⌛ Newbee

Hi, I joined the forum today in order to become more familiar with life in the Philippines. At this point I still live in Europe, but have visited the Philippines several times

 

WELCOME eole2007 on board. It's nice to know Europeans are keen to know more about Philippines. Where in Europe are you from?

 

hi eole2007,welcome to this forum

 

Thanks for the welcome and I'm happy to be a member of the forum

 

I live in Germany

 

Eole 2007 . Wilkomme !!! You will find plenty germans here . I am from Rotterdam but do speak german as well. What ever your questiuons or needs are , just simply ask the forum. We have specialist on practical every topic ...
If you plan to come over to Negros , let us all know so we can share our experience with you to make your tripo here a special event .

Vieler Grüssen , Der Earl aus Holland

( I will live permanent in Dumaguete after April 25th....

 

welcome to the forum, eole Try to visit the city of gentle people next time you visit the PI. I'm sure you'll be captivated by it

 

House construction

Hi, who has ideas or suggestions to build an environmentally friendly house, that is a house that uses very little energy to stay cool.
eolesch2007

 

Thoses houses build out of only Bamboo are pretty cool to see and to live in as they convect no heat unlike concrete and hollow blocks..
I myslef would love to live in one I have seen in Dauin.. just beautifull
I have deleted @#$%^the picture of that specific house , but this BALAY is also build out of wooden panel with only some concrete that is.....

 

That is actually true earlmj for wood or bamboo houses .But the problem is especially with the use of bamboo,it rots down quickly.And they only look good during first few years.After range of 10 years they need replacing.The high humidity in the Philippines doesn't help,everything carbon based deteriorates. Although,the use of wood preservatives (dunno the exact name of it) might be of help for wood or bamboo materials to last a little longer.

I like those houses with cogon grass roofs ,looking like having thatched roofing used in some cottages here in england and in mainland europe.But then the problem again in Philippines as mentioned is the humidity,plus the variety of creepy crawlies that might love to live and breed in the roof.

I don't like entirely concrete walls...just thinking about mixed with stone materials for walls.