At our site, footings were covered with back fill after 3 days and curing is being done by pouring water on the back filled sand, keeping it moist most of the time. I sincerely hope this serves the purpose well and we ll have the required strength for the footings.

Thanks for your inputs Dolphin. My structural engineer's suggestions were almost on the same lines. I now have a second opinion with your comments. I ll keep posting queries here to make the best out of collective knowledge of other owners who have completed/executing their constructions and also ...

Hi Tendlu,

Your footings seem to have been quite sometime back. Did you get some answers for the query above. Please share for how long n how frequently curing for your footings and columns was done.

Regards

Hi Dolphin & KVS,

I found this forum and discussion informative and useful. I have posted queries about my project under the topic 'Construction of our Stilt+G+1 project'. We are constructing this unit in Banashankari and your comments on the queries will be appreciated.

Regards

Hi Dolphin,

I would also like to know about your experience in getting the commencement certificate and whether it is really necessary.

Hi Folks,

We have started with construction of our Stilt+G+1 residential units which we propose to let out. The footings are done and we are at column pedestal level. I have the following queries and your comments will be appreciated.

1. Sump is to be located between two footings. What would be ...

Hi Dolphin ( Santosh),

I am not an expert but an owner. My construction is in progress and the following are my views based on info collected from my architect for my project.

1. If plinth beams are not straight you should instruct your shuttering guy to pay more attention while setting the ...

Hi KVS,

I have been following your thread and have some queries about how you finalized the floor plans etc. Did you eventually use the plans you got from the first (the civil engineer whose daughter is architect) guy or you went about the process again with the second team (your current builder ...

We would be starting with sump construction for our Stilt + 2 floor house. Any comments on pros and cons of constructing sump with blocks/bricks as compared to reinforced concrete wall sump.