Recent content by jon123

The reasoning behind the pad was because of termites. For stilts I imagine I could find something like telephone poles that are heavily treated. I don't think I'm familiar with the idea of stilts. Basically put a square pad as a footing below ground and a wood stilt up? If I get the...

15 tonnes of concrete. Thanks the number, that puts it into perspective. Labour is cheap but 20 people, not so cheap. I think a mixer would be necessary. I've seen *one* about 6 months ago but have no idea where it came from or where it went. I'll have to look again.

Well most normal building materials are available. Portland cement, rebar, etc. Sand, gravel, etc. Most lumber, treated and untreated is available. On the equipment side things get harder to find. Basic, less costly things are available like a shovel, wheel barrel and circular saw...

I find myself in the middle of nowhere in a country where a building code is as rare a gem as an engineer and the task at hand is to build a small, roughly 65 sq m (700 sq ft) wood framed house of one level. Houses here are largely built by copying what appear to work with little more...