Pedro...good you are asking questions; you'll probably get a bunch of opinions. Since I was the OP on the 3rd floor addition to our house I can...
I think ICF would be pretty cool for walls, but haven't come across in the Philippines. Another option would be the extruded polystyrene (XPS)...
I have a small PVC hydroponics set-up at my office in Guam Tat Soi and Bok Choi as well, another little experiment as the weather is similar to...
Not exactly fish farming; but I did get a small aquaponics system up and running last week at the house. Only 40 tilapia and the Tat Soi and Bok...
Definitely a Belgian, have them, breed them and absolutely adore them. Shawn
Such a beautiful Belgian Malinois...
Thanks...we thought the view from the second floor was nice, but the 3rd floor is better. Shawn
We have a well that pumps up to a storage tank, pressure tank after that. In the afternoon you can have a decently warm shower, morning and...
Should be soon, I know the wife wants to do another blessing. I'll let you know. Shawn
Last of the pics...
Took awhile to get the glass for the windows and doors in; everything is basically done. The wife did decide to re-paint the exterior of the...
Yes...I was quite surprised how much materials have gone up but the exchange rate is much better than when we first built the house 6 years ag0....
We'll get a material list and we go and procure ourselves. Shawn
You could not deal with a better couple of folks, we already purchased some property or this would have been on our radar. Shawn
Dave...in the interest of everyone I will also mention that I do build for a living. I agree that the metal studs I used are not a structural...
When we initially built our house the steel studs were not easy to source, with our current renovations they are much more available. Looking at...
Thanks...this forum was such a help when I started navigating things and if I can add some experience and advice that is really cool to me. Shawn
You can never have enough clamps.
If you have to add on an existing house and can't pull more wire to the closest box then you are busting up a lot of cement and block...concrete...
Really good question; a bit of a longer explanation so please bear with me. First I did not use CHB but EVG panels but very similar in planning...
