A few things I learned today Had to go to Dumaguete today to pick up some additional materials; interesting to say the least but learned a few...
Gravel delivery delayed The crushed gravel did not show up until 1500, so the concrete for the stairs will be placed tomorrow. Needed to add...
No Sir, was not happy with the electrical but had a good conversation with our guys and will be able to make things work. Shawn
Working on the stairs Quite a bit of activity today, most important for me was getting the exterior stairs ready for concrete tomorrow...the...
Jack, Though I have not lived all the life experiences that you've had, I am looking at a retirement soon; which to me is within the next year or...
Monday work We started backfilling the interior of the house, still need some better fill material to finish things off. The exterior stairs...
Another Sunday Our flight from Manila to Dumaguete was cancelled yesterday, so with many delays we finally made it home today. The workers...
The wife spoke to her mother and she said there were no problems, guess I'll see for myself tomorrow when we get in. Shawn
Sounds great Larry, we'll spend the next couple nights in Manila (the wife needs a break once in a while) and will be back on Saturday. Shawn
I have about an hour before I head out to the local airfield and begin my trip back to the Philippines, I really hope to meet up, at some point...
Removing some formwork I let them remove the forms around the edges of the beams; for one I wanted to look at the concrete and two they are...
Death Of A Construction Worker This construction worker had climbed 20 stories to the job site. Once there he'd asked the foreman if he could...
Roof slab concrete placed Actually it was the opposite; they started out pretty strong, slowed down quite a bit during the heat of the day and...
Thanks John. I would never have taken on building a house without boots on the ground if it was not for the confidence I had in the wife being...
Roof slab concrete placed It took over 19 hours with some extremely exhausted guys but the slab has been placed. The roof will be tiled later...
Handyman Cheatsheet 1. If you can't find a screwdriver, use a knife. If you break off the tip, it's an improved screwdriver. 2. Try to work...
Concrete placement is on for Sunday Even though the "electricians" did not exactly follow my drawings, I can make it work and I do have the...
Concrete placement pushed back till Sunday (so far) The electricians did not finish all their work and the plumbers are not able to pressure...
I get some but not all.
Pulling some OT tonight Due to the fiesta in the village yesterday and the fact we were short manned today (due to hangovers) the guys stayed...
