Building our house and garage in the Philippines

Building our house and garage in the Philippines

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XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Saturday 10th August 2013
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Don't forget, cheap local lumber in Philippines, is exotic specially selected and imported for your pleasure timbers!

King Herald

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23,501 posts

215 months

Saturday 10th August 2013
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XJSJohn said:
Don't forget, cheap local lumber in Philippines, is exotic specially selected and imported for your pleasure timbers!
There are strict regulations on exporting hard woods, especially teak, so a guy I know had a bunch of heavy duty, thick gauge, rough cut, packing cases made, to export some cheap wood carvings.

Guess what he had the packing cases made of. wink One way to get lots of planks of teak out of the country unnoticed. biggrin

fttm

3,667 posts

134 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Just found this thread and enjoyed reading from start to now , top work KH and look forward to further updates .

netherfield

2,668 posts

183 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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House looks lovely.

What would you do different if you knew what you know now?

King Herald

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23,501 posts

215 months

Monday 22nd December 2014
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Thanks guys. biggrin

What would I do different? Hmmm, if I could I'd make it a metre wider and a metre longer, as that little bit extra room would make a big difference, but that would have nearly doubled the cost. They charge by the square metre of floor space, on all three floors, when they quote a build over here.

And I'd have put the house near the back and the garage/pool/yard/parking at the front.

King Herald

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23,501 posts

215 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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After three years moaning from the wife, I finally got started on the 'pergola' at the back of the house. Simple steelworks, some planks of wood, and some sweat. Job done.









Mistakes were made, it is higher than planned, but it keeps the sun off. The polycarbonate sheeting we put on top was a real ball ache to work with. The connecting strips could not be fitted, impossible to do on the roof, so i modified them a bit. biggrin

Then we started on another bigger roof over the drive, more of a car port, but the same basic design.

















We got it finished just in time for the daughters 14th birthday party, which was fortunate because it is monsoon season here and it poured down all day and night.







Edited by King Herald on Monday 13th July 03:47


Edited by King Herald on Monday 13th July 03:54

King Herald

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23,501 posts

215 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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This is how some of the wood was delivered..... Elf and safety is an unheard of concept here in the Philippines. biggrin


XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Wimmin, they are never happy are they hehe

The lumber delivery van looks more impressive than our usual Sombat and Somchai specials here!!


uk_vette

3,336 posts

203 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Targarama said:
grahamw48 said:
I built it in Plaridel 1.

Also had a house on Malabanias Road, where I/We had a couple of businesses.

Got divorced in 2006...after 15 years together. rolleyes

I'm glad I don't live near you though...with those barking dogs. hehe
Hey Graham - are you the same person as someone with the same login name on a certain other UK forum? I'm 'Trefor' over there.
You mean Land Cruiser forum?

5potTurbo

12,483 posts

167 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Great work in what I can only imagine are stifling, humid conditions.

I wonder, with your monsoons, are the polycarb sheets up to it, I mean, to stay where they're supposed to?

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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5potTurbo said:
I wonder, with your monsoons, are the polycarb sheets up to it, I mean, to stay where they're supposed to?
the quantity of rain pounding down on them will balance out the force of the howling gale trying to rip them off ....





maybe



andy43

9,552 posts

253 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Still rockin' the Safety Sandals on site hehe
Never mind the verandah, wot about the rod?

briangriffin

1,570 posts

167 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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is it just me that sees a problem here? how'd you get the ladder back down?

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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hehe ....

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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rofl

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Glad you said that...

hehe

XJSJohn

15,959 posts

218 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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In his defense i think thats just been clamped into place to measure up and the ladder is actually supporting the I-Beam .....


however i hope its not, would love to have seen the GBH of the earhole that his missus would have given him hehe poor bugger!

King Herald

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23,501 posts

215 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Nah, the ladder was just there to hold it up while we marked the holes for drilling. It took a lot of planning to work out exactly how strong, how long, the beams and supports should be. biggrin

I gave it a good session of 'should be okay', so I reckon we're good.

The annoying thing is, the wife was in charge of alignment, while us two guys held the steel in place and marked the holes, and she decided it had to be on an incline so the water would run off......

It wasn't until I'd drilled it, bolted and welded it all into place that I actually stepped back and eyeballed it all. Yes, she'd got the wall end two inches higher than it was supposed to be, so everything is pretty much on the kilter.

King Herald

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23,501 posts

215 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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andy43 said:
Still rockin' the Safety Sandals on site hehe
Never mind the verandah, wot about the rod?
Doing good mate, doing good. All legal and fully roadworthy.







s3fella

10,524 posts

186 months

Monday 13th July 2015
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Nice. What are those rear arches from?