Wazua
»
SME
»
Ideas
»
hydraform blocks
Rank: Member Joined: 1/28/2009 Posts: 34
|
Ladies and Gents, can someone please tell me where I can buy hydraform interlocking blocks in Nairobi and @ what price. Thanking you.
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 10/1/2009 Posts: 2,436
|
don have xperience with them, but try trace them using this it may give some further leads. Share with us anything concrete (pun intended) u get... http://gulfbusiness.trad...panies/companyid/198753/
|
|
|
Rank: New-farer Joined: 1/18/2010 Posts: 3 Location: South Africa
|
Hi there maia Ryno here from Hydraform. Here is the contact information for our East African agent. Please feel free to contact them for a free quotation. Or feel free to visit our website at www.hydraform.comCompany: Hydrahomes Address: PO Box 2345 Kampala Uganda Tel & Fax:+256 414 347 218 Mobile: +256 772 407 360 /404 106 +256 772 645 285 E-mail: pyramidconcept@yahoo.com or nuwagabagrace@yahoo.comKind Regards Ryno
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 326 Location: Nairobi
|
Hello Maia,
get in touch with me please.
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 6/4/2008 Posts: 345
|
RYNO
Can we pls have the contcat details for the agents based in NAIROBI KENYA.
Kampala will not help us here..
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 1/28/2009 Posts: 34
|
@wa P pls share the info here so that others can benefit.
@Ryno as Yekeyeke says, Uganda is way too far. We are looking for block makers based in Nairobi, Thika or Athi River
|
|
|
Rank: New-farer Joined: 2/1/2010 Posts: 1 Location: Nairobi
|
hi...am new here....I'm also really interested in hydraform blocks....i believe low cost housing is the way to go....so i called the uganda guys last week and they told me that they deal with two people here in kenya. George Waititu (0722206980) and Sam Jakinda 0727777354. I later learnt that the Mr waititu they were talking about is the MD/CEO of that company that gives us scary statistics....cant remember what its called....anyway, apparently he has built some huge castle in Nanyuki using hydraform blocks....as for the second guy, his phone was mteja....but that was a last week. you could check and see whether it works.
There is also a company called Hydrablockwalls Kenya Ltd that also deals with hydraform....they have advertised widely on these trade websites...but their contacts are quite elsuive...apparently you have to join the websites before they can give you the contacts.
If anyone has information on low cost housing.....moladi, ecohomes, hydraform etc please share.
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 11/6/2006 Posts: 276
|
there's a Dr. J.P.Monda of JKUAT civil engineering department who runs a local agency for that... guess you will have to google that.. also try TKM Maestro..
the entire concept is called sustainable housing due to its base on locally available materials..
what i will remind everyone on the forum is that while walling forms the walls of a house it is but one of 20 different parts of a building..
by saving on on walling you make an active step towards some savings .. however remember hydrafoam only presses blocks into shape.. it can not press doors, wiring, plumbing, roofing, excavations, roads to the house, sewerage required etc... a normal house has about 20 of these major elements...
sustainable housing hence can not work isolation it needs to be part of wholesome concept and for that reason needs to be part of a carefully thought out process... usually by professionals..
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 326 Location: Nairobi
|
@Maia, you may want to contact Makiga, a small company based in KIE sheds (dont know where exactly, pehaps mr. google know) They sell Stabilized soil block making machines (manual).
That may be a good start.
I plan to buy one - I shall be going there sometime in the week and shall surely update the forum.
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/19/2008 Posts: 1,267
|
wa P wrote:I plan to buy one - I shall be going there sometime in the week and shall surely update the forum. Ulienda wapi Wa p...need more infor on these blocks The recession taught me that the best investment is in brick and mortar.....ask 1970 gukas...I want to be wise... Isaiah 65:17-Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 9/13/2006 Posts: 70
|
I am building some flats and would like to use hydraform slabs like pictured in the web site below but none of the contacts given in this discussion seem to know what i want can someone please come to my rescue http://www.hydraform.com/BuildingSystems/Slabs.aspKama kuoga ni usafi taulo lachafukani?
