Thread: Building my house

Hi

Since just over one week, I am the proud owner of a small piece of land. I am hoping to soon start with building a private house to myself.

As I have also zero knowledge in construction, I will have to either do a lot of selfstudy or surround me with knowledgeable people I can trust.

I was hoping I coulde get some advise on this forum.

The land has been bought, the IMB should also be no problem but I need to have drawings first.

I have a good idea what I want but will need to find an architect to double check so to make sure I do not make silly mistakes with my design. Can anyone recommend a good architect?

Construction; a good friend of my wife (and myself) does construction. He has his own little company and does generally construction on a local lever, no bule stuff or villa stuff. Either way, my budget doesn't allow for a villa and I feel that I can trust him so currently, he is my first choice for construction. However, if anyone has other suggestion or good experiences with good constructors, I would like to know.

Building. Until a couple of days ago, the only two bricks I was aware of is the red brick and the cement brick. However, somewhere on this forum I think I saw a mentioning of limestone walls. Is this a better material in the tropics? Easy to handle or does it need special attention? Is it cheaper / more expensive?

Waterproofing the floor (?). Many Balinese buildings have wet walls on the bottom. I am pretty sure this is because of ground water climbing up. To avoid this, I have seen constructors replacing one layer of cement between bricks with some kind of glue / water blocker so humidity cannot climb up. Another thing I have heard is to have a plastic over the entire floor of your building. Which one is recommended over the other?

Well, that's it for know. I am sure I will have dozens of other questions coming up as I go.

Thanks!

Hello Markit

Thanks for the reply.

I have actualy read some of your stories on building but did not manage yet to read through it all. I remember you had a blog as well?

Good advice on making the blocks onsite. Someone has told me that the red bricks are better quality but have no idea why?

Originally Posted by spicyayam

A friend told me the red bricks kept the house cooler.

They are stronger too and less prone to cracks.

Remember all Indonesia roofs leak, all walls crack & there's nothing like rising damp. Be there to see that the steel is in the hole when they pour the cement. The red bricks are great you don't even have to use a hammer drill because they are so soft. I hope you have lots of hair. Have fun & remember you are in Indonesia

Originally Posted by balibule

Waterproofing the floor (?). Many Balinese buildings have wet walls on the bottom. I am pretty sure this is because of ground water climbing up. To avoid this, I have seen constructors replacing one layer of cement between bricks with some kind of glue / water blocker so humidity cannot climb up. Another thing I have heard is to have a plastic over the entire floor of your building.

Damp course is a layer of plastic that is put between the course of cement block or brick to prevent rising damp usually 30-40cms above ground level. Very effective. A waterproof membrane is a sheet of plastic put under the cement of the floor, needs to be in one piece to be effective [possibly get from swimming pool suppliers]. You can get a waterproof additive to your cement which will go some way to waterproofing. 'Tanking' is another option. Using a layer of bichumen to keep water out. Sorry about the spelling not my strong point.

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Since just over one week, I am the proud owner of a small piece of land. I am hoping to soon start with building a private house to myself.

As I have also zero knowledge in construction, I will have to either do a lot of selfstudy or surround me with knowledgeable people I can trust.

I was hoping I coulde get some advise on this forum.

The land has been bought, the IMB should also be no problem but I need to have drawings first.

I have a good idea what I want but will need to find an architect to double check so to make sure I do not make silly mistakes with my design. Can anyone recommend a good architect?

Construction; a good friend of my wife (and myself) does construction. He has his own little company and does generally construction on a local lever, no bule stuff or villa stuff. Either way, my budget doesn't allow for a villa and I feel that I can trust him so currently, he is my first choice for construction. However, if anyone has other suggestion or good experiences with good constructors, I would like to know.

Building. Until a couple of days ago, the only two bricks I was aware of is the red brick and the cement brick. However, somewhere on this forum I think I saw a mentioning of limestone walls. Is this a better material in the tropics? Easy to handle or does it need special attention? Is it cheaper / more expensive?

Waterproofing the floor (?). Many Balinese buildings have wet walls on the bottom. I am pretty sure this is because of ground water climbing up. To avoid this, I have seen constructors replacing one layer of cement between bricks with some kind of glue / water blocker so humidity cannot climb up. Another thing I have heard is to have a plastic over the entire floor of your building. Which one is recommended over the other?

Well, that's it for know. I am sure I will have dozens of other questions coming up as I go.

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Hi Gilbert,

of course you need drawings / gambar for an IMB!

Maybe the PU looked in the other direction cause they know you BUT this is not standard!

Cheers Marc

P.S. the north is not the south and overcrowded, doing IMB stuff here is a pain in the *** also kinds expensive if you`re a bule. The norh, east & west is easypeasy, donate some money to the kepala desa and voilà....done!