The past couple days have been slow with the weather, we should finish the formwork for the CR walls tomorrow and hopefully place concrete in the...
Got started on the formwork for the upper portion of the CR walls. Time consuming as it takes quite a bit of shoring in a very tight area, didn't...
Here are some pictures from yesterday. We will be forming the second half of the walls for the CR today and getting that concrete placed. Our...
The internal formwork will be removed, though I will give the concrete a week to cure before pulling it out. There is quite a bit of timber used...
Me and the wife had to run to Dumaguete to extend my visa...another story... check on some materials and find out the status of the couch we are...
Got the concrete placed for the CR floor and the floor and sides of the rain water collection tank today. We'll get going forming for the walls...
Things have been slow as I only had 2 workers; as of yesterday I am up to 7 and will have them through Saturday so hopefully I will be able to get...
Me and the wife tried Spice the other day; the food came out very quick. The wife had a pasta dish with shrimp...loaded with shrimp. I had an...
It has been pretty slow rolling since I've been home; weather and finding workers has been a struggle. The excavation has been dug for the water...
I agree that how some things are done here are quite frustrating for a western thinking person; I figured out pretty early on that other than visa...
Actually decided on using mahogany for the upcoming projects, the wife likes the grain and I worked with it many years ago when I first got into...
My plan was to use the rigid insulation as a sacrificial material for cutting larger sheets of plywood since it offers good stability using a...
Sorry for the late reply...unfortunately I have not had any success finding them. Odd as it is quite common in some places I've worked where you...
How would most folks get on a flight to the Philippines without an onward ticket (unless they have a valid visa)? That is normally caught at the...
The wife was in Dumaguete today and stopped by EMCOR as she was asking about oil changes and such on the Baja trike. They were surprised to see...
How hard is it to get through immigration? Give your passport, say "good evening, morning or afternoon" stamped , a thank you and then head to...
I was just curious as it was not something I was aware of when we started building. If someone plans on buying their own transformer when they...
I'm curious if you purchased your own transformer before construction, ran your secondary and dropped your meter off to be calibrated if they...
Do they use the laser to remove moles or another method? Freeze for skin tags? Shawn
After more thought, responses as well as the lovely wife's inputs I think the glass block is probably out. The view is quite nice from the...
