You could call it 'Do good house designs grow on trees...or are they a rotten idea ? '
You could call it 'Do good house designs grow on trees...or are they a rotten idea ? '
Only just seen this Stewart, what an adventure, good luck!
Step one:
Try to find out WHAT species your wood/lumber is...
Some interesting links here:
http://www.idewood.com/index.php?pid=8
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http://myphilippinelife.com/our-phil...ect-carpentry/
In the Phils I've built lots and lots of aviaries and cages, plus a decent sized shop, all from various kinds of lumber, but for my house project I chose reinforced concrete, and concrete blocks.
Peter,
Yes, it might be worth developing as a thread..... if only to say "no, it doesn't work" at the end of the analysis, or "beware of these pitfalls" if it does turn out to be a viable option.
How about
Kit Houses - a viable option for the Philippines ?"
But I bow to thoughts of others on here.
No man is an island, but Barry is
It sounds interesting.
Originally Posted by Bluebirdjones
's certainly an interesting post, Marc and ...
... yes,with Peter - it's definitely more than worthy of its own thread, IMHO!
... yes,... Fred appears to have beaten you to it, I'm afraid!
(Oops..Jake`s original post lost)
The above was not my reply to Stewart's postYep!!.. That's what I reckon.Mods do you have any idea why that might have happened? The 'Yep!!' makes me think it might have something to do with Fred
Stewart,
Depending on the finishing, I reckon 1.6 to 1.8 million should be about right.
If you can get your initial investment back within 5 years....superb
Sorry!! I clicked Edit instead of Quote.. (dumb Mod!) Ive done this a lot in the past but usually correct the mistake before its noticed!!The above was not my reply to Stewart's post
Stewart,
Depending on the finishing, I reckon 1.6 to 1.8 million should be about right.
If you can get your initial investment back within 5 years....superb
I`ll fix it now though..
Edit: Oh Shiiittt..I cant!! Lost your original post.
Really sorry about that..
If you can remember what you posted just click edit and re post.. UGGHH!
Meh!!
It had something to do with crop rotation in the 14th century
No problem Fred
Yep!!.. That's what I reckon.Meh!!
It had something to do with crop rotation in the 14th century
in the beginning was our hollow blocker started a few months prior to start of project and completed today 4000 6 inch blocks and 700 4 inch blocks, all made to class A ,
the rear of our project before start of construction
view from the front through to back of project, the old is completely demolished,
The Ritual. PADUGO, 1st day of start of project
You're very posh............we had only chicken
Just went to a friends project here and he has one of these on site..Made it himself and I wish I had one to grade sand for finishing cement render..
Unlike the video,his makes no noise at all.. Fine sand production is fast efficient and cheap.
Here`s a better one.. A lot quieter.
We had a pig with it's throat cut. They splashed blood over the clean white multi cab then proceeded to make a mess in my premisesThe Ritual. PADUGO, 1st day of start of project
WTF! I didnt even know this was about to happen Then the local preist came along doin likewise with the holy water. I was half expecting Samatha Eggar to come flying in on her broomstick
guess we must be cos we also had 3 chickens plus the goatYou're very posh............we had only chicken
our pig is next , before the pouring of cement for postsWe had a pig with it's throat cut. They splashed blood over the clean white multi cab then proceeded to make a mess in my premises
my connection not good enough to play vids yet, but yes i get the idea , very good,
i will get a better look later
All good fun Stewartour pig is next , before the pouring of cement for posts
Stewart we have been following your Construction Project,what about exploring other finishes to the hollow block work externally,there most be alternative possibilities,to cement render,in this country we have seen lots of external finishes,maybe worth considering,your wife might help with sourcing them,Good Luck and thanks for the Photos ....
got our permission to pour the concrete for posts, by lunchtime we had our pig and blessed the posts with blood, then the pouring began
the frontage of our store
Crikey!! Was you a safety officer in the U.K??
I wouldn`t even know where I could buy that many hard hats here!!
My blokes all wear flip flops!!
I bought them good quality hard hats, the cheap ones are poor quality, 26 hats all in all
green labourers, yellow skilled, blue foreman and my liaison officer, white me, Lolita, architect, and electric design engineer
and whatever happened to our pig
i bought a new portable welder for the construction, its made in austrailia, ( cigweld 130.170 inverter arc.) oddly it has a 3 pin 13 amp fused plug, identical to uk, now this welder is 20amp, but the type of welder it is makes it compatable to a 30 amp welder which means its light weight and no worries about the transformer on the power supply or causing problems with the stores near our construction,
the thing is ,,, the fuse keeps blowing,no 13 amp fuses here available, lucky i brought some from uk, dont ask why i did, must have had a second sight
we contacted the hardwear store its a big store well known here, they say put a 20 amp fuse in it and they will take responsability if it gets damaged,
the only 20 amp 210 volt fuses are glass fuses but longer than the 13amp, i dont like the idea of this but i have adapted the plug to take the fuse, and will try 1st with a 15 amp fuse,
this welder cost 23,000 p thats with the discount, im wishing i had just bought a cheap 8,000 kamato instead, i didnt because im told they are cheap and unreliable
i was thinking the safest way was to get a voltage regulater, but what size for a welder
anyone any idea how to resolve this?
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