Q. I am wondering how people get started or find used/ recycled building materials (wood etc). Obviously I could buy them from a salvaged materials dealer but how I can do this myself? I have several projects on the burner and am just trying to figure out where to begin.
A. The real question is, what are you looking for? If you are looking for lumber, ask someone that removes and replaces it. If you are looking for old hardware or plumbing fixtures then talk to a plumber.
If you don't want to go to a dealer, go to their source. Bypass the dealer and contact the contractors that tear out the materials.
For the most basic start, contact your local Home Builders Association to get a list of contractors that may work in the area you are looking.
If you don't want to go to a dealer, go to their source. Bypass the dealer and contact the contractors that tear out the materials.
For the most basic start, contact your local Home Builders Association to get a list of contractors that may work in the area you are looking.
What local building materials are available in Haiti?
Q. What building materials are readily available to construct housing in post-quake Haiti? Is their concrete production local or imported? Do they have wood available and if so what kind (hardwood, softwood, timber)? Also are earth-made dwellings common in vernacular architecture?
I'm doing a school design project on this topic and I'd like to her from preferably a first hand source who has been there and had a chance to see for themselves what the situation is like.
I'm doing a school design project on this topic and I'd like to her from preferably a first hand source who has been there and had a chance to see for themselves what the situation is like.
A. I was there in July 2010. They haven't really started re-constructing any buildings that were damaged in the earthquake. Most of the buildings in Port-au-Prince were made out of concrete blocks but they are mostly demolished now.
At the church I was working with, they had hired a group of guys to build a wall around the property. The guys mixed their own cement and molded the blocks with it. So they do build with locally made concrete blocks.
The people who have been relocated after the earthquake are mostly living in designated "tent cities", in houses made from tin sheets, cardboard, and tarps if they can get one.
Samaritan's Purse also are providing houses for some villages. They are very simple and small- pretty much a wood frame with some tarps stretched across it.
tent city- http://www.flickr.com/photos/59993791@N08/5474414499/
port-au-prince after earthquake- http://www.flickr.com/photos/59993791@N08/5475010422/
samaritans purse village- http://www.flickr.com/photos/59993791@N08/5475010384/
At the church I was working with, they had hired a group of guys to build a wall around the property. The guys mixed their own cement and molded the blocks with it. So they do build with locally made concrete blocks.
The people who have been relocated after the earthquake are mostly living in designated "tent cities", in houses made from tin sheets, cardboard, and tarps if they can get one.
Samaritan's Purse also are providing houses for some villages. They are very simple and small- pretty much a wood frame with some tarps stretched across it.
tent city- http://www.flickr.com/photos/59993791@N08/5474414499/
port-au-prince after earthquake- http://www.flickr.com/photos/59993791@N08/5475010422/
samaritans purse village- http://www.flickr.com/photos/59993791@N08/5475010384/
Have home building material prices decreased since the home building boom went bust?
Q. few years ago I had an estimate done for a home addition. They claimed back then prices were high because the housing boom in the Southeast and Southwest was pushing up the prices of building materials. Given that the boom has gone bust, anyone know if the price of construction materials has eased?
A. Some building materials have in fact increased in price. It's a case of supply and demand. In the UK there are the effects from the high demand from Europe and the rest of the world.
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