Building a Bungalow with Zero CHB`s.

[Mike J]

5 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

OK so what are the walls going to be built from? 

Fred, the "self appointed engineer,Architect,foreman and general dogs body/labourer/painter decorator etc" wants to keep that a surprise. 

[RBM]

1 hour ago, Mike J said:

Fred, the "self appointed engineer,Architect,foreman and general dogs body/labourer/painter decorator etc" wants to keep that a surprise. 

My guess, he will make large shutters and interlocking slabs will be the result. Way to go Fred look forward to your posts.

[fred]

Next job is to paint 10 ft long C Perlins with red lead.. We live near the sea and the salt in the air is highly corrosive we have discovered.
The guys burn  small holes through the center of the perlin and position it plum to the outside edge of the column.. The holes are marked and  12mm holes are drilled on a 35 Degree angle  around 7"deep.
We pour a grout into the hole and knock in 12mm rebar dowels 10 inches long through the perlin and then bend flush the rebar dowels and full weld to secure.
Really important that the outside edge of Perlin is plum!! (straight).





 

[Mike J]

This is starting to look quite interesting. 

[fred]

Next step is to dig out shallow trench for floor beam.
We drill two holes just below perlin and drive in two more 12mm dowels in each post,,Same on all the corresponding posts..Dowels are connected by full length rebar and connected together with hooked 10mm rings. We then spot weld two perlins horizontally (top and bottom) to the two vertical perlins shown in post above.. These are guides which we will attach the C-Perlin studs to.. The studs are spot welded to the guides and the rebar in side the floor beam box..

After the shuttering is perfectly level,in goes the Concrete pour.

Edited March 14, 2021 by fred

[fred]

Sorry if the thread update is going a bit slow.. It`s because the pics are stored on the internet somewhere and my connection is like the old dial up 56k modem speeds.

Anyway. After the studs are in on exterior and concreted in,next job is get the roof on to avoid getting rained off.. One thing I remember about 2020 in Bohol..Lots of rain.

 

[fred]

Then we clad the studs with 1/4" hardiflex on the exterior only (4ft high-8Ft long).. All screw holes countersunk so screwhead can be filled over flush.
All electric wire threaded in flexible orange conduits and fitted in position on interior before inside cladded..
 

[Dave Hounddriver]

20 minutes ago, fred said:

Then we clad the studs with 1/4" hardiflex on the exterior only

Have you had it up long enough to see how it holds up to water?  The manufacturers say it is waterproof but such was not my experience.  I used it on my ceiling and a leaking pipe above it proved to me that it would need additional waterproofing if used on an exterior wall.  But maybe the area you are in will not get wet . . large roof overhang for example.

[Old55]

Fred, this is a question not a criticism. Would it be helpful to add insulation inside your walls to keep the heat manageable? 

[hk blues]

9 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said:

Have you had it up long enough to see how it holds up to water?  The manufacturers say it is waterproof but such was not my experience.  I used it on my ceiling and a leaking pipe above it proved to me that it would need additional waterproofing if used on an exterior wall.  But maybe the area you are in will not get wet . . large roof overhang for example.

Yep.  I'm on the fence about it as I've seen it hold up well and also not so well.  There different types and applications and I often wonder if contractors really know which works best in different applications.