26 building days so far and it's never as easy as you think. Who knew that rocks aren't your friend?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2024
- We are at day 26 with delay due to the sheer amount of rock that needed to be removed so the columns could be placed. As a newly I've had to learn how to video, choose software to "TH-cam" the video and find time to put it together. I am impressed by the work the build crew put in and the efforts of our builder, Lito coordinating the workers and the materials. Hopefully you enjoy it.
Great video my friend ❤
Thank you 🤗
Welcome in Macrohon Southern Leyte 🏡💚☀️🌴
Welcome to the neighborhood. We are at the tail end of our build up the road on the Thomas Oppus side of Bontoc. If you guys travel to Sogod you drive past us on the Highway, rt side. Looking forward to more of your videos. Good luck with everything. John B
Thanks John. We drove up past you yesterday to Sogod and Savers to buy some stuff.
Woww amazing
Work work work
Great video… will follow the journey. You definitely found the S. Leyte limestone. 😊 Back in the area in October.
Thank you. Ping when you are back.
All mixed by hand....with a concrete mixer!😉
It's hard manual labour but they get the job done. Thanks for the comment
Many houses are built without mixers. Only trough and shovel.
Hi My name is Graeme we've completed our build Consolation Cebu I'm a retired builder from New Zealand.
I plan to follow your build.
I find your English easy to follow maybe your Australian?
Anyway your build looks good and your hollow blocks look more densely could be more structural.
Even your truss look more structural than most I see.
Around that part of Leyte got hit typhoon Odette as did our build , many in our subdivision had roof damaged we had windows and 2 bedroom ceilings and repaired by developer as they had not handed over 😊
Thanks for watching Graeme. Yes I am an Australian but haven't lived there since 1999. You are correct about the hollow blocks. I had seen some shockers and made sure that our engineer only uses the highest grade and they are good. Odette went right through where we are so working with the engineer have done as much as possible to make it strong enough to stand 280 km/hr breezes like last time. We will go to Cebu when I figure out how to get my truck on a ferry there. A lot of things are not available on Leyte so we will go get some stuff from Cebu or that's my current thinking.
Be aware the Holow blocks are NOT load bearing! nice progres,. Check on you tube how to make the stirubs ( for the koloms and the beams)they must be not bend 90 the grades but on the end 135 its for typhoon protection strenght. Check it out its very important. Just a positve tip
Thanks for your comments. I would have gone with AAC blocks but costs in Southern Leyte are prohibitive and no one really knows how to use them. I had seen some shocker hollow blocks and made sure that our engineer only uses the highest grade and they are good. I have checked every load to make sure they are good. All our columns sit on rock as do the perimeter beams. We have lots more steel rebar and all the stirrups are 135 degree and alternate for the added strength.
Thanks for the great update on your build. I’m starting a build here on Bohol, but the hollow blocks are so bad they disintegrate as they unload them off the truck, absolutely total garbage. Luckily the bad blocks were only used for an outside CR for the workers.
How do you test the blocks to determine if they are good?? I refuse to use the crumbling blocks in the past, I’m willing to pay more for good blocks.
Before we started the build I had some experience in Cebu where a friend makes them and agree the usual quality is not great. My engineer and I discussed it as I was thinking of AAC blocks but in Southern Leyte they are too expensive. Our engineer sourced "high quality" ones and they are good compared to the others. Just ask the supplier to give his best. You may pay a little more but worth it.
Dang, building a mansion
Thank you for watching
Gday mate. I love your videos and hope there's many more to come. We are soon to start our building adventure in Hilongos. I'm wondering do you take any steps to check the quality of your hollow blocks? You said they are load bearing. Is this a special type of hollow block or are you just using them in a load bearing application? Thanks
I'm wondering the same. About the only thing they'll hold up in my house are the windows.
As per my reply to another viewer - I would have gone with AAC blocks but costs in Southern Leyte are prohibitive and no one really knows how to use them. I had seen some shocker hollow blocks and made sure that our engineer only uses the highest grade and they are good. I have checked every load to make sure they are good. All our columns sit on rock as do the perimeter beams. We have lots more steel rebar and all the stirrups are 135 degree and alternate for the added strength.