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38 viewsThis shot shows how the kitchen cabinets were formed. First off the counter is poured cement with a wire mesh cross support. This cross support is anchored in the wall. Then bricks are laid and finally the doors are placed. The doors are anchored into place with nails affixed to the side of the frame. (14-May-04)dozer
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38 viewsHaving the thicker wall would necessitate using aluminum windows, but these I would now select in all cases, even if I was using the regular cement block. It is becoming the window of choice and with good reason. Easy maintenance, it doesn't degrade due to weather or direct sunlight. It looks modern. The screen used can be slid open. One notable downside is that normally the security metal needs to be mounted on the outside which looks ugly. In any event, this would be my window of choice on subsequent projects.dozer
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36 viewsThe back of the house.dozer
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36 viewsView from patio. Note the flower boxes have been completed along with putting paving stones on the pathway.dozer
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36 viewsAs stated in the blurb in good building ideas, I like the idea of using double regular block construction. This could also be modified to have one row of red brick in combination with one row of the regular cement block. This would increase building costs little percentage wise, since it would require only a slight increase in labor and inexpensive materials (regular cement block and cement). I would like to try either using this double block construction, or investigate using the heavy cement block as an alternative.dozer
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34 viewsA supplemental support beam was added to the roof section over the driveway. (08-May-04)dozer
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34 views5 houses are in the process of being built. The 'cool thai house' is the last one on the left.dozer
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34 viewsA view of the entry room looking towards the kitchen.dozer
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34 viewsThe front bedroom.dozer
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34 viewsKitchen wall tile. Notice also the cabinet tile. (25-May-04)dozer
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34 viewsInadequate flashing in the roof valley led to a lot of fix-up later. As far as the roof, in future projects I'll use a specialty company. (22-Mar-04)dozer
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34 viewsLarge bathroom plumbing layout. On the left is the general water runoff PVC. On the right is the water entry, bathtub exhaust, toilet exhaust and finally the sink exhaust pipe.dozer
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