Building our house

[stevewool]

2 hours ago, gbmmbg said:

The dirty kitchen and the outside bathrooms are starting, wife wants to have a party on the 30th of September. its going to be close.

Wow, that looks amazing , what foundations have you put in because that hillside looks very close and steep 

[gbmmbg]

10 hours ago, stevewool said:

Wow, that looks amazing , what foundations have you put in because that hillside looks very close and steep 

The 15 column footings are 1.2m by 1.2m by1.2m spaced 3m apart. The last set have tie beems at the footing level. All beems are tied at the ground level to keep them from walking in an earthquake. The soil is limestone and required a jackhammer to get to 1.2m. Could the house go down the hill? Yes anything is possible but the amount of earth that would have to move to do that is beyond anything that could be built to stop it.

[MotorSarge]

39 minutes ago, gbmmbg said:

The 15 column footings are 1.2m by 1.2m by1.2m spaced 3m apart. The last set have tie beems at the footing level. All beems are tied at the ground level to keep them from walking in an earthquake. The soil is limestone and required a jackhammer to get to 1.2m. Could the house go down the hill? Yes anything is possible but the amount of earth that would have to move to do that is beyond anything that could be built to stop it.

Nice work 

 

[OnMyWay]

On 8/15/2023 at 4:07 PM, gbmmbg said:

The dirty kitchen and the outside bathrooms are starting, wife wants to have a party on the 30th of September. its going to be close.

Great location!  That hill reminds me of one I fell down in Palos Verdes, California, when I was drunk, at about age 21!  

[BrettGC]

Really nice looking place you have there @gbmmbg, I've really enjoyed following its progress. 

[Tommy T.]

On 8/15/2023 at 4:07 PM, gbmmbg said:

The dirty kitchen and the outside bathrooms are starting, wife wants to have a party on the 30th of September. its going to be close.

Nice house and location!!! And that hollow block work is about the neatest and professional I think I have seen here in the Philippines!

[gbmmbg]

I was laughing so hard today i almost pee'ed myself. We are doing the as built plans to get the occupancy permit and the new blueprints have the rooms listed, master, 2nd,3rd and cats room. The assistant of the engineer was out taking pic's of the house and asked how old our daughter was and if she was scared to stay downstairs by herself? I was so confused, I told him our daughter was 34 and lives in Seattle. He responded, I'm so sorry sir I assumed cat was short for Catherine. Nope cat room is just that a room for the cats, my wife had me build a bridge from the room to the bahay kubo because they like to go out side. He asked if it was ok to show the photos back at the office because no one would believe him....... 

[BrettGC]

13 minutes ago, gbmmbg said:

I was laughing so hard today i almost pee'ed myself. We are doing the as built plans to get the occupancy permit and the new blueprints have the rooms listed, master, 2nd,3rd and cats room. The assistant of the engineer was out taking pic's of the house and asked how old our daughter was and if she was scared to stay downstairs by herself? I was so confused, I told him our daughter was 34 and lives in Seattle. He responded, I'm so sorry sir I assumed cat was short for Catherine. Nope cat room is just that a room for the cats, my wife had me build a bridge from the room to the bahay kubo because they like to go out side. He asked if it was ok to show the photos back at the office because no one would believe him....... 

Hey, I can't blame you for that.  One of our dogs has hip dysplasia so we're thinking about building him a ramp to the upstairs 

[Huggybearman]

I love the idea of your cat room in a bahay kubo. However, I hope the netting is steel mesh. If your cats are anything like ours (we have five indoors and seven outdoor cats), within a few hours they will have formed an escape committee and started digging ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’! 

[gbmmbg]

44 minutes ago, Huggybearman said:

I love the idea of your cat room in a bahay kubo. However, I hope the netting is steel mesh. If your cats are anything like ours (we have five indoors and seven outdoor cats), within a few hours they will have formed an escape committee and started digging ‘Tom’, ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’! 

Yes steel mesh is a must. We have 22 cats at this time and the biggest one gecko will open doors, windows. He is a handful.

Edited August 22, 2023 by gbmmbg
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