Comments on: Scenes You Won’t See In The Philippines http://philfaqs.com/live-there/scenes-you-wont-see-in-the-philippines/ Move Philippines, Jobs Philippines, Business Philippines Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:38:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Philly http://philfaqs.com/live-there/scenes-you-wont-see-in-the-philippines/comment-page-1/#comment-6284 Philly Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:18:27 +0000 http://philfaqs.com/them-thats-living-there/scenes-you-wont-see-in-the-philippines/#comment-6284 @southcraven: Thanks for dropping by and for your interesting comment. Fully agree that many buildings here, residential and commercial are poorly emgineerd ... by far the biggest problem is that nobody seems to beleive in digging a footing, becuase there's no frost line (the reason you have to dig a few feet or more in North America) it's almost as bad as just pour concrete on the ground and build on top of it. OTOH I'll probably never build to the level you have ... I've lived in Japan. It's kind of a dream people have to think you can defeat a quake wiht more and more concrete and steel. If the quake is strong enough, no buildings survive, so my thought is, strong enough for moderate shocks and for the rest? We'll see. Your LOL about the collapsing houses jarred me .. I know you never meant it mean spirited, but it's clear you haven't been in any major quakes ... nobody is laughing then, believe me, even if their house is standing. Anyway, livehappy and thnaks for sharing. Where in the Philippines might you be? @southcraven: Thanks for dropping by and for your interesting comment. Fully agree that many buildings here, residential and commercial are poorly emgineerd … by far the biggest problem is that nobody seems to beleive in digging a footing, becuase there’s no frost line (the reason you have to dig a few feet or more in North America) it’s almost as bad as just pour concrete on the ground and build on top of it.

OTOH I’ll probably never build to the level you have … I’ve lived in Japan. It’s kind of a dream people have to think you can defeat a quake wiht more and more concrete and steel. If the quake is strong enough, no buildings survive, so my thought is, strong enough for moderate shocks and for the rest? We’ll see.

Your LOL about the collapsing houses jarred me .. I know you never meant it mean spirited, but it’s clear you haven’t been in any major quakes … nobody is laughing then, believe me, even if their house is standing.

Anyway, livehappy and thnaks for sharing. Where in the Philippines might you be?

]]> By: southcraven http://philfaqs.com/live-there/scenes-you-wont-see-in-the-philippines/comment-page-1/#comment-6277 southcraven Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:26:11 +0000 http://philfaqs.com/them-thats-living-there/scenes-you-wont-see-in-the-philippines/#comment-6277 I have just completed my house. I took over 2 years of continual work to complete but it is approx 500sq metres, not including the two gazebos or the roof deck, outside store, toilet. The house has so much rebar and poured concrete the local Barangay thought I need a commercial permit. For example the main columns are 0.6m x 0.5m containing 16mm rebar, wrapped every 0.1m. The pilinths are 2.5m below floor level and are 1.5m thick and 2m square and consist of 20mm rebar. The whole house was concreted using 1300 psi poured concrete, in two sessions. My next door neighbour (whoever they will be) will buy the house being built now. I never saw the footings but I saw the columns, they are 0.3m x 0.1m with six rebar rods usinfg 12mm, thye are wrapped every 20-30cm. In the centre of each column is the drain from the roof. On the side of the house next to me there are only two columns. The rest is pure CHB, none of the windows have beams over them, all the plumbing is inside the walls. Some sections between windows are one CGB on top of the next (no bond). The house will look fantastic. I would never ever recommend anyone to buy a house in the Philippines unles you built it your self. I dont plan to sell mine but I would like a bigger lot out in the countryside, so I am waiting on a nice big eathquake, then it will be a sellers market, if your house hasn't collapsed, LOL. I have just completed my house. I took over 2 years of continual work to complete but it is approx 500sq metres, not including the two gazebos or the roof deck, outside store, toilet. The house has so much rebar and poured concrete the local Barangay thought I need a commercial permit. For example the main columns are 0.6m x 0.5m containing 16mm rebar, wrapped every 0.1m. The pilinths are 2.5m below floor level and are 1.5m thick and 2m square and consist of 20mm rebar. The whole house was concreted using 1300 psi poured concrete, in two sessions.

My next door neighbour (whoever they will be) will buy the house being built now. I never saw the footings but I saw the columns, they are 0.3m x 0.1m with six rebar rods usinfg 12mm, thye are wrapped every 20-30cm. In the centre of each column is the drain from the roof. On the side of the house next to me there are only two columns. The rest is pure CHB, none of the windows have beams over them, all the plumbing is inside the walls. Some sections between windows are one CGB on top of the next (no bond). The house will look fantastic.

I would never ever recommend anyone to buy a house in the Philippines unles you built it your self. I dont plan to sell mine but I would like a bigger lot out in the countryside, so I am waiting on a nice big eathquake, then it will be a sellers market, if your house hasn’t collapsed, LOL.

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