The railing is coming together and the stairs are in, laying out for the hand rail. We had a older carpenter who laid out the stairs; he was...
They have new saws, I trained them on how to use my dewalt miter saw and they are using my Estwing framing hammers. Shawn
I also missed this post and have A- blood. Curious on the PI requirements for donation; I had to get 2 bags around 3 years ago (thanks again for...
Here is a good pic showing our Papillon, the mixed mother and a puppy playing together. I still think they look more Papillon with a similar...
Here is a picture of our Papillon and the mixed mother...not the best picture but hard to get one of them both next to each other unless they are...
We received more bamboo this past Saturday; 2 guys are cleaning and splitting the bamboo and another is installing for the exterior walls of the...
Thanks...they are super sweet too. One of the vets that see our dogs was out the other day to give them their first shots and really wants the...
No, we will not fill in with block on the bottom level. A few reasons; it is a smallish structure, the rebar and concrete mix used was done...
Another pic of the pups. Shawn [ATTACH]
Started framing the bedroom of the Nipa. The wife's plan is for 3 windows that should really give great airflow. I'll install a ceiling fan...
Just wanted to share a couple pics of some tiny, cute 6 week old puppies. The mom is a mix breed we were able to adopt a couple years ago from a...
We decided to tear down our old Nipa guest house and build a new one. A few reasons for this; the first was that we built it with a ceiling and...
Thanks for your kind words...I think one great purpose of the forum is to help each other out. Most of my construction experience is US military...
Coming up my Mom would set up the tree the day or so after Thanksgiving; the wife didn't set things up until after 1 December but no presents...
The normal construction process here (and other places) is the concrete beam and column for your structure and the blocks are basically "filler"...
Sorry for the late reply; just got back to the PI traveling from the US. We got the EVG panels from Cebu and had them shipped here. Cebu Royal;...
The wife has liked the steaks at Chili's when we pass through Cebu...can't say personally as I haven't tried their steaks; normally have a...
We have a relatively small area to try things out but am really curious on how green onions and spinach would do in our area. I'm assuming that...
I've been reading quite a bit and old banana plants are great for compost. I have actually been thinking about an area of our backyard garden and...
Curious what best veggies and such folks have been able to grow. For us; okra grows well and we eat tons of it. Patula (hope I spelt that...
