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• floating raft foundations are designed and certified by a structural engineer

• power float smooth finish.

• reinforcing for walls of the superstructure are designed and certified by a structural engineer.

• pour is completed in 2 hours
• the more the volume to fill - the more labour is used

• compressive strength of walls are between 10 and 15 mPa.

• higher strengths can be achieved by altering the c:w ratio.

• walls are sabs certified.

• all walls have a minimum height of 2,400 mm and can be increased to 2,700 mm or 3,000 mm, in increments of 300mm

• external and internal walls can either be 100 or 150 mm thick.

• good thermal properties

• any roofing material can be used

• steel ibr profile

• concrete roof tiles

• gables are cast at any range of degree.

• roof design is engineer certified.

• roof ties are bound to the reinforcing within the wall, which are positioned prior to casting.

• no beam filling is required, as block-outs are used to create the cavities to position purlins and trusses accurately.

• steel window and door frames are cast into position.

• wooden and aluminium window and door frames frames are inserted into a pre-planned cast opening after the form has been removed.

• electrical plug boxes and light switch boxes are attached to moladi and cast into position.

• eliminating the need to chase and plaster the walls.

• plumbing pipes are located into position prior to casting. 

• eliminating the need to chase and plaster the walls.

• plumbing pipes could also be surface mounted.

  finishing

• paint

• glaze

• plumbing

• electricity etc

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