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The
South Building
Second Floor Slab |
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Progress on preparations for the second floor slab has been delayed first by the illness of our lead mason; and now by the unexpectedly high cost of hiring a form setting team to bring the lumber and erect the forms. The best price we could find was about US$ 800 per house for a project total of US$ 3,200. |
A little checking around revealed that we could cut the cost in half by buying the lumber and erecting the forms ourselves. To further reduce the costs, we have arranged to borrow a friend's 3-ton truck which we will drive to Durango to buy the lumber directly from a saw mill. |
I hope to have pictures of this adventure next Saturday (22 June). My original Idea of a single pour for the second floor slab for the entire building has turned out to be more expensive than doing it in two parts. So we'll buy enough form lumber for one house and the stairs. |
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In the meantime, here
are some pictures of the project as it stands now, ready for the second floor
slab and stairs. |
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The south house. |
The stairs go here. |
The two houses and patio. |
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The
usual bunch of suspects are drinking beer under the bamboo shade on a
hot Saturday afternoon. Work
is just starting on the front wall. Below is a drawing of the front wall --color and iron work subject to change. The left "window" opens for the garage. |
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This picture to hard to figure out, I'll post another when the wall is done. |
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Some changes in the floor plan have been made. Coco, who owns the south house first floor, wanted the entry door moved, so it's now where the left curved window used to be (just above the bicycle in the picture). This makes the entry directly into the kitchen area. I think it screws up the symmetry, but it's his house. :-( |
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