Hello everyone , this is Wang Gang
the house we have been building is near completion
Speaking of the past month,
it has indeed been very difficult.
constructing a house is completely different
from what I had originally imagined
you can tell from this face
or even from this area and below
to this arm
completely two different skin tones
been helping out on the construction for a month now
you can tell I have gone through some changes
first, I lost weight and got tanned
and I also gained strength and became more energetic
my uncle and my father worked even harder than me
because they worked on the house every single day
in the beginning we were very energetic
after a day or two of exhaustion, would you be able to continue?
no matter how exhausted,
no way to quit, gotta finish
(In reference to the garden area), while digging you have to add water
or else you won't be able to dig through
Digging up mounds
Do you mean the mud?
yeah
what else?
but it's easier to dig now
can be dug
it's unlike the clay in the bricks
You can't dig through those compressed too tightly.
so there is gravel in the mixture?
yeah
is the mill stone still there?
the runner stone
the runner stone and the bed stone are both there
the runner stone may be buried over there
now the house is completed
I'll write down the costs on paper
for what?
to see how much we've spent
how much is a ton of cement?
cement is 460 rmb per ton
470 rmb
does it include shipping?
not included
how much after shipping?
shipping is 10 rmb per ton
alright
I've got most of it
base on our estimates
I did some basic accounting
we used 10 tons of cement
470 rmb per ton
total is 4700 rmb
next is rebar
3600 rmb per ton
we used one ton
and we also used gravel
we used 28 tons of gravel
100 rmb per ton
so that's 2800 rmb
and also the sand
we used 24 tons
150 rmb per ton
that's 3600 rmb
actually these materials are not super expensive
there is a few items that may have some conflicts,
that is the bricks and the tiles
the tiles we used
there are 13,000 pieces of them
0.31 rmb per piece
that makes almost 4000 rmb
most places (factories) have stopped producing these type of tiles
in other words, you can't buy it even if you had money
truthfully, it's not expensive
next, it's the bricks
0.037 rmb per brick
we used 20,000 bricks
on this house
we do have leftover bricks
next, it's the labour
we hired workers from nearby
they are very fast
relatively speaking, they are faster than most
in terms of speed, they have the competitive edge
so in average
the cost can be lowered by a little
and there's excavator cost
meals for the workers
labor cost for the concrete workers
and the material costs for all of these
actually, it was OK.
So up till now, we've spent in total
63,600 rmb
many fans asked why didn't we build a two storey home
we actually wanted to.
but because of the electric wires up there
we were limited (in height)
we couldn't take down the electric wires
just to build a two storey house
that's just not doable.
the curvy shaped tiles
mainly because in summer
you all know Sichuan is very hot
but in summer time it is not as hot (comparably)
Actually because of the way we did the reconstruction,
first, we saved a lot of hassles
because if we were to simply increase the size (of the old house)
we would have to go through permit process
what we did was we built on top of the old foundation
we deconstructed the foundation and build another layer
so we didn't need to go through complicated processes
and most importantly,
this is the way my father wanted
he likes to live in a house such as this
because back then houses were made with mud
their generation dreamed of living in a house with curly roof tiles just like this
this house is built upon the wishes of my father
now the house is finished
I will also start making cooking videos here
more homey, local dishes
I hope you can support me
Okay, that's the end of this episode.
thank you everybody for your support.
bye bye