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A Beautiful Outdoor Earthbag Seating Area in the UK

Natural Building

Sam and Alex, who live in the U.K. have just built an earthbag seating area. They say, “Your site has contributed to helping us do this. Thank you for such an informative site! We would like to share our project with you. Although small in comparison to the buildings we have seen, it is a very large seating area which we are very proud of. We just hope it withstands the U.K. winters!

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Calculation Method of Concrete Quantity for a Staircase

Construction Cost Estimating

In order to work out the quantity of a staircase, it is required to determine the concrete volume for the followings :- • Steps and waist slab of 1st flight • Steps and waist slab of 2nd flight, and • Landing Concrete volume for 1st flight of the staircase: The calculation is done based on the following dimensions :- Riser = 6 inches Tread = 10 inches Length of a step = 4 feet Number of steps = 9 The thickness of the waist slab = 6 inches Concrete volume for the waist slab: To get the concrete v