Soil Investigation Part 2

Today the 16th of August 2017, we had in the morning collected samples of our Solid Rock Surface.

There were supposed to be 5 samples collected from the Bore Hole but we were only able to retrieve one because the soil was too hard for the Bore Hole to go further. This is what the soil looks like. Bagged in at 19.5 meters down.

The Hard Soil gathered from 19.5 meters below. Turns out this soil was hard rock before but is slowly turning into soil. Thats whats happening down below. Its kinda sandy and hard. As you can see, the soil too is yellowish brown just like how it was shown in the previous post just before striking Solid Rock

19.5 meters. Soil is pretty hard, and crumbly too. Nothing to worry about cause its compact

So turns out that these guys were right all along when they said

" between 15 - 20 meters down in Your area we will find Solid Rock. " 

These guys are more accurate than the good for nothing  advise you can find with lowyatt people and their 3 generations of inheritance. Perfect prediction.

The shitty illegal neighbor was worried when the boys this morning were trying to retrieve samples 4 and 5. She thought the tests will last the whole day. At least the boys covered me and said this isnt a long test, its almost finished.

Whats up with these old farts. A little noise and they make it seem like the Nazi's are coming. The machine is still going to have to be fired up again to move it back to position, this old fart is gonna freak out again when the Nazi Boys bring on the Blitzkrieg ... One More Time

 

Achtung !

DAY 6 - Mackintosh Probe Day

With the SPT Test completed in the morning. Now it is time for the Mackintosh Probe Test works in the afternoon. 

6 Holes were to be tested. 5 of which would require the concrete around the house to be drilled and Probed into for testing.

The only Mackintosh Probe Test that didnt require drilling was MP5. The rest needed a bit of drilling through concrete before probing into the holes.

These 2 are pretty alright workers. Especially the tubby dude. He looks like Gus from Cinderella or something. Both are hardworking and smart

This dude doesnt know how to even insert a pipe and tighten it with an O ring. Pretty sure this dude made the clay penis.

Getting the Mackintosh Probe holes drilled out

The holes were drilled in some time around 11 AM and 12 PM. 

The good thing is the test would take a much shorter time than the SPT Test.

As the test dictates, its either you reach 400 blows within 15 meters, or reach 15 meters first. So Im confident that our soil is fine and will not reach 15 meters first. 

Reaching 15 meters first would mean the soil will be too soft to construct structures of a particular size and weight. 

So the work on the Mackintosh Probe began. 

The 6 holes will take 2 days to reach its goal. So lets see where we fall on DAY 7

DAY 7

Nothing today, the dudes only removed the SPT Machine away. This took a while too. Almost half a day to move the machine and hoist it back on the truck with its equipment and tools

DAY 8

Nothing happened today either. The dudes had to go somewhere else. So work would continue on Saturday, Day 9. I mean I cant complain much, for what Im paying for its okay. Either way my architect and engineer couldnt do anything as well cause they were away so there was no rush yet.

DAY 9

19th August 2017. Its Saturday.

The dudes are back. They drilled a larger hole for the Mackintosh Probe's surface because the holes drilled previously were too small.

Finally the proper Mackintosh Probe started in the morning. Below is the probe's main device that looks like a heavy sharp tipped arrow.

The tip that will penetrate through soil. Theres also the Hammer thats in a shape of a cylinder that will be then used to hammer the probe into the ground

These are the rods that will be attached to one another the deeper you go to reach 400 blows or to 15 meters / whichever comes first

Marking the rods every foot to know how deep the probe will go down to. Has to be done on every rod when the rods are attached to each other.

Let the hammering begin. The hammer is pulled up and then released under its own weight to hammer.

And when the hammer comes down to ground level, another rod is attached 

This was MP5, the only probe test done in the Garden

The results show how many blows were done at each depth. The soil is pretty good

As you can see above. The blows are recorded are pretty damn good. Im not reaching 15 meters first before 400 blows. Im reaching about the 4.5 ish  - 6 meter range when the 400 blows and more are reached.

This means the soil is very good.

When you start blowing the Mackintosh Probe into the ground, the first 20 - 50 blows are pretty fast, it often slows down around the 2 meter mark. Thats when your number of blows starts to shoot up because you are penetrating now into dense soil. This is for soil in SS3 Petaling Jaya, or at least in my case.

Now all you lowyatt people will have an IQ of 300 because now you have got this information. Now go claim yourselves as God Status

At about 12 30 PM I headed to the office. Yes, Saturday is a full day too for me unlike you work life balance chai latte hipsters.

I wanted to see the soil collected from at least one probe but couldnt spare the time. What happens is at 400 blows, soil will be collected as well for testing anyway.

The works might go on till about 7PM today. There are 6 bore holes and the noise levels probably even at a decibel of 10 will trigger our shitty illegal neighbor anyway. (for your information 65 decibels is permitted in the day time, and 55 at night which is the noise level of a Grand Piano) 

But the Mackintosh Probe Test will be completed today.

The noise levels are very bearable. They are not loud at all. Its just a hammer whacking a rod into the ground. 

SUMMARY

So there you have it, this is what the Mackintosh Probe Test looks like and what needs to be done.

Something clearly the Alex's, Tan's, Eng Hoe's, and especially Eric's of the world of contractors have no fucking clue of what needs to be done. That too with you lowyatt undocumented - cheap - fucking - talk - no solution people such as alekfurgeson. (Fucking idiot)

Can you imagine if we had engaged with a contractor first, only to get rejected and do this work later ? The amount of ding donging and going back and forth and spending more money on contractors so they could drink more Cristal at Marinis ? This is why you engage a contractor much later. 

If you want to renovate your home in Petaling Jaya, to the extend of demolishing it and rebuilding it, well this is what needs to be done. This is MBPJ Home Renovations 101 for demolishing and rebuilding a single storey semi detached into a double storey semi detached.

Clearly these are the steps that I am recording to give YOU a step ahead.

But then again, lowyatt people already knew this,... dont they always do !

Next up will be Soil Investigation Part 3. Didnt expect it to be in 3 parts but at least its being done right. Will wait for the soil data to return before submitting it to our engineer who will determine how deep our ground beams and footings etc will need to be before the next stage happening next month - Submissions to MBPJ

~fin~