I have gone through some valuable contributions on the captioned subject in the past from some of the friends on this site, especially for an inexperienced person like me. I would appreciate if experienced friends can giude in the following queries:
1. Damp proofing always remained an issue & also RCC construction on all the sides increases the construction cost. Therefore, someone advising to lower the side floor level to the basement from 3 sides & get the RCC wall on the remaining one side. The question is, 'Is this a good option to save cost & avoid damping issue with additional cover of 'Tarpal' if used in heavy rains?'
2. Are friends using basements comfortable while using bath/kitchen drains & regularly pumping waste water to the the main outer drain? or are using 'Ghurki system'?
smile replied on Monday, March 1, 2010 03:07 AM
question 1 i could not understand? how tolower three side floor and wall on fourth only. If this is possible why not four sides so no wall to be made of RCC. now a days dampness is no problem. HTere are so many chemicals available in market which can be used during construction or can be applied after constuction to control it. How tarpal stops dampness i could not understand.
2. drian is with level of outlet sewer. you can use various kinds of pumping system which can be atomatically oprated and this system is also not very expensive. In reality basment is not used so frequently and mostly in summer months. If you have a proper house then no one wishes to live in basment and is normally used as a storage purpose. Untill u have only basment to live. |
Pardesi, Jeddah replied on Monday, March 1, 2010 04:41 AM
... fourth being the front where car porch & main gate is located; surely if all the other three side passages are lowered to the basement level the dampness may be resoved & RCC construction cost is reduced to some extent but another permanent problem of rain water evacuation will exist, thus 'Tarpal' has been suggested to avoid heavy rains only. Some friends are suggesting the basement level sewage tank should not be exposed to or collect rain water (I think, to control water overflow); should there be a separate collection tank for rain water?
... people are having permanent living OR have even rented out basement these days, I just wanted to have their opinion are they comfortable with that & which system are they using? Paying 30-40% extra cost for the basement just for storage seems too expensive. |
