I'm glad to share similar ideas about construction that I discussed before. The next day, I had the opportunity to meet with a carpenter and a bricklayer in the same building. As I waited to see what they had to offer, I observed the carpenter setting up a Juppee Tank water pillar (overhead tank). When I asked him why he was using pillars to hold the tank, he told me that the land was too weak for any other type of overhead tank not made with concrete, and that concrete pillars could last for years, especially since floods had passed through the area before.
To set up the overhead tank, he used facial boards and poline wood with bamboo to cover three concrete pillars. He explained that the bamboo beneath the facial boards would help support the poured concrete needed for the overhead tank. The materials he used also included nails, hammers and saul.
Also related to floods in my previous post, I informed an engineer about needing gutters for this building since waste was frequently thrown around it; he has started working on this accordingly. Now I see a bricklayer has already begun setting up gutters around the building which should help flush away rain and other floods that could affect it. Overall, this information from both carpenters and bricklayers has been very helpful when it comes down to construction projects.
