Step by step Guide on How to Build a foundation of a house house in Black Cotton Soil.

Step by step guide on how to build your foundation of a house in black cotton soil.Building a house in black soil is challenging because of the nature of black cotton soil.It expands with wet and shrinks when dry.This behavior affects the foundation wall and ground floor slab,causing them to crack,affecting your dream house.The solution to mitigate this soil expansion and shrinkage is to introduce reinforcement steel in the ground floor slab and put ground beams instead of masonry wall,building a house with wire mesh of appropriate size.
In this video Learn how to build a house on black cotton soil, including the use of wire mesh and reinforcement steel in the foundation for a safe and stable dream home.

[@Davidkiania]

Why not just do beam and block?

[@luluauma1886]

For me that's the strong foundation, then I could have added beams to every corner and do block that's walling.

[@ujenzitoday]

@luluauma1886 Hello,you mean columns?

[@RoseShuo]

Approximately how much will a 2 bedroom cost on this cotton soil

[@ujenzitoday]

Hello Rose.That may be hard to know because of preferences and ground terrains,but anything from 1 million upwards.

[@deepsavannah9723]

Must be joking