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Lets talk about estimates
Lets discuss estimates, let me start by saying I don’t think customers know how much time and money a good estimate takes. So lets walk through the process for a typical renovation. Usually contact is made via the internet and the customer asks questions about doing a renovation. We give the customer advice on his…
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Our latest home build is complete
This ultra modern 2000 Sq foot home is built with Covintec panels. Covintec panels have a demonstrated Hurricane resistance to 350KPH or 220 miles an hour. Building with panels costs more initially, but they are resistant to heat penetration, so easier to keep cool and the hurricane resistance speaks for itself.
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A longterm project draws to a close.
This reno of a Centro home, involved new plumbing, electric, moving a kitchen, twinning the bathrooms building walls and a whole lot more, all on a very tight budget. We added antiqued concrete floors with pasta insets and the final touch was putting it all back together and polishing the floors.
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Modern alternatives to block buildings
Anyone familiar with construction techniques in the Yucatan or other parts of Mexico, has seen the familiar block buildings. Block is easy to work with and makes a reasonably strong structure, if several variables are taken into consideration. A block structure is only as strong, as the mortar bonding the blocks together and the traditional…
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Tinacos, Cisterns and city water.
We often get calls from customers, that go something like this. “My tinaco is over flowing”, “My tinaco is dry” “do I need a cistern” or “the city water is not constant and does not fill my cistern or tinaco”. It is obvious that a lot of people in the Yucatan do not understand how…
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SARRO, coming soon to a waterline near you!
If you have spent any time in the Yucatan, you have heard the word SARRO, probably in a combination of swear words. Sarro is to water systems, as cholesterol is to arteries, it plugs them up. Lets start with the basics, Sarro is simply a calcium deposit, also called scale in Canada or the USA. It…
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Water heater stopped working, maybe it is a 50 peso fix.
I received a call the other day from some good clients of ours. They have guests arriving and when they went to turn on the water heater, for that part of the house, it lit once and went out and would not relight. They needed to fix or replace it ASAP or the guests would be…
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Know your proposed budget.
Quite often we are asked for suggestions on a particular project. While we have always got some great ideas, we also need to know your budget for the project. There is no point in any contractor coming up with a design plan, only to be told it is too expensive. It is much better to…
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