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32 viewsThe great room towards the entry door. (06-Jul-04)dozer
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32 viewsSmall bathroom shower enclosure and toilet.dozer
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32 viewsOn the left you can see the hot and cold water PVC pipes running the length of the back wall. The copper hot water pipe is housed in PVC for durability. The pipes will run under the back walkway, which is being poured in this picture. The back walkway is more than 1 meter wide, and will slant off to the right into a drainage canal to aid in water runoff. (07-Jun-04)dozer
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32 viewsThe sink is laid in towards the wall too far. You need to really lean over to wash your face. (06-Jul-04)dozer
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32 viewsHere is something you wouldn't (or at least I wouldn't) think of. A toothbrush holder where the holes are too small to hold a toothbrush. (26-Aug-04)dozer
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32 viewsIf I knew now what I knew then. These oh so common words with regards to building here. So what would I have done differently? Keeping in mind that the house turned out very well, yet even so these are things that if I was starting over I would consider...

With respect to the plan, I would have done a more thorough job. There are a number of books sold at the bookstores here, which have 100's of house designs in them. I would try to find a nice design suitable for the shape of the land, and have the
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32 viewsThis is the raw plumbing in the small bathroom, shown from the door opening counter clockwise. This shot shows the outside drain pipe (3" standing) along with the 2" sink runoff. The other PVC is the entry of hot and cold water.dozer
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31 viewsThis is the poured base for the small bathroom shower enclosure. Unfortunately it isn't supposed to be 'raised' like this so this was later leveled and done a second time. (15-Jun-04)dozer
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31 viewsThis door lock caused a lot of problems. I would, in the future, go for a more easy to install model. (26-Jun-04)dozer
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31 viewsThis is another case where most expensive is not necessarily best. These Grohe bottom washers are super heavy duty but somehow constrict the water flow, meaning that the emitted water is low pressure. A low cost standard washer has not problem with pressure. I know it is these washer since I had two installed and they both had the same problem. Later I replace on with a 'cheapy' and that one works great.dozer
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31 viewsThis shows the toilet septic for the small bathroom. In all there are 4 septic tanks, 2 for water runoff and 2 for toilets. There are 5 cement rings used for each one, the standard being 4. Each ring is 1.2 meters in diameter.dozer
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31 viewsThe small bathroom sink plumbing, showing hot and cold water entry and water runoff. dozer
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