At last the Jal Shakti Ministry has sent my Certificate for the Water Hero Award. WATER HERO AWARD Certificate.jpg Hi Sampath, Congratulations to you for receiving the "Water hero award " from Jal shakthi ministry. It's indeed a pride moment for our forum to have you sharing your knowledge without ...

Hi amith, Split level planning is not 50% expensive but overall there will be 5-10% of cost escalation and need 3 -4 months extra as they cannot cast slabs in single time. It needs to be planned properly to avoid climbing up & down for each room separately rather it should be progressive levels goin...

Hi Amit, A 30'x40' is not a small site at all. We did designs in as small as 20'x30' plots with open to sky garden areas of minimum 7'x7' size. I believe every site will have good opportunities to take in as advantages. Duplex has been reimagined in most of my designs in multiple configurations like...

Hi, Raju Exposed brick walls are generally done by masons with good experience and generally old school masons are good at these. In case you are looking for mason only for a specific wall in your entire project I suggest you to go with some one recommended by your main mason as he needs his support...

HI, Balu I am not very sure about health issues because of a signal booster on the terrace as there is not much scientific evidence on the same. Regarding the tax payment you need to disclose while you are paying property tax about any mobile towers / boosters etc installed in your property that are...

Hello all, I am looking for wardrobe with in built vault. What are the brands / retail outlets I should look out for ? Hi birnda To my knowledge there are no wardrobe brand that comes with inbuilt safe lockers, rather all the wardrobes are customized and you can ask them for design a shelf that can...

Hi Velu, What is the size of the sky light and site location. You can mail me the details in case not interested to share them on the forum. Glass skylight installation should be done by glass professionals and the silicon used for filling the gaps should be outdoor grade to avoid leaks . If the sky...

Hi annanya84, Few things you need to check for while buying a ready built house. Construction 1. Is the structure future ready ? footings done to take care of additional load of at least one floor 2. Pictures during construction specially showing steel use , this will give you confidence of what the...

Hi, I am not against any one venturing into the construction field as contractors, currently 95% of contractors in the market are not professionally qualified but learnt on field for more than 20+ years and doing fantastic jobs on ground. I always wonder when someone wants to use "IITian" tag as a l...

Hi, Vip pipes are the best brand available in the market but getting a genuine VIP brand is difficult in neighborhood markets. You can always try in Kr market and most of those vendors will supply a minimum of 50 lengths, taking less than it is also not feasible to transport the same. In VIP you get...