House Build

WOW, Very nice! As long as the dogs are happy!

Larry

 

A few more pics of the nipa guest house

The wife was running back and forth between the sugar cane and the house so she only remembered to take some pics of the Nipa today. Should have some pics of the rebar and starting formwork for the house columns posted tomorrow.

Shawn

 

Some pics from today

There is some major clean-up needed, but things are progressing.

Shawn

 

Getting going on the columns

A couple more pics of the columns. Things will start progressing pretty fast now.

Shawn

 

A picture of the family

I thought this was a good picture that also included our dogs...the cute one in the middle is my wife.

Shawn

 

Columns

Hello all,

Most of the columns are done and should be looking at roof beams soon and the roof slab shortly after that. The wife will be ordering the EVG panels tomorrow (she was a busy girl today). Hopefully that lead time works out OK.

I tried to minimize anything thru the columns (except down spouts...I don't want to look at them) but am truly concerned about our electrical and water penetrations through the beams; all the water lines come down and still have some electrical coming up.

Like I said before, it is really starting to get fun now.

Shawn

 

Looking good! Thanks for all the great pics! The rebar in the columns is painted? Another option for electrical and water is for both to run up through the slab (or wall) instead of down through columns and beams.

 

Thank you Sir...things are starting to come together on the build, can't wait to get back next month.

It was not my idea to paint the rebar, the workers were concerned when we pulled them off to help with the sugar harvest. I've never painted a piece of rebar in my life, but know there are some different opinions out there on this when it comes to surface rust. We had the paint so it did not bother me too much. Does make the rebar look pretty though They won't do it again.

I tried to minimize penetrations in beams and columns as much as possible, but we will have a quite a few. We are pumping up from the well to the second floor "roof" area where I will have a small tank and gravity feed to the both the second floor fixtures, solar water heater and the first floor. Most of the water lines are running through the roof slab to exterior walls (all beams) to get down.

We only have few circuits coming up to the second floor, but locations require coming up through some beams. The first floor lighting outlets and switches will run through the roof slab so the only drops through a beam would be for light switches.

The plumber seems qualified, reviewed his material list and he is spot on; also understands (I think) what I want for pressure testing and leakage testing. The electrician (3rd one now) may be lacking and have re-done his material list...this guy will have about a minute to put things in the right place or my poor wife will again be looking for another one...hope his installation skills are better than his estimating skills.

Shawn

 

what I heard the rebar had to be a bit rusty for the cement to stick to it, so with it painted ????

 

Hello Brian...this is something that is highly debated and a topic (unfortunately) I have had to argue with government inspectors on my projects over the years way too many times. I agree with you that some surface rust causes no harm and can actually help with the concrete adhesion.

The ridges on the bar is what the concrete grips to so the paint is not going to hurt (we've all put in "fresh" rebar that had little or no rust). It was also a waste of paint and time in my opinion which is why I told the wife to tell them to not do it again.

There are many people on the other side of the fence that think the rebar will continue to rust and structurally it will not be sound and even blow out the concrete.

Shawn