Post by bii on Apr 13, 2016 18:22:44 GMT -6
Hello NKA,
1. We would like to know if is possible to have a dwg/CAD plan of Abetenim and landscape school plan? (if it is not available doesn't matter we can manage with the jpegs and google maps)
ANSWER: Here is a drawing of Abetenim Village, Ashanti Region, Ghana from a project by raumgeschichten.org It is drawn to scale.
2. In our research we found that in Ghana is needed to take termites issues seriously, how large is their presence in Abetenim? in an older post you have said that it is better to use 'local hard wood' for construction instead bamboo due to its resistance to termites and weather conditions among others, from which kind of tree/s is obtained this 'local hard wood'? Which are the local tree wood posibilities? this 'local hard wood' is the timber about you talk on the reference budget table? if not, how much would be the budget and dimensions?
_Depending on the dimensions a timber would cost between Ghc10 and Ghc30
($2.8 and $8) the dimensions are in inches
2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 4x4, 4x8, 2x10, 1x10.
8' x 8' Plywood per unit - There is 4' x 8' and the current price is $8_
ANSWER: Termites is an ongoing issue in the region and some hard wood types are resistant to termite. Some forest timber for construction in the area include Bonsamdua, African Walnut, Utile, Yaya, Akasa, Mansonia, Mahogany, Odum, Sapelewood, etc. See full list of timber species and description on the website of the Forestry Commission of Ghana: www.ghanatimber.org/species.php and their applications: www.ghanatimber.org/applications.php
About the cost of lumber, we have answered this question in a thread above: "Keep in mind that at Abetenim, the wood to be used for window and doors will be available through the community, it will be harvested from the nearby forest. The cost will be for the gas money to the chainsaw man."
1. We would like to know if is possible to have a dwg/CAD plan of Abetenim and landscape school plan? (if it is not available doesn't matter we can manage with the jpegs and google maps)
ANSWER: Here is a drawing of Abetenim Village, Ashanti Region, Ghana from a project by raumgeschichten.org It is drawn to scale.
2. In our research we found that in Ghana is needed to take termites issues seriously, how large is their presence in Abetenim? in an older post you have said that it is better to use 'local hard wood' for construction instead bamboo due to its resistance to termites and weather conditions among others, from which kind of tree/s is obtained this 'local hard wood'? Which are the local tree wood posibilities? this 'local hard wood' is the timber about you talk on the reference budget table? if not, how much would be the budget and dimensions?
_Depending on the dimensions a timber would cost between Ghc10 and Ghc30
($2.8 and $8) the dimensions are in inches
2x2, 2x3, 2x4, 2x6, 2x8, 4x4, 4x8, 2x10, 1x10.
8' x 8' Plywood per unit - There is 4' x 8' and the current price is $8_
ANSWER: Termites is an ongoing issue in the region and some hard wood types are resistant to termite. Some forest timber for construction in the area include Bonsamdua, African Walnut, Utile, Yaya, Akasa, Mansonia, Mahogany, Odum, Sapelewood, etc. See full list of timber species and description on the website of the Forestry Commission of Ghana: www.ghanatimber.org/species.php and their applications: www.ghanatimber.org/applications.php
About the cost of lumber, we have answered this question in a thread above: "Keep in mind that at Abetenim, the wood to be used for window and doors will be available through the community, it will be harvested from the nearby forest. The cost will be for the gas money to the chainsaw man."