House Build

Cletus...saw your posts and answered them, but as things changed over I guess things were lost. I had my cement mixer and another I rented as well as 28 workers just for my roof slab. If you want to send me a PM I will give you my cell # if you want to talk or meet up somewhere...more than happy to give a tour of the house and talk specifics.

Shawn

 

My original plan was for just a small compost pile to help out with the yard and flower beds...the worms were a bonus I was not expecting. We've been working on the worm bin and I'll put covers on it tomorrow. It looks deep, but when you look at how much backfill I still need a lot of fill for the back yard so it won't be a big deal. With our original plan, the wife has gotten veggie scraps as well as sawdust for the compost heap. I think we can make this work.

Still working the fence partitions, really want to get that steel work done and then will concentrate on the roof for the second floor/roof area.

Shawn

 

Shawn, One Big mistake I did make on Back fill and Top soil, I bought Cheap, not always a good thing to Do, In the End I had the rest Termite Treated. It costs more ( Not that much though)

Just a thought that's all.

 

Hi Shawn, Did you get the steel work started on your roof?

 

Jack...can you let me know what problems you had with the back fill and top soil; I assume it was not just termites.

Shawn

 

No Sir; still working on the fence partitions and rendering upstairs, want to get that work done first.

Shawn

 

Hi Shawn,

Mainly, Cheap Backfill and Top Soil is dug out of City excavations, you never really know what is in there, Could be illegal tipping debris, Acids, Alkaline and just about anything, Disese and things can be present. The City are not bothered who buys it they just want to be rid of it. We bought ours from our Hard Core and Building Sand Supplier in Bacong and payed them to treat it.

As with many Things, Cheap is not always Good. The Top of a 3/5 Cubic foot wagon looks good but there is a hell of a lot Unseen, in the middle and Bottom. One 3 Cm wagon we got was waste from a glass works mixed with back Fill. Cut the dogs a fair bit. I complained but we know where we are. Dirt is dirt, Stones is stones Glass is glass. Money is money but Right is Right


JP

 

The past week was really slow, mostly due to rain but also had one laborer quit out of the blue. Really liked the kid so it was a bit of a surprise and am sure there is more to the story, but that is the wife's job to deal with. Good news is we will have an additional 3 guys tomorrow (fingers crossed the weather will be better).

I have some things left in storage in Korea (to include some important paperwork) so I'm flying out on Tuesday but will be back on Friday so there should be very few posts next week as I will be quite busy trying to work a couple things in basically 2 days on the ground.

Shawn

 

I was up all night watching the games (Go Cowboys) so late out of bed...talking with my Mom the other day she said I needed something for my expectant dog so I built this in the afternoon.

Shawn

 

You killed two birds with one stone.....now Cherry has a place to send you when she is galit with you.