Progress Report -12 October  02
 

Coco is giving the front iron work a primer coat of battle ship gray.  Later it will get a final coat of white.

Like a monkey, Rúbin scampers around on that little ledge 20 feet above the ground helping Jose attach the rebar frames for the parapet.

The parapet is now finished on three sides.  The west side will take a while longer because that is the side where the roof drains.  Next week we will begin work on the drainage system and the west parapet.

It's hard to see in the pictures, but there is a gentle slope to the west.

We'll also compete the stairs to the roof next week.  All the rebar is in place; we need only eight more step forms.

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

South Roof and Stairs

Material

$ 1,814

Labor

2,661

Total South Roof  -   10/12

$4,475

 
Continuing Phases

Electrical 

2,245

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

Plumbing 

510

Iron Work

1,506

Tile

Paint

Social Security payments

3,312

Air Conditioning

Cabinetry 

1.511

Plaster

Stucco

320

 

Previous Phases:

North 2nd Floor Shell

4,077

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 10/12

$ 77,727

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