Building a house in Trinidad

[carluva]

When you saw a bond beam, you mean like a "ring beam" across the top, right?

When you say to do it properly, I would have started using a steel reinforced floor, about 5" thick, with long starter bars through which 6" concrete blocks would have been set, all the way to the top. The 6" concrete blocks would have been filled with concrete. After setting blocks, the inside surface would have been mortared using regular sand and cement. After that, i thought to make a grout mix using sand and cement and paint that on the walls, probably a few coats. Then finally some black paint on the inside.

After that, I'd let the pond soak and circulatea month or so before introducing fish and plants. This would allow the alkalines from the cement to leach out and then make for overall better water quality.

Does that sound acceptable and fit the bill for doing it properly? Not sure diamond brite is required as that'll surely send cost up

And that entire process you think would be cheaper overall than a liner?

If you go with blocks it's cheaper ,but you must do it properly otherwise it leaks. Also you must do a bond beam or at least do a deck to secure to walls from moving, since it will cause cracks between the wall and the floor. Then coat with Diamond Brite.

[rspann]

Sounds good like you did your research, but without something to restrict lateral movement of the walls , cracks would develop at the floor line because concrete doesn't really joi.n. that why when building a pool shell a single casting or spraying of shot Crete is recommended . I saw a guy in seemungal Trace penal build a pond six feet deep using solid casting. Go take a look . He's doing the same thing. When you go in seemungal tr. Take the first left ,it's the yard after the sawmill. He even cast two beams avcross to hold the walls. You could do a two feet slab around the top that joins into the steel from the ring beam.

[pugboy]

why would someone need a 6ft deep pond ?

[rspann]

Hear what you asking me. I know about car not tilapia. Something about using the waste ,I think was for gardening . I really don't know but I'll ask. Two feet was above ground I think. So probably safety?

[carluva]

Still not sure that concrete will be cheaper than liner

[rspann]

So they can't just dig a hole and put some heavy polythene in it, rest some stones around the outside and fill it up?

[carluva]

Yea I suppose so. But polythene is not UV resistant and will break down. Plus the heavy duty polythene is only 6 mils thick and this could tear easily.

I not too sure about polythene. I'll have to see or hear some first hand experiences before I am convinced.

[rspann]

My wife family in Penal have ponds in their back yard with cascadoux and and another black one I can't remember, they just dig it out. No concrete nothing and since I going there it always full of fish

[Chimera]

I have commercial 30mil pond liner to sell. Cutting off a 19 foot wide 300 foot long roll so you can get the size you want....

This is very thick material eh. Not soft flexy one you see in those garden stores.

[carluva]

Check your pm

I have commercial 30mil pond liner to sell. Cutting off a 19 foot wide 300 foot long roll so you can get the size you want....

This is very thick material eh. Not soft flexy one you see in those garden stores.

[Chimera]

Hired someone to do some work for me and saw they brought ikkon foundation blocks.
Anyone ever use blocks from that company? They of some quality as abel?

[rspann]

Hired someone to do some work for me and saw they brought ikkon foundation blocks.
Anyone ever use blocks from that company? They of some quality as abel?

They working good and they strong . They cheaper so maybe he using them to cut cost . If you groove pointing, nothing beats ABEL.

[ramorr]

Any links for greenheart wood for sale?

[eitech]

Anyone with experience using a 1 micron water filter cartridge on the mains supply?

[pugboy]

can only imagine how fast it will clog

Anyone with experience using a 1 micron water filter cartridge on the mains supply?

[telfer]

Any links for greenheart wood for sale?

There is a place opposite the Chaguanas fire station I got from to build my front door

[telfer]

Any links for greenheart wood for sale?

There is a place opposite the Chaguanas fire station I got from to build my front door

Timberyard homes is the name

[adnj]

can only imagine how fast it will clog

Anyone with experience using a 1 micron water filter cartridge on the mains supply?

Agreed. After a lot of time with private well water, I never saw anything like that for point of entry. I assume that you will be following the sediment filter with a charcoal filter for better taste and clarity.

I checked and what I used was 4 or 5 microns. You could always use a finer, additional under-sink kitchen filter for the refrigerator and a drinking water tap for consumption.

[pugboy]

What other types of wood that place have ?
I looking for some boards to build some shelves.

[eitech]

can only imagine how fast it will clog

Anyone with experience using a 1 micron water filter cartridge on the mains supply?

Agreed. After a lot of time with private well water, I never saw anything like that for point of entry. I assume that you will be following the sediment filter with a charcoal filter for better taste and clarity.

I checked and what I used was 4 or 5 microns. You could always use a finer, additional under-sink kitchen filter for the refrigerator and a drinking water tap for consumption.

I already have a 5 micron under the kitchen sink. I recently cleaned the tank and installed a filter so i was wondering what size micron to use there. I haven’t started to fill the tank via the filter yet though

[adnj]

That depends on what you have installed. The cartridges are usually available with more than one concentric media type so that they don't clog as easily and filter down to 5μ before heading into your reserve tank.

You can use carbon under the sink to filter out smaller sediment and chemicals.

[tr1ad]

Thoughts on prefab?
Are they durable / worth it?

[carluva]

Prefab what? Houses?

Thoughts on prefab?
Are they durable / worth it?

[tr1ad]

Prefab what? Houses?

Thoughts on prefab?
Are they durable / worth it?

Yes house

[*KRONIK*]

I curious as well, i see it have one advertising on the highway before barataria

Prefab what? Houses?

Thoughts on prefab?
Are they durable / worth it?

Yes house

[rspann]

That one costing twice as much compared to building with conventional material .

[rspann]

The ones on the tasker rd bypass in Princes Town , used framing material throughout and double panelling. Then they used siding on the outside. Probably cost a lot more too and a lot of wasted space due to the width of the framing. The houses were already small to start with.

[*KRONIK*]

Thanks for clearing that up

That one costing twice as much compared to building with conventional material .

[tr1ad]

That one costing twice as much compared to building with conventional material .

That's the APSCo one? Very pricey from the brochure I got from them

[rspann]

That one costing twice as much compared to building with conventional material .

That's the APSCo one? Very pricey from the brochure I got from them

Yeah , that one.