Main House and commerce: L-shaped
A very large Master bedroom with Bathroom and a walk-in closet.
2 small maid’s bedroom.
Small storage room containing the master electrical service panels, large fully equipped workshop with work tables, storage racks, grinders, drill sharpener, new 300 amp welder on dedicated 60-amp breaker wiring circuit, large new cement mixed, huge variety of hand tools and power tools: basically everything you can imagine to build a house.
Large kitchen.
Large living area.
In front is a large-dry goods store and Net café.
Structure:
The house is designed and made to US strength standards.
A deep foundation with a 6" steel reinforced slab approx. 2 feet above ground level.
All 6" thick concrete blocks were custom made with double the normal amount of cement in them.
Every hole in every concrete block is filled with 10mm rebar and extra-strength concrete mix.
Entire house is painted with 3 coats of white enamel paint for long life.
All walls and cabinets inside the house are either concrete block or marine-grade plywood.
Roofing:
All custom designed steel trusses were made on site from back-to-back, 5mm thick angle bars imported from Cebu.
Each concrete support pillar has 4, 3/4" "J" bars embedded into the concrete, a 5mm steel plate secured with fasteners, and finally, the truss system is 100% welded to these base plates.
All trusses are joined by 3mm "C" channel purling, 5mm angle bars across the top, and 10mm rebar lengths.
Outside Features:
The yard has 4 mango trees, 2 varieties of bananas, calamansi, and tangerine and over a dozen mahogany trees. |