|
|
|
Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/11/2006 Posts: 972 Location: Home
|
Well, not sure if i can be of help. Next time you talking to the Hydraform experts/contacts, just mention that you want an equivalent of/to the conventional Hollow Pot Blocks. The ribbed systems greatly saves on reinforcement. When it comes to Hydraforms, i've only seen them on the back of DISH magazine and on DSTV.
|
|
|
Rank: New-farer Joined: 4/26/2010 Posts: 71 Location: Thika/Nairobi
|
Hi Guys Thanks for bringing this topic up,for sure we have to venture into sustainable housing with locally available materials. We just formed a company,FOAMBLOCK KENYA LIMITED,concerning the foam blocks. We just shipped the machines and we shall be operating from Mombasa,on large scale production. This will be a milestone in construction. http://echoproperties.kbo.co.ke
Echo estate management Limited
|
|
|
Rank: New-farer Joined: 4/26/2010 Posts: 71 Location: Thika/Nairobi
|
Hi Guys Thanks for bringing this topic up,for sure we have to venture into sustainable housing with locally available materials. We just formed a company,FOAMBLOCK KENYA LIMITED,concerning the foam blocks. We just shipped the machines and we shall be operating from Mombasa,on large scale production. All the materials are already shipped,we just need to install and hit tha road. Hydra Foam technology has been in use in South Africa and many countries in the West for some time now. With one bag of cement, which costs Sh750, you can make 100 building blocks. In a quarry, 100 blocks will cost you a minimum of Sh5,500, including transportation and handling overheads. When you do the comparison you can see the massive saving in it. This will be a milestone in the construction industry. http://echoproperties.kbo.co.ke
Echo estate management Limited
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 2,148 Location: elderville
|
ECHOKENYA wrote:Hi Guys
Thanks for bringing this topic up,for sure we have to venture into sustainable housing with locally available materials.
We just formed a company,FOAMBLOCK KENYA LIMITED,concerning the foam blocks.
We just shipped the machines and we shall be operating from Mombasa,on large scale production.
This will be a milestone in construction.
Pesa ngapi? He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 6/21/2010 Posts: 119 Location: Nairobi
|
I can't remember the dates well but JKUAT had an open day and they were exhibiting some of their innovations including this machine. I can't remember the price well but they said a manual one goes for about 170k and they make them by order. Kindly visit JKUAT and learn more and probably make your orders.
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 1/28/2009 Posts: 34
|
Below are prices for different types of machines from Makinga Engineering Services Ltd.
Didn't buy any but went the old fashion way - gathered a few vijana to make matofari and "chomad" them after.
1. Standard Soil Block Press - Kshs. 65,340
2. Straight Interlocking Soil Block Press - Kshs. 79,850
3. Curved Interlocking Soil Block Press - Kshs. 88,865
N.B. All Incl. of V.A.T
You can visit them for a demonstration in Industrial Area (Nairobi) along Likoni Rd. opposite B.A.T. on Lokitaung Rd. in the Kenya Industrial Estates (K.I.E) shed no. 27.
All the best
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 4/14/2010 Posts: 183 Location: Nairobi
|
BTW, do Hydraform Brick making machines work with SEB's (Stabalized Earth Blocks). Anybody with that info or a real life working example, tafadhali tupashe! So nice that its nasty, so bangin' its busting,
So slick that its sick, so dope its disgusting!
|
|
|
Rank: Elder Joined: 2/7/2007 Posts: 11,935 Location: Nairobi
|
@Mville, stabilized soil blocks (SSB) and Stabilized earth blocks (SEB) should be one and the same......i stand to be "collected" though. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
|
|
|
Rank: Member Joined: 4/14/2010 Posts: 183 Location: Nairobi
|
Njung'e wrote:@Mville,
stabilized soil blocks (SSB) and Stabilized earth blocks (SEB) should be one and the same......i stand to be "collected" though. Guka, I'll take your word for the gospel truth coz, frankly, I'm totally clueless in construction-speak. So nice that its nasty, so bangin' its busting,
So slick that its sick, so dope its disgusting!
|
|
|
Wazua
»
SME
»
Ideas
»
hydraform blocks
Forum Jump
You cannot post new topics in this forum.
You cannot reply to topics in this forum.
You cannot delete your posts in this forum.
You cannot edit your posts in this forum.
You cannot create polls in this forum.
You cannot vote in polls in this forum.
|