Building our house and garage in the Philippines
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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. One way to get lots of planks of teak out of the country unnoticed.
Thanks guys.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I'm glad I don't live near you though...with those barking dogs.
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.Also had a house on Malabanias Road, where I/We had a couple of businesses.
Got divorced in 2006...after 15 years together.
I'm glad I don't live near you though...with those barking dogs.
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.
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.
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.
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