Foundations first.
Trench, rebar, concrete. Strip footings under every wall, then an 85 mm surface bed over the lot.
On our shelves: cement, 19 mm stone, river sand, Y12 rebar, mesh and DPM.
From the first line to the last light.
Everything a house is made of, under one roof on Motsoene Road in Maseru since 2011. Scroll, and we'll build one.
Course by course.
This house takes 1 953 blocks, every one placed by hand, with a lintel over each opening.
On our shelves: sandstone and cement block, maxi brick, brickforce, lintels, grinders and mixers.
Up goes the roof.
12 timber trusses about a metre apart, battens across, then IBR sheeting screwed down and capped at the ridge.
On our shelves: treated timber, IBR sheeting, roof screws, ridge capping and harnesses.
Inside the walls.
Conduit to every light and plug, pipe for hot and cold, and the geyser that heats it all.
On our shelves: cable and conduit, DB boards, copper and PVC fittings, geysers.
Plaster, paint, glass.
We tint paint in store to any colour, and stock the frames, glass, doors and ironmongery that close a house up.
On our shelves: paint and tinting, plaster, windows and doors, locks and hinges.
Lights on.
Every part of this house is on our shelves. Now count yours: set a size and a roof, and we'll list what goes into it.