April 19, 2012
by GOIloilo
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Our Philippine house building project: concrete roof beams. The roof beams support the large steel roof structure. Our site is especially exposed to typhoons so we want to be be sure things are done properly. Rebar splicing suggestions. Continue reading
August 18, 2011
by GOIloilo
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Buying construction equipment in Iloilo for our house building project in Tigbauan, Iloilo – cement mixer, concrete vibrator. Continue reading
August 12, 2011
by GOIloilo
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Our Philippine house building project. Building strong hollow block walls. Continue reading
August 5, 2011
by GOIloilo
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Building our house in the Philippines. Some thoughts on ensuring concrete quality. Continue reading
July 8, 2011
by GOIloilo
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Our biggest Philippine house building blunders. We don’t want to present our project as a paragon of perfection so here we show what went wrong during our Philippine house construction project and why. Continue reading
June 13, 2010
by GOIloilo
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We are building a house in the Philippines. This post shows how we’ve constructed our floors; filling, compacting, reinforcing bars, pouring concrete and tiling. Edited 3-20-11 Continue reading