GETTING READY FOR FRAMING On this project, we have been working on the interior walls because though it is an open type structure, there is a washroom storeroom and a semi closed kitchen area. These walls are being built with concrete hollow block sitting on reinforced concrete wall footings. We have also received all our […]
Category Archives: Sibulan Beach House
04
Jun
Jun
STARTING THE OPEN AIR LIVING STRUCTURE The 3 bedroom and washroom phase of this project has been turned over to the clients and now we have turned our efforts to the last remaining structure, which is an open air kitchen, living and dining room. We have also constructed a new native stile fence made of […]
15
Jan
Jan
SIBULAN BEACH HOUSE – NIPA HUT The clients need to vacate their leased premises by the end of December, so we are on a tight timetable to get their initial living quartes finished quickly. We are construction a 1 room traditional Nipa hut, however this is not going to be a shack. The intention is […]
15
Jan
Jan
SIBULAN BEACH HOUSE – MAIN HOUSE START With the clients succesfully in their new Nipa House by the end of December, it was time to begin the main structures. The next one is to be the 3 bedroom structure, which again will be built from native materials , however wull be build on reinforced cement […]
16
Dec
Dec
SIBULAN BEACH HOUSE STARTUP The clients which we are building this Sibulan Beach house for wanted to vacate their rental property as quickly as possible, so the decision was to quickly build a small native “nipa house” to live on site temporarily until the full building is complete. With their tight schedule, the day after […]
16
Dec
Dec
FRAMING OF NIPA HOUSE Building with lightweight materials such as wood and Bamboo, we have to take into consideration problems such as rot and termites. For the wood , we are using Lauan, which is a termite resistant hardwood, then we are treating both that wood and the bamboo with a further protective coat of […]