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Picture of my House in NicaraguaSubmitted by joel donovan on 30 August, 2006 - 15:53.
 I built this house with a nicaraguan contractor. I wish i was upstairs right now. ( categories: )
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This might be a good example
This might be a good example of why you should get an architect to design your next house.
Location?
Nice place. What was approx construction cost and location?
Thanks
que linda!
too bad, you could not build it in your native "Ire-land" Mr. Don O'Van. is it too frigid over there?
to quilali
Maybe you would be a little more friendly with the other members if you knew that your mayor Gersan Pozo Salas is trying to find a sister city for Quilali.
http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/cityseek/list/display?recID=54283
His 1st choice is a US city too.
love the design . . .
love the design . . . any special features to note. efficiency, materials . . .
Special Features include
Barbed Wire Guard-Rail around the upstairs deck.
Imaginary ramp to Garage
do you think...
that storm wind could come up underneath the top floor and tear it off along with the lower level roof?
Do like the upper deck concept though.
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I think the top floor looks like its been attached pretty good, for the most part most builders tend to link in the entire structure from footings to walls fairly well.
I bet that with hurricane strong winds any of the roofs will be ripped from the perlings, they are only held on my a handful of screws per sheet.
However the lower roof will rip everything with it, haha.
I can't see how there is even a point to that upper deck. Theres not enough room to even put a chair out on the deck and admire the views, you have to do it from inside the room! and if you lean on the "Rail" I dont think that will be to comfortable.
Depends
A reputable builder will have connected the roof beams to the walls with metal ties.
Josh, do you know what the design wind speed is for Nicaragua, coastal or otherwise?
a guess
Its hard to say, I guess it would depend how protected the home is. So many of the homes are on exposed cliff/ ridge sides.
I would guess that designing for 100 mph winds. Maybe going as high as 150mph would be smart. However with windows and roofing that could get expensive and maybe not worth the amount of times you would actually get those winds.
...There has to be some average wind speeds somewhere.
Top floor
By the way, that room on the top floor is known in architectural circles as a Lurkim.
Lurkim
When there is a little room on top of the house and the house is near the ocean it is usually called the Widow's Watch. It is where the wife would watch for her seafaring husband.
STOP
You're killin' me man! ROTFLMAO!
Sweet!
Great design for close proximity to the sea...can you share any construction details, costs, time to construct or photo from the other side of the house. Gracias!
heads up
hey joel, watch out for that crazy neighbor chuck, he may have a water baloon launcher
jalaluyah
Chuck
When chuck starts throwin water ballons i'll start throwin down cervesas. Were probably havin one hell of time if that is going on!!!
Water Balloons, Beer, Waves, and Good vibes. (Maybe some Buetiful women?)
Very Nice House!
Great looking house. How long did it take to build? What town is this?
Nice!
Hell yeah, place looks great.
Where?
in Nica is your house located? looks like your contactor did a fine job.