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Wide area 2 story residence at North Town Homes Mandaue Cebu

This classic designed home is only two stories but the floor areas are really wide thus allowing large rooms and a really wide living room in the ground floor… This is an example that your home becomes really beautiful with average priced yet elegantly designed bathroom and electrical fixtures that you can easily find in …

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Ceiling metal works (supports)

In the olden times before fiber cement boards were invented, ceiling for residential projects only use plywood, and thus the support backbone is wood. Nowadays in the age of fiber cement boards, ceiling builders prefer fiber cement boards because it is fire retardant and since you cannot use nails, but screws, on fiber cement boards, …

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Harness the free power of the sun Get professional solar power installation services

With Dr Joel’s mastery of the solar power design and installation, we are able to provide solar power installation services if you want to harness the free power of the sun. Yes solar power components is still not very cheap but when more and more people get solar power services eventually the demand and production …

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Further advantages of getting a Contractor

Most people who hire contractors and not self manage their own projects know very well the advantages of having a contractor, but here are some more / further advantages why it is better to have a contractor than to self manage your projects, unless of course if you’re too tight on the budget that you’d …

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Dr Joel G Bacarro (JGB) Electrical Works

Dr. Joel is our electrical projects manager. Due to his more than 20 years of experience in the electrical field, he is already an expert electrical project manager par excellence – thus here at Fine Finish Cebu, due to his extensive project management experience in everything electrical – residential, commercial, industrial, and solar electrical installation …

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Hardiflex (Fiber Cement) – the wonder wall

Fiber cement board, hardiflex as popularly known by that popular brand that started it all, is everyone’s favorite partition wall material. Why not concrete hollow blocks? Well, the house owner would prefer you use concrete for his walls, but when the budget does not allow, just go for fiber cement – it will have a …

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Why Still the Local Concrete Hollow Blocks (CHB)

So why concrete hollow blocks (CHB) are still in demand despite the creative marketing hype of the new wall materials out there (can’t mention specifics) who process faster builds thus they claim to save on the cost of labor and faster finishing works.Let’s examine those big claims: -Do the new wall blocks save on labor? …

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Bamboo makes better sense for scaffolds

The recent metal scaffolds collapse in Quezon City Philippines has made headlines, and has made contractors re think whether metal scaffolds is still the best option for scaffolding. Why metal scaffolds collapses can be easily blamed on metal fatigue, and on how they are bound and connected. The metal scaffolds use metal interlocks that you …

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Mangubat Residence in Mactan Tropics Lapu lapu City

This minimalist simplistic layout of a residence in Mactan Tropics Lapu lapu City is designed by the owner himself and being an engineer and not an architect, the design is prioritizes layout functionality, and not aesthetics. One might say, well this house is no eye candy, and we agree, but if you move around it, …

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Chris Fuentes modern house with large glass walls and windows in Mactan Tropics Lapulapu City

This modern house with large glass windows and walls, has direct access to a medium sized backyard pool. The lot is 160sqm and the house has a total of 230sqm area and the second floor is exactly 100sqm. The concrete walls has a rustic single stroke brushed finish that makes it appear like rough but …

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