BajaNomad - New Construction

New Construction

Marinero - 3-13-2006 at 09:48 PM

Anyone else under construction? This is from 3/12/06 in Los Barriles. It is becoming real! :yes:

Pompano - 3-13-2006 at 10:02 PM

Marinero....Trust me, you have just begun. You will be under construction for the next 30 years.. just like the rest of us.

Marinero - 3-13-2006 at 10:04 PM

Pomp! If I were sure I had that 30 years, I would sit quietly and smile.

bill

oladulce - 3-14-2006 at 12:40 AM

It is exciting, isn't it Marinero.

But I'll spare you the photos of chalk lines on a vacant lot amongst lava rocks and stickers, or shots of a fresh block wall, intricately tied rebar, or a newly poured roof. I discovered that photos of a construction project are sort of like baby pictures- to the parents they're the most beautiful things in the world. Share them with others, and eyes can start to glaze over.

Me, I like construction photos, especially when accompanied by some "After" shots to show the owner's vision. Hope you'll show us some more.

[Edited on 3-14-2006 by oladulce]

New Construction

Marinero - 3-16-2006 at 07:13 PM

Thanks for the tip on construction photos being like baby pictures. That one escaped me on my own. Since you asked, here is another. I chose it because is shows what the local crews can do almost exclusively by hand. The happy exception is the concrete vibrator.
We will be down shortly to see the project. I will take my own pictures and try to get some of the "after" feeling, although it still may be a bit soon fro that.

Construction time capsule....

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 07:50 PM

Marinero....keep taking those daily or weekly time shots. You will cherish them later on. Good luck with the building and read your 'God and Mr. Gomez' with a smile.

Here are two BEFORE and AFTER photos.

First one is 1976...and the one on my following post was taken about a month ago...Feb. 2006.

Thirty years span.

They really are like baby pics, aren't they?......Well, now.... I just happen to have snapshots of every square inch of all the various building projects....here, let me get out my wallet and show you....just a sec... hey....HEY!...come back!...where ya going!!

Sigh.....

Feb. 2003

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 07:51 PM

[Edited on 3-17-2006 by Pompano]

Feb. 2006

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 07:57 PM

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 07:59 PM

Hey, that was fun. Who else has some BEFORE and AFTER photos?

Bob H - 3-16-2006 at 08:52 PM

Pompano, that was GREAT! Good idea to see more before and after photos like yours. Unreal.
Bob H

Marinero - 3-16-2006 at 09:01 PM

Pomp: Spend a little time futzing around the casa did you? Did the palapa leave by design or by force of wind?

Thanks for sharing.

Marinero....I am always wishing I was FISHING!

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 10:36 PM

It seems that things never last anymore. That palapa was there since I built it in.....? well, a long, long time ago.

Many chubascos and a 'few' fireplace spark showers..well, a lot, then... did the old hut in over the years. (I am known for my pyrotechnic displays in the round patio firepit...some nervous nellies say downright dangerous. I like to think of it as a howizter.)

It finally got so ragged looking it was embarrassing. The only things that ever used it anymore were the termites. But I liked it anyway...it had great sentimental value.

So down it came one fine day! My wife and Manuel decided to tear it down when I was in town one morning, but I came back early and found this...! Palapa predators!

This mutt was bothering me one day...

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 10:56 PM

So I built Project Silk Purse!

Pompano - 3-16-2006 at 10:58 PM

One of my best projects.....

Marinero - 3-16-2006 at 11:05 PM

Looks like the Airstream might have been his casa. Did he thank you for the privacy wall?

Bob and Susan - 3-17-2006 at 06:12 AM

i think that airstream is at Naranjos now with norm and toni...

them things last FOREVER :lol:

Good Fences = Good Neighbors

oladulce - 3-17-2006 at 07:43 AM

Our entire construction crew

Do they always post a guard or are they worried it might blow away?

Good stuff oladuce!...See what fun you are going to have, Marinero?

Pompano - 3-17-2006 at 07:51 AM

HERE'S MY ENTIRE CREW ALSO.

BEST WAS THAT MUTT....WORKED FOR MILKBONES.

Bob and Susan - 3-17-2006 at 08:26 AM

no concrete pump here...

when they poured the roof for our 1600 sq foot garage it was done...

A bucket at a time...WOW!!!

Bob and Susan - 3-17-2006 at 08:35 AM

garage is done....

now we only have to build the casitas up front...

Tomas Tierra - 3-17-2006 at 09:16 AM

I do miss JR's tasty words on a thread like this!!

Diver - 3-17-2006 at 09:20 AM

Where's the BAMBOO ??? :lol:

Marinero - 3-17-2006 at 09:37 AM

The medieval castle wall scaling device seems to have found a more civilized application in Mexico. As an alternative, I have seen pour using two ladders, one up and one down, with one worker carrying the bucket all the way. Way to much work. This is what the made to pour our roof.

In remembrance of JR..."The Gringo Enclave"

Pompano - 3-17-2006 at 09:54 AM

This was the beginning of THE END....not.

Bob and Susan - 3-17-2006 at 10:26 AM

1971 was an OUTSTANDING year.....

Marinero - 3-17-2006 at 03:07 PM

Outstanding picture. I wonder what people 35 years from now will think when they look at the pictures we are taking today?

Eli - 3-17-2006 at 07:46 PM

Marinero,

I for one am so happy to see someone enjoying so much their construction, embracing the adventure so to speak. Like I always say, if you are going to spend all that money, best be having fun doing it, and if you work with the right people, this can be a blast, a true once in a life time opportunity to create a dream.

When I was building, I loved the roof pours, there is a cooperation and coordination between the guys, every one must hold up their part for it to flow, a rhytem that is created, for me it was always a lot like watching a ballet. Sack for sack, bucket after bucket, the work involved, it always left me in awe.

I do not in anyway miss construction, I am ever so glad to be done and to move on to other things is my life. Still, I do have some fond memories and I wish the same for you and anyone else who chooses to venture.

Saludos, Sara

Marinero - 3-17-2006 at 09:01 PM

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Originally posted by Eli
Marinero,

I for one am so happy to see someone enjoying so much their construction, embracing the adventure so to speak. Like I always say, if you are going to spend all that money, best be having fun doing it, and if you work with the right people, this can be a blast, a true once in a life time opportunity to create a dream.

When I was building, I loved the roof pours, there is a cooperation and coordination between the guys, every one must hold up their part for it to flow, a rhytem that is created, for me it was always a lot like watching a ballet. Sack for sack, bucket after bucket, the work involved, it always left me in awe.

I do not in anyway miss construction, I am ever so glad to be done and to move on to other things is my life. Still, I do have some fond memories and I wish the same for you and anyone else who chooses to venture.

Saludos, Sara

Thanks for the encouragement. The fun part so far, is no major hiccups. The bad part, is that everyone I know has horror stories of varying levels of grief. It isn't the second shoe dropping I worry about just now, its the first one.
Thanks again.