While in Alor Star, last weekend, I was given the opportunity to visit a newly built BH in Kuala Kedah.
This particular unit was built at a cost of RM 670,000.
The unit dimension was 30 feet by 110 feet and three stories high.
The building contractor is our "APEK" whom I told us as a genious in operating a 4 feet high ceiling level BH.
The moment I arrived and took my canon camera and keep snapping as many as I could to make sure that I have as many pictures as possible.
Apek was so kind to show me so many features that he incorporated in this specially built BH.
1) All pipings and electrical cables are embeded in the pillar and the side walls.
2) In order to avoid gap between those ceiling and the nesting planks, he install the wooden planks first. Once they are set, he then pour the ceiling concrete. Amazing technique.
3) The BH floors are slunted at an angle to ensure that any trapped water will be easily drained using gravity.
4) On the ground floor he set a room about 10 by 15 feet as his control center. The room height is about 10 feet leaving a gap of about 3 to 4 feet from the room's roof and the BH ceiling. The ceiling were with wooden nesting planks.
5) His staircase from ground to first floor was at the right hand side of the building and was 2 feet wide. He open a LAL about 6 feet wide by 10 feet length. On the first floor a similar design was ready to go but it was at the opposite side. I term it as the Zig-Zaz LAL/staircase design.
During the trip, they were running short to complete the 1st floor. He got one more floor to complete. He hope, if weather permitted, he will get the house ready within the next two months.
I valued his invitation and at 70 he looks very active and chearfull all the way. I think birdhouse projects seem to keep his zest to live.
UPON ARRIVAL THIS WAS WHAT I FIRST SAW.
THE WALLS ARE MADE OF CEMENT BRICKS.
AT THE OTHER ANGLE
IN THE HORIZON THERE WAS THE BEACH.
INTERNAL ON THE GROUND FLOOR.
THE 2 FEET STAIRCASE AND LAL GROUND TO 1ST FLOOR
WOODEN FRAME SUPPORTING THE NESTING PLANKS.
ONE MORE PICTURE OF THE SAME.
THE ZIZ-ZAG LOCATION OF 2 FEET STAIRCASE AND LAL FROM FIRST TO 2ND FLOOR.
NESTING PLANK FIRST THEN ROOF SLAB.
ONE MORE VIEW
ONE MORE VIEW
GROUND FLOOR WITH CEILING PLANKS AND SLAB.
JUST LOOK AT A FINISHED CEILING.
3 comments:
Hi Harry,
I'm a newbie in this field, just want
to ask for this building that cost almost 600k, how many in kg it will produce the nest. Hope u willing to share.
Maku,
The actual cost of the new BH is 670K and not 600K.
As a rule of thumb, each square meter, about 10 square feet, it will produce about 1 kilo or 120 nests.
For a BH with 30 X 110 = 3300 square feet or 3300/10 = 330 kilo per floor maximum. If U have three stories just multiply by 3 = 990 kilos.
Note this is true if your BH is totally full.
Hope you know how to use the rule of the thumb...
Hi Harry,
Ohh yeah, didnt notice about the actual cost there, thanks for the info. I shall put in it in my book.
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