Judy in Ags
Jan 25, 2004, 4:31 PM
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"Your house looks VERY nice. I am curious about how much you expect to spend on the shell ie roof, walls, foundation, electrical and plumbing...excluding tile, fixtures (both electrical and plumbing) and excluding paint.
Thanks,
Esteban in Mazatlan
PS...what roof system are you using?"
Esteban,
Thanks for the compliment about the house. I have really had time to enter all the receipts I have into a spreadsheet, with so many duties, but my husband, John, did give me the following approximate figures. To date, we have spent about $60,000 (USD). That figure includes the total roof, not all of which has been completed. The 60K also includes these other items: (all in meters), a 3 x 3 x 6 sheep shed, a 3 x 3 x 6 cistern, a 3 x 3 x 7 water tower/storage building (it’s in the picture, in the back), two 6 meter culverts (entrances), a partial irrigation system, excavation and filling in the "arroyo" (‘Hope to have a nice picnic area with palapa some day), some leveling of the lot (it had been a corn field) and the purchase and planting of over 200 plants and trees. I don’t know if these figures will really help you as some things are included besides the “the shell ie roof, walls, foundation, electrical and plumbing...excluding tile, fixtures (both electrical and plumbing) and excluding paint” as you requested. We feel that we have gotten a lot for the money. Would you agree? The house is about 3,000 square feet. That includes the attached garage, but not include the courtyard, of course.
Re: the roof system. Well, I wish you could have been here in the last couple weeks to hear all the discussions on what roof system we should use on the house. They did the "cimbrado" system on the roof of the water tower, the 2nd cistern we built they used the "vigetas" (concrete) and "bovedillas". On the "bodega" they used "boveda" and steel "vigas" and concrete on top (then tile). The porch roof which they just finished has steel "vigas" made by our "balconero" and "bovadillas" covered by cement, of course. Over that we will have tile (cosmetic). The flat roof over the kitchen, dining room and laundry roof will be the same as the porch except the "vigas" will be wider (2” angle instead of 1 ˝”) and closer together (thus shorter "bovedillas"), because of a longer span and to add strength
It took my husband a long time to decide. We didn’t choose either the cheapest or the most expensive route, but both he and our bricklayer are big on building to last.
We did have a lot of discussion about using "nieve seca". My husband’s brother used it on his garage across the street from us. I think my husband’s concern was that the concrete would not adhere to it as well as it will to concrete. (Of course some kind of malla has to be put on and under the roof (for the ceiling) before any concrete or plaster is applied.
I’ll attach a computerized drawing of the house so you can see what I’m talking about, since we have both roofs that are "dos aguas" and others that are "plano".
(This post was edited by Judy in Ags on Jan 25, 2004, 4:34 PM)
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