Well Don,
Concrete and masonry are not rocket science.
Step 1. Walk around and talk to the locals.
Step 2. Ask who can build a nice fence post.
Step 3. Ask if they know about re-bar.
Step 4. Have a beer and wait until the next day.
Repeat steps 1 through 3 until you meet up with someone you think has a handle on the whole proceedure.
Repeat step 4.
Repeat step 4 again while you consider your options.
Repeat step 4 with the guy who you think really understands step 3. Ask him if he can deliver your fence posts. Tell him you will pay him 150 pesos per day to buld fence posts.
Hire the guy who understnds step 3 and your desires.
Tell him how many fence posts you need.
Proceed to step 4 for the rest of the afternoon.
Greet the guy who will built the fence post. Show him the 150 pesos. Proceed to step 4 while he build fence posts and you watch.
Pay the guy when you are satisfied.
Go back to step 4.
Think hard about how you will install the fence posts.
Back to step 4.
Start over with:
Step 1. Walk around and talk to the locals.
Step 2. Ask who can install a nice fence post.
go to step........
johnb0647 <JohnB@Nagi.US> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> Can anyone please advise where I can find concrete posts (for fencing)
> here in Negros Oriental, close by the DGTE area? I live in Amlan, 22
> clicks west of DGTE.
> Thanks
> Don
>
You had me confused a while. I'm in Valencia, 22 clicks west of DGTE
and Amlan's a far piece. We always think of that as north but that's
probably because of the "North Road".
There's a welding shop about 100 m from me selling 3" x 3" concrete
posts about 1.5 m long. If you're interested I'll ask the price.
Any handyman can make them for you. I had two of my guys make about
150 for me. They just get some coco lumber from any coco mill,
they're everywhere, and make enough forms for an even number of sacks
of cement. Put a piece of rebar down the middle, mix the concrete
anywhere using only a shovel, move it using a bucket. Then you wait
one day, remove the forms and do it again. In my case they made about
15 forms and it took two guys about two hours a day for 10 days. I'm
building three buildings so I can keep them busy with other things in
the mean time but if you can't or don't want to you can negotiate a
"per piece" price rather than a day rate. I pay Php150 per day for
that kind of work but that's for a long term employee. For short term
you might have to go up to 200 but if they ask for more than that keep
looking. It's amazing how much prices come down when word gets around
that "the kano knows how to say 'No!'"
For 4" by 4" by 2 m posts I used 10mm rebar. The locals usually use
smaller.
If you want them really pretty, they drape the mold with a few layers
of old newspaper which makes the surface smooth and rounds the corners
just a bit and makes it easier to get them out of the mold. Of course
they think you're crazy to want to spend extra time an money to make
fence posts "pretty".
Hope this helps.
John in Liptong, Valencia, N.O.
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