| INTRODUCTION TO PREFABRICATED HOUSING | | | | 2.5 Load carrying system |
| TECHNOLOGY | | | | A steel skeleton consisting of a roof girder |
| 1. Description: | | | | formed from box profile R353, columnsformed |
| This is a kind of modular house designed and | | | | from special profiles made of stripped R281 and |
| prefabricated according to your design and space | | | | ridge rod serve asthe load carrying system. Steel |
| needs requirements and has been manufactured | | | | girders are spaced at1224mm along the building. |
| since 1968. | | | | Fastening is made with bolts and nuts. They can |
| All the parts of this house conform to ISO 9001 | | | | be dismounted and re-installedas many times as |
| Specifications and you can choose the colour | | | | desired. |
| thatappeals to you. Phased Residential House | | | | 2.6 Roof covering. |
| Construction | | | | Roof is covered with 60mm color steel sandwich |
| 2.Technical Specification | | | | panel which is suitably laid todrive on the box |
| Technical data | | | | structure made of beams and tie poles. Roof |
| Manufacturing is based on the assumptions of a | | | | covering is fastenedto box structure through |
| snow load of 50kg/m2, a wind speedof 0.5kn/m2 | | | | bolts. Along the roof is a 300mm wide eave |
| and 7th degree of earthquake conditions.The | | | | extended. |
| degree of the roof slope is 30. | | | | The external face of roof is:0.42mm color-steel |
| 2.1 Exterior and interior wall; | | | | sheet, inner face is0.34mm, the insulation ismade |
| Walls are manufactured by being pressed after | | | | of: foam desnity:13kgs/CBM.This insulates the |
| placing a 50-mm thick layer of hard | | | | interior of the house effectively fromexcessive |
| polystyrenefoam of high density between both | | | | heat during hot weather. |
| faces of color steel sheet with a thicknessof 0.35 | | | | 2.7 Electrical installation |
| mm(double surface of wallboard). Wall thickness is | | | | All the installation is applied via PVC conduits |
| 50mm. Heights of buildings are | | | | conforming to |
| 2.45-3.45Meters. The insulation is made of | | | | Kenyan standards.electrical wire: copper wire |
| polystyrene foam,density:13kgs/CBM which | | | | 240Volt,cross section area:2.5mm2 ,for living |
| ensures adequate protection from excess heat | | | | purposes;copper wire 240Volt,Cross section |
| during hot weather and excess cold during cold | | | | area:4mm2, for A/C purpose; all the sockets |
| weather. | | | | are:240Volt, 13A. |
| 2.2 Wall joinings | | | | 2.8 Sanitary equipment |
| Joining elements are bent from stripped H-section | | | | Water conduits and drainage pipes are PVC based |
| profile iron to join by special methods with | | | | . |
| radiiformings at the edges to prevent rusting. | | | | Sink counter has the dimensions of 500X1200mm. |
| 2.3 Doors | | | | It is terminated 1 m away in the outside both for |
| Outer doors are made of iron with dimensions | | | | the water and drain pipes. |
| – 800X2000mm. Inner doors are inthe | | | | Kitchen cabinets are excluded. |
| dimensions- 800X2000mm. Inner doors are made | | | | 2.9 Glazing |
| of SIP. | | | | Window glazing is 5mm single float glass.roof: |
| The external doors are made of coloured steel or | | | | 60mm color steel sandwich panel |
| SIP. | | | | CURRENT ONGOING PROJECTS; |
| 2.4 Windows | | | | 1.China Road Construction company offices at |
| These are made of specially formed PVC in the | | | | Kasarani opposite Warren Concrete. |
| dimensions of 1200X1000mm. | | | | Email for quotation and supply in East Africa. |