Continue reading]]> 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, then your backbone support will be metal…

Checkout the way we build the metal supports for fiber cement ceiling. It will basically hang from the roof trusses and go across behind the fiber cement boards in a lattice formation so you can screw your fiber cement boards under it. You will need metal furring (double furring), w clips, carrying channels, and lots and lots of fiber cement screws. Depending on the size of the ceiling area, you might need angle bars to hang your ceiling with. During painting, you will need to use screen tapes on the surface joints of the fiber cement boards so that your joints will not break and expose the edges of the fiber cement boards during structural movements. The screen tape will help to hold the skim coat on the edges and joints. You will need skim coat also to hide the screws before painting…

When you examine the way we space the metal behind the fiber cement boards, you might say this is a very economical way of placing the metal – gaps are too wide – well this is indeed a very economical way of doing it – and thus you should not go beyond this type of spacing… If your budget will allow, you can lessen the gaps, but this kind of gap we’re doing is already strong enough… If you lessen the gaps, you will need more metal and it will also make your metal lattice heavier, so just strike a balance between those elements…

In the olden times before fiber cement boards we’re invented, plywood is the number one choice for ceiling builders, but when fiber cement boards became popular – people notice that it is not only fire proof, but is also very flat surfaced and will stay flat forever – it doesn’t bend and make waves over time – unlike plywood… [See image gallery at finefinish.cbu.asia]

Continue reading]]> This modest home of Denis and Isabel in Aldea del Sol Bankal Lapulapu City is so cleverly laid out that it is actually