means that you prepare the land for the working space and, the procedure includes removing the garbage, all trees, stumps, bushes, grasses, debris, etc. Existing site demolishment also comes in site clearance work but needs a lot of time, effort, labor, and additional cost to bear.

Site Layout

After ensuring the site clearance, the next step is to draw the site layout plan on the land prepared during its designing phase. Failure to mark the exact site plan on your ground can prevent unexpected problems that may occur in further working.

House Substructure Construction Phase

Everything below the ground level or plinth level of a building is called the substructure and, everything above is called its superstructure. The substructure bears the dead load, live load, and the other loads of a building's superstructure. The substructure is mainly the backbone of a building. At this stage, the investigation of soil conditions is taken into consideration again. The house construction's foundation phase includes excavation, plain cement and concrete mixture application, termite proofing, brickwork up to plinth level, damp proof course, and column footings.

Excavation

Excavation is the foremost step in laying down the foundation of a house. The process starts right after the layout of the house completes. With the help of a bulldozer or backhoe, the land is excavated to the required depth. Normally the ground digs to the center of 2 feet for 9 inches and 4.5 inches thick wall and 4 feet for columns footings.

Termite Proofing

The next stage is to kill the termites after the excavation completes. Different anti-termite chemicals are used for this purpose in which few of the popular termite killer chemicals are Bi-flex and Fiprokill.

Application of Plain Cement Concrete (P.C.C)

After the termite proofing, the land is filled with the 3 inches thick plain cement concrete (P.C.C) of ratio 1:4:8 or varies as per the customer requirement. The 1:4:8 means 1 part of cement mix with 4th part of sand and 8th part of crush.

BrickWork Foundation Up to Plinth Level

Once the plain cement and concrete application completes, the labor starts the foundation work with bricks or blocks. In Pakistan, using red clay bricks is conventional. But due to the advancement in concrete technology, a new type of brick called fly ash brick is highly in demand, especially in Punjab, Pakistan. The specification used in the foundation process varies as per the number of house floors and its structural drawings.
✔ 1st bricks layer is 3 inches thick and 22.5 inches wide.
✔ 2nd bricks layer is 3 inches thick and 18 inches wide.
✔ 3rd layer of bricks is of 3 inches depth and 13.5 inches wide
✔ 9 inches thick wall is laid up to the plinth level.
Note: Plinth level is normally assumed 2’ from N.S.L (Natural Surface Leve) or according to the site.

Damp Proofing

DPC or damp proof course prevents moisture from coming to the walls and floors of the house through capillary action. Tameerkaro construction company follows the following procedure for damp proofing while constructing a new home.
✔ 1.5 inches thick damp proof concrete applies horizontally as per the wall's length with the 1-inch depth gap normally.
✔ 1-inch depth of damp proof concrete applies vertically between the two layers of damp proof concrete applies horizontally.
✔ Horizontal applied DPC includes polythene sheet over hot bitumen coat over 1.5 inches plain cement concrete mixture of ratio 1:2:4.
✔ Vertical applied DPC includes ½" to ¾" thick plaster with 1:3 CSM (Cement Sand Mortar) or 1:4 CSM.

Rreinforced Column Footing

For the strong foundation, reinforced column footing is considered best and economical for house construction. Tameerkaro construction company uses high-quality M60 grade steel for reinforced column footings. Normally, 3 inches plain cement concrete bed is made to level the land below the bases. After that, steel and shuttering are used along with concrete, and proper curing is done to prevent dehydration.

Back Filling or Plinth Level Filling

Ghassu filling process starts to fill the void area within the plinth. The material obtained during the excavation process and the material procured, including sand, crush, and the soil, are refined, mixed, and poured to fill the gaps with proper compaction. This compaction is necessary to make a smooth horizontal bed to construct the ground floor and prevent inevitable cracks in the flooring.

House Super Structure Construction Phase

The house superstructure starts after the foundation work completes as per the structural drawings of your house. At this stage, you start seeing how your new home looks like in real-time. The construction of all floors, doors, windows, lintel, flooring, water tank system, boundary wall, side passages, and electrical and plumbing work comes in building house superstructure. Tameerkaro construction company provides A-Class house construction services in all cities of Pakistan. Below are a few of the simple steps Tameerkaro follows to construct a basic cemented house superstructure.

All Floor Construction

It includes the ground floor, first floor, mummy grey construction of the house. The work starts by initially building brick walls systematically on the ground floor, then on the first floor, etc. or as per the architectural drawings while leaving the space for windows and doors. For the construction of the ground floor, Tameerkaro uses the following procedure:
✔ The work starts with the construction of 9 inches thick brick wall up to a standard height of 10 feet using cement sand mortar of ratio 1:5. The height and mortar ratio varies as per the architectural drawings.
✔ After that, the construction of 4.5 inches thick brick wall up to the same standard height of 10 feet using cement sand mortar of ratio 1:4.
✔ While constructing these walls, space is left for windows, doors, and ventilators as per the requirements.
✔ Building reinforced concrete columns and lintels over windows, doors after fixing steel & shuttering as per the structural drawings.
✔ Building R.C.C lintels over windows, doors after fixing steel & shuttering as per the structural drawings.
✔ Pouring of the reinforced concrete slab after providing the shuttering and fixing the steel in beams and slabs as per the structural drawings.
✔ Placement of electrical pipes before pouring concrete as per the electrical drawings.

Over Head Water Tank (O.H.W.T)

✔ Formation of R.C.C pillars for O.H.W.T according to structural Drawings or client requirements.
✔ Formation of R.C.C bottom and top slabs and R.C.C walls according to structural drawings or client requirements.
✔ Water Proofing for the inner side of U.G.W.T.

Water Proofing

Waterproofing is the process of making the building water-resistant or waterproof to help ensure structural integrity. Tameerkaro waterproofing services in house construction includes:
✔ 1.5” brick tiles laid with mud mortar and grouted with 1:3 CSM over.
✔ 3”-4” earth cover over.
✔ Polythene sheet over.
✔ Flood coat of cold bitumen.
✔ Reinforced concrete Slab.

Other Important Tasks

In addition to the construction of these important parts of a cemented house, a few more significant tasks need to be done for its functionality, safety, and structural stability.
✔ Boundary Wall and Side Passages
✔ Gas and Sewerage Pipe Line Work
✔ Electrical and Plumbing Work
✔ Plastering and Flooring
✔ Underground Water Tank
✔ Septic Tank
✔ Site Clearance

Contact Tameerkaro for House Grey Structure Construction

For economical and well-built house construction services in Pakistan, contact expert at Tameerkaro Construction Company. Since 1986, the company has a history of building jaw-dropping houses in all Pakistan cities, especially in Lahore, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Sialkot, and other cities of Punjab. Call at 0300-0556666 or sign up to send an inquiry online.