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shari
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building materials in Ensenada, San Quintin or TJ?
Since lots of people have built homes...can anyone please post phone numbers of building supply places known for good prices...mainly looking for wood
prices. Just wondering if it would be worth it to truck it here from the north for a house building project or just get it in Vizcaino??? thanks
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Shari, we are on the road right now so I can't check the yellow pages for an address but we found the best quality wood and selection at Los Olivos in
Ensenada. They do their own milling work. Got all our vigas from them as well as very nice machimbre
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thanks astro...love it that I'll learn something new today...what is machimbre??
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If you want the best quality at competitive prices, go no farther than Home Depot. They have Douglas Fir and, as far as I'm concerned, the prices are
good. A lesser quality of wood, such as Hemlock Fir which is all over the place here, is structural trash and you'll pay for that mistake in the
future.
Forget bringing it from the states. Those days are long over. What you save on cost, you lose on tarifs and transportation.
Los Olivos is a good yard, especially for heavy stuff, but I've not seen Doug Fir in their racks.
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AMS on Reforma (next to Ford dealer) in Ensenada for metal studs, joists, etc.
metal does not warp, twist, bow, burn or get eating by termites and you can use smaller sizes than wood for long spans on joists,etc.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
AMS on Reforma (next to Ford dealer) in Ensenada for metal studs, joists, etc.
metal does not warp, twist, bow, burn or get eating by termites and you can use smaller sizes than wood for long spans on joists,etc. |
And it is perfectly straight, if not sat on.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jak
And it is perfectly straight, if not sat on. |
Is it that delicate?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
thanks astro...love it that I'll learn something new today...what is machimbre?? |
Machimbre is tongue and groove. We used it at our new place and everybody loves how it came out...
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Home Depot doesn't carry T&G...FYI.
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Our Restaurant the Posada Don Diego and the other building roof are t&g. the dining room we drywalled a few years ago for the cold and heat.
Unless you insulate the outside roof it gets pretty cold, and hot also come summer time. If you walk from the dinning room into the gift store in the
summer you can really tell the difference. We are about 2-3 miles from the beach so we are not inland. Our house was also t&g we dry wall also.
What we did for the Banquet room was steal and aluminum roofing. In some area of Mexico guarantee for 50 years. Here just 15. but no re-roofing. Tar
& roofing paper here does not last. Not to many can put on a good roof. Have not found one yet.
T&G look so beautiful too.
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We put plywood down on top of the T&G and then tarred it. We covered that with the heavy grade of tar paper and shingled over that. I really like
how it came out as the extra layers over the T&G not only help keep the house dry, it also keeps the interior warm in winter and cool in summer.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
We put plywood down on top of the T&G and then tarred it. We covered that with the heavy grade of tar paper and shingled over that.
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WOW...That is one heavy roof. Good thing you kept the tar away from the wood. Nothing is forever and it will be a lot easier to redo it later.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
We put plywood down on top of the T&G and then tarred it. We covered that with the heavy grade of tar paper and shingled over that.
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WOW...That is one heavy roof. Good thing you kept the tar away from the wood. Nothing is forever and it will be a lot easier to redo it later.
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Hopefully not in this lifetime!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
We put plywood down on top of the T&G and then tarred it. We covered that with the heavy grade of tar paper and shingled over that. I really like
how it came out as the extra layers over the T&G not only help keep the house dry, it also keeps the interior warm in winter and cool in summer.
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Is the T&G you used 3/4" or 1 1/2"?
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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We used 3/4" T&G
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Shari,
See this thread I did before. This place was great.....
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=39270#pid4245...
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I second Los Olivos in Ensenada. We've purchased wood there for construction as well as for house furniture.
Directions from Juarez (Calle Cinco): Use Juarez to get to Reforma and go through the intersection. At that point Juarez turns into Cortes. Continue
till you near the road leading out to Ojos. You'll find a Pemex on the left and Los Olivos is on the right.
Google Street View Link For Los Olivos:
Nice to see Street View available in Baja now.http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=31.863444,-116.581872&spn=0,0.011169&t=h&z=17&layer=c&c
bll=31.863346,-116.581789&panoid=LwJIk21SJUMLdptl9_3AXw&cbp=12,0.68,,0,2.67
[Edited on 4-20-2010 by postholedigger]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
Is the T&G you used 3/4" or 1 1/2"? |
Inch and a half? Never have seen it that thick anywhere.
Another thing.......I've seen a lot more "Shiplap" down here than T&G and most is rough one side. Gives you the option of a variety of finishes.
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Try this:
http://tinyurl.com/yypjtwk
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
Is the T&G you used 3/4" or 1 1/2"? |
Inch and a half? Never have seen it that thick anywhere.
Another thing.......I've seen a lot more "Shiplap" down here than T&G and most is rough one side. Gives you the option of a variety of finishes.
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Your rough one side shiplap would be spruce which is used here (states) for overhang sheeting.
Yeah, the 1 1/2" exists, big bucks.
[Edited on 4-20-2010 by BajaWarrior]
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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