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Front view of front wall and car poach where the dumpster is placed. 

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  • Window panels almost completed, carporch cantilever structure completed. Timber fencing has started. It seems like work progress is getting slower nowadays..haha

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    Front view of front wall and car poach where the dumpster is placed. 

  • interesting that your contractor's workers build the brick wall first before erecting a concrete stiffener to tie the brick wall to. my main contractor's workers always cast the concrete stiffeners fi

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interesting that your contractor's workers build the brick wall first before erecting a concrete stiffener to tie the brick wall to. my main contractor's workers always cast the concrete stiffeners first then build the brick walls.

I suppose the recessed area on the left is for your meter compartment. from the photos it looks like the workers just lay the bricks to abut your neighbour's boundary wall column. hope that in future if your neighbour redevelops the house and tears down the column, it won't affect/damage your meter compartment.

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8 minutes ago, snoozee said:

interesting that your contractor's workers build the brick wall first before erecting a concrete stiffener to tie the brick wall to. my main contractor's workers always cast the concrete stiffeners first then build the brick walls.

I suppose the recessed area on the left is for your meter compartment. from the photos it looks like the workers just lay the bricks to abut your neighbour's boundary wall column. hope that in future if your neighbour redevelops the house and tears down the column, it won't affect/damage your meter compartment.

My contractor did construct reinforced concrete base, it was a huge job digging well below the ground with ribar. 

3 hours ago, George Yeo said:

My contractor did construct reinforced concrete base, it was a huge job digging well below the ground with ribar. 

I’m referring to the right side of the wall where the gloves are being hung from the rebars which are stuck in between the bricks. Normally a concrete stiffener would be cast with these rebars already in and tied to the vertical rebars of the stiffener then the bricks would be laid with the rebars in between every 4 layers of brick. Of cos there are multiple ways to skin a cat so this way should work as well. 
a concrete foundation is standard for building a brick wall. Cannot just build on soil as the wall may collapse in time due to soil movements

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On 3/23/2020 at 6:04 PM, George Yeo said:

My contractor did construct reinforced concrete base, it was a huge job digging well below the ground with ribar. 

hi george.. can share ur contractor contacts pls .

 

thank u

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22 hours ago, commandozx said:

hi george.. can share ur contractor contacts pls .

 

thank u

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Hi George...looking to look contractor as well...mind if you share your contact as well? Thanks.

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On 9/29/2019 at 2:45 PM, George Yeo said:

 Having finalised all paper works, chose an auspicious date and demolition begins. 

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Hi George, could you share with me ur main con contact?

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On 9/4/2020 at 1:28 PM, Gundamho said:

Hi George...looking to look contractor as well...mind if you share your contact as well? Thanks.

Pmed you 

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On 3/23/2020 at 4:25 PM, George Yeo said:

Front view of front wall and car poach where the dumpster is placed. 

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Finally the interior is taking shape, once the ceiling is done I hope the flooring and kitchens would be completed by November 2020

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The marble dry lay being done and all set to install next month. 

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15 minutes ago, George Yeo said:

The marble dry lay being done and all set to install next month. 

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Haha. Guess we both got the Venus white from the same supplier

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