shadow 18,483 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Posted for Cebubird; 6 Link to post Share on other sites
easy44 5,573 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Nice! Where is the house located? Link to post Share on other sites
Headshot 29,406 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Nice place Bill. Do the post lights on your fence have a photocell switch or are they switched manually? Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post cebubird 5,391 Posted August 31, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2013 Regarding Larry's post topic-yep Buddy is my 1/2 "human" 2 year dog I got from Larry when he was just a puppy.(the dog-not Larry) House is located in Argao-142sm under roof with 110sm of that inside. 3 bedroom 2 bath with additional cr facilities in utility room. 2 bedrooms and cr one side-living/dining/kitchen in middle, and mbr on right side. Utility room at end of lanai has washer/pantry/(for my balikbayan goodies)washer/freezer/sink/counter/commode and another storage cabinet..Also, on outer wall of utility room is another cabinet and sink. Cabinet for gas tanks and large cabinet for garden tools. That sunset is looking out from lanai. Lot is 600sm Construction starts Monday on pool which will run the length of the lanai. Due to open area around us and design of house, only time we have had to use a/c is if usual filipino "music" noise too much at night. We also have ceiling fans each room Total cost right now is 3,600,000, which includes lot/development of lot/fence wall/landscaping/gazebo/house/watertower. Pool will be 300,000, which will give us a final cost of 3.9. Couple things I wish I had done different, but all-in-all, I think it's ok for a house in the Philippines. As I told someone back home-it's really just a "gussied-up" dairy barn, but it sure beats the ones we rented for 3 years. Even has bathroom vanity mirror that I can stand in front of and shave without squatting down.lol In case anyone is curious about the G in front-YEP-stands for GOD, because without my faith/trust in Him the house could never have been a reality. 10 Link to post Share on other sites
cebubird 5,391 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Nice place Bill. Do the post lights on your fence have a photocell switch or are they switched manually? Wish I would have done photo cell, but didn't. Have 3 switches at living room door and 3 in rear at kitchen door. About the lighting-NEVER have I seen so many lights. The electrician went "nuts". If we ever turned on all the outside house lights and fence lamps, it would look like a carnival. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
philuk 3,146 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) you could purchase a stand alone PIR photo cell to switch the lights automatically, can be placed in the feed wire and it will switch the lights for you, most have the option that if you switch the power off then straight back on the lights will stay on until you switch them off at the main switch By the way very very nice build Edited August 31, 2013 by philuk 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Knowdafish 1,772 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 It looks like a very nice build. I like the attention to detail. Link to post Share on other sites
RogerDat 3,480 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Greetings! Love the row of 8" hollow blocks! Where did you get them? I had to order a photo cell from US as none I found here worked. Looks like you got all the short cuts covered on the front!Nice place. Edited August 31, 2013 by RogerDat Link to post Share on other sites
cebubird 5,391 Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Greetings! Love the row of 8" hollow blocks! Where did you get them? I had to order a photo cell from US as none I found here worked. Looks like you got all the short cuts covered on the front! Nice place. Actually that row of blocks is just there fo a step down until we finalize that area. They were left over. They are a FULL 6". We made them. All our exterior walls are made of those and after finishing they did become 8". The workers complained a great deal about the weight/thickness whenever they had to do any chipping or cutting. We made 30 blocks per bag of cement. The interior walls are 4" and made 50 per bag 2 Link to post Share on other sites
billy 1,691 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 excellent job nice to see good work. hope you and your family are happy in your new home god bless 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Knowdafish 1,772 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 We made 30 blocks per bag of cement. What was the ratio of sand to cement? Link to post Share on other sites
cebubird 5,391 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 What was the ratio of sand to cement? Sorry, I have forgotten now. While we were in the process of making them, I had it figured out. I would have to go back thru all my receipts and calculate the amount of sand purchased and bags of cement. I only remember that our cost per block for the 6inchers worked out to 23.5pesos. The 4inchers were about 19 pesos. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
SkyMan 24,670 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 (edited) I had to order a photo cell from US as none I found here worked. I got one here on my spot lights. It's been working well over a year now. I'd prefer it switched at a darker setting but it's ok. Edited September 1, 2013 by SkyMan Link to post Share on other sites
MaKe 227 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 House is located in Argao-142sm under roof with 110sm of that inside. 3 bedroom 2 bath with additional cr facilities in utility room House is located in Argao-142sm under roof with 110sm of that inside. 3 bedroom 2 bath with additional cr facilities in utility roomNice place...looks to me high quality and in good location...In case anyone is curious about the G in front-YEP-stands for GOD, because without my faith/trust in Him the house could never have been a reality.And I thought your family name began with 'G'! Awesome that your faith is visible to all that see your home! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Headshot 29,406 Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 I got one here on my spot lights. It's been working well over a year now. I'd prefer it switched at a darker setting but it's ok. Most are adjustable. Link to post Share on other sites
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