Windows - Part 2
and 14 September 02 Update
 

After laying out the curve for the living room window, Coco bends and hammers the top plate to fit the curve and then attaches it to the base unit.

Now all the windows and door frames have been completed and installed in the south house 1st floor which is Coco's house.

The stucco is done on this house except for this wall with the curved windows.   Before the stucco is applied, the ears of the windows will be set in concrete and the curve will be smoothed out.  This should be done next week.

Now Coco turns to building the iron work for the front wall -- the garage door, a 'window' and the people door.

Here he is working on the 'window.'

We put the flag on the house in honor of Mexican Independence Day, 16 September.

 

PROJECT COST SUMMARY TO DATE
in US dollars converted from Mexican pesos at 9:1
 

 North 2nd Floor Shell

Material

$ 1,763

Labor

1,256

Total N 2nd Floor Shell - 9/07

$3,019

 
Continuing Phases

Electrical 

1,894

These five items are (will be) material only, Labor will be provided by the family and me.

Plumbing 

510

Iron Work

1,142

Tile

Paint

Social Security payments

3,312

Air Conditioning

Cabinetry 

Plaster

Stucco

320

 

Previous Phases:

North 2nd Floor Slab

4,077

South 2nd Floor Shell

4,759

South 2nd Floor Slab

4,514

South 1st Floor Shell

6,934

The cost of the form lumber has not been included because it has con-siderable re-sale value.  Its net cost will be included later.

North 1st Floor Shell

7,692

Property Walls

6,808

Property Purchase

24,003
PROJECT TOTAL on 9/07

$ 68,983

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