Building Houses In Waterlogged Parts In Accra, Ghana: Basic Engineering

Machine Cut Stones as Foundation Blocks in Ghana Houses

One of the major problems in building houses in the waterlogged parts of Ghana and most other places in coastal Ghana is how the concrete laid blocks and cement fabricated blocks absorb salty water from the ground. This mechanism results from the salty nature of the groundwater in these areas because Accra used to be covered with large amounts of seawater some ten thousand years ago. Not surprising Accra, for example, is below sea level. This makes the blocks look unhealthy as the building is constantly exposed to withering and decay, and all manner of approaches are taken by lay Ghanaian house owners to spend huge sums of money to cover these decayed buildings with stones which still do not prevent the constant problem this building is withstanding and enduring.

Cut Stones Six Inches/Eight Inches Blocks from High Tech Quarry Industries

This problem did not escape early builders in the Scandinavian Countries such as Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland. In Canada and some states in the United States of America, these were also the problems before becoming developed in their environments and, therefore, used special engineering techniques to solve their building constructions. Highly Technology Quarry Industries cut NATURAL STONES into six inches blocks to lay the foundations of the buildings in these parts of the world. These stone blocks are expensive but valuable to the foundation of every housing in this developed world. What it means is that a poor fellow who has little resources/money uses to lay the first foundation stone blocks on the ground before one can continue with the cement blocks we currently have in Ghana. Those with enormous resources could use two or three sets of stone blocks in their foundations before continuing with the concrete blocks. Once they use these stone blocks as the ground foundation before the concrete blocks, they can prevent water from zipping into the rest of the concrete blocks used to build and complete the houses.

Black Thick Waterlog Materials
There are also additional waterlog materials some people use to prevent water from gushing into the floor of the houses but needed in Ghana, except in those areas where they experience perennial rainfall that destroys buildings in these areas.

Begoro Akim Abuakwa in the Eastern Region has large deposits of Natural Stone

Begoro in the Eastern Region has enormous deposits of these natural stones that can be excavated by industries and companies in Ghana that intend to invest in it. The machines are currently manufactured by several Chinese firms that constantly advertise them on the Internet. Due to the need for these stones in Ghana and other countries in West Africa, every investor that invests in it would not encounter problems in making profits. The Ministry of Works and Housing and The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) will support Quarry companies that want to start investing in these Natural products as they could be encouraged to export to other developed and under-developed nations in the world just like the Scandinavian countries.

Conclusion
Concrete houses in Ghana are experiencing strong withering conditions that make them weak and decay, and only Cut Natural Stones that we use in laying the foundation that could halt these problems in the housing sector. Apart from the fact that it could save Government and private companies from utilizing lots of money for reparation, it could offer employment to companies and private individuals in rural and urban areas of Ghana.