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My wife was also looking into an inexpensive housing option for her brother while we demolish an older CHB structure and we found these foldable container homes . One warehouse is in Iloilo so not too far, plus delivery is included in the price. I myself think on of the larger bahay kubo's would be the better option.

 

They seem like a good idea and I suppose the interior can be laid out like a mobile caravan, however if the Brother has a family this may be on the small side for them all at only 15M2 if going for the cheapest option?

Something very similar can be done with the method I used for the house I built there, I have an idea we may have had communication on this subject before? Using GI Steel C channel to build stud walls to then be clad with Hardieflex is really easy stuff, very quick and does not require a lot of skill, tools required would be a couple of battery Drills and a couple of grinders and even cheap ones from Lazada do the job well, I cannot say this with any degree of certainty but sure this can be done at around 50 to 75% of the cost per M2?

If I were to do a small Filipino style house I would start by building a carport of around 6x6mtrs to then build a 5x5mtr GI steel channel and Hardieflex clad house underneath this, this would sit on a Monolithic slab, which does tend to be more costly than a standard 4inch one on which to park a car, often these are known as Raft Slabs designed to sit on grade and have the ability to float during a quake if there is ground movement.[/QUOTE]

 

On doing some internet research into House build construction, I was to come across this site; MRFIXITBALI This being a business run by a Chartered Engineer named Philip John Wilson OBE 1948 to 2024, who happens to have been an Englishman, although much of his information is about the substandard build quality of housing in Indonesia much of what he says relates to the standards to house builds in the Philippines, it was on his site I first read about falling masonry causing most of the deaths in an earthquake, I have copied the exact passage of what I was to read there on his site and will paste this here;

Falling masonry is the main cause of injury and death during earthquakes. After an earthquake, even a small one, it is good idea to check your building to make sure everything is safe.

Here is something else written by him on the subject of skinny Pillars and Beams;

In the past a typical main structural column was likely to be 30 cms by 30 cms square. These days such a column is more likely to be a wide but somewhat skinny 15cms by 50cms so it can be buried in a 15 cm thick wall and hidden from view.

When these wide skinny columns are used there are couple of important factors we need to keep in mind. Firstly a square column has equal strength in all directions whereas a wide skinny column is stronger in its wide direction but considerably weaker in its thinner direction therefore particular care must be taken in how a building is designed. Secondly when a column is only 15cms thick there is not a lot of margin for error and it is far more important that the size of the column, the quality of the concrete and the size and position of the steel within the column are correct (unfortunately this is not always a realistic expectation in Bali).

As for the dimensions of these skinny Pillars most of the examples I have seen there in PH are around 8x5inch = 20cm x12.5cm Pillars of this dimension are worse than useless more of a hazard than an asset to the build quality. Added to this these Pillars are installed after they have built the walls to then be done in short sections of around 4 to 5ft this creates a weakness at the joints, so they end up being no stronger the the CHB's giving little of any form of support to them.

 

Unfortunately the honourable member from the potential republic of Jockistan takes every opportunity to turn a conversation into a CHB/"Stupid Filipino" issue and is becoming somewhat of a bof about it. Never mind, in the words of the great Al Murray "If you love someone you must let them go. We love you Jocks, now Foxtrot Oscar!"

 

We have one for a temp caretaker at the farm and then built a CR and outside kitchen behind the Nipa; has worked well so far.