Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I hear you correctly, he said: "Every ton = ten wheelbarrows of sand." If a ton is 2,000 pounds, that would mean that each wheelbarrow of sand weighs 200 pounds. "From a ton of sand, you can produce concrete 70 blocks." So mathematically, 2,000 pounds of sand, producing 70 blocks, means each block will use 28.57 pounds of sand to produce. You also said, "With one bag of cement powder and five wheelbarrows of sand, you can make 35 blocks." so "2 bags of cement, will give you 10 wheelbarrows of concrete and can produce 70 blocks." Formula: 2 bags cement + 10 wheelbarrows of sand = 70 blocks. So when you go to buy your material (sand, cement powder) so for 100 tons (of material), you multiply by 2 to get the number of block. (100 tons x 2 = 200 blocks) (I think that is what he said.) "Client request 3,000 blocks, divide by 3,000 by 35 to get the number of bags of cement powder that is needed." 3,000 blocks / 35 = 85.75 bags of cement powder. Then divide the number of bags by 2 to get the tonnage needed." 85.78 bags / 2 = 42.86 tons for the 3,000 blocks." 70 blocks = using ten wheelbarrows of sand for every ton he is collecting. (70 blocks = 10 wheelbarrows = 1 ton) .... 1 bag of cement lays 80 blocks. (1 bag of cement makes the mortar to lay 80 blocks. ) 3,000 blocks/80 blocks being laid gives you the number of bags of cement needed, which would be 37.5 bags of cement. Remember each bag of cement being used requires 5 wheelbarrows of sand. etc...
I am from Somalia and i live in Canada. I am moving back to Somalia to build my house. I found your video very informative. Easy to follow and understand. Please keep sharing your experience. Thank you. I appreciate your time and effort to help us understand. We Africans need to start sharing more like this to help one another. Have a great day.
I am a charter Quantity Surveyor from Nigeria. I stumbled on your video by chance and, I love the simple way you conveyed your information. Even the unlettered can understand you if he/she just calm down, and open their learning mode
I am very grateful that I researched and found this video you are so humble for sharing this knowledge with us all. I am very much inspired. The Lord bless you.
This video is so motivating. I'm so glad I watched it the day I'm going to lease land for my brick business and as a quantity survey unemployed graduate you make everything so understandable 🔥
I am working on a spreadsheet that will help you to do calculations for materials and cost when making cement blocks
Please correct me if I'm wrong. If I hear you correctly, he said: "Every ton = ten wheelbarrows of sand." If a ton is 2,000 pounds, that would mean that each wheelbarrow of sand weighs 200 pounds. "From a ton of sand, you can produce concrete 70 blocks." So mathematically, 2,000 pounds of sand, producing 70 blocks, means each block will use 28.57 pounds of sand to produce. You also said, "With one bag of cement powder and five wheelbarrows of sand, you can make 35 blocks." so "2 bags of cement, will give you 10 wheelbarrows of concrete and can produce 70 blocks." Formula: 2 bags cement + 10 wheelbarrows of sand = 70 blocks. So when you go to buy your material (sand, cement powder) so for 100 tons (of material), you multiply by 2 to get the number of block. (100 tons x 2 = 200 blocks) (I think that is what he said.) "Client request 3,000 blocks, divide by 3,000 by 35 to get the number of bags of cement powder that is needed." 3,000 blocks / 35 = 85.75 bags of cement powder. Then divide the number of bags by 2 to get the tonnage needed." 85.78 bags / 2 = 42.86 tons for the 3,000 blocks." 70 blocks = using ten wheelbarrows of sand for every ton he is collecting. (70 blocks = 10 wheelbarrows = 1 ton) .... 1 bag of cement lays 80 blocks. (1 bag of cement makes the mortar to lay 80 blocks. ) 3,000 blocks/80 blocks being laid gives you the number of bags of cement needed, which would be 37.5 bags of cement. Remember each bag of cement being used requires 5 wheelbarrows of sand. etc...
I am from Somalia and i live in Canada. I am moving back to Somalia to build my house. I found your video very informative. Easy to follow and understand. Please keep sharing your experience. Thank you. I appreciate your time and effort to help us understand. We Africans need to start sharing more like this to help one another. Have a great day.
I am a charter Quantity Surveyor from Nigeria. I stumbled on your video by chance and, I love the simple way you conveyed your information. Even the unlettered can understand you if he/she just calm down, and open their learning mode
I’m a quantity surveyor in South Africa. Thanks for these videos, I also just started a business of brick and block manufacturing.
I am very glad to see heroes in Africa like you, god bless you brother, I am Somali live in Saudia and I interesting this business. than you brother
Appreciated ♥
I'm so glad I found this video, I want to go to this business. A one on one section will go a long way to help me out
Where in Zambia?
Put Malawi in Title
That is assuming the Wheelbarrow is what size? Not all wheelbarrows are the same size.
Wow good job simple explanation
I love the way you repeat yourself for our understanding. God bless you, brother.
I am about to act like a pro after watching this. I just know it. You Always speak with patience and intelligence.
Thanks very much sir all the way Jamaica
Best Video I've seen Explaining Blocks
I am very grateful that I researched and found this video you are so humble for sharing this knowledge with us all. I am very much inspired. The Lord bless you.
This video is so motivating. I'm so glad I watched it the day I'm going to lease land for my brick business and as a quantity survey unemployed graduate you make everything so understandable 🔥
Yes! that's the answer I was searching for. Thanks brother
Good information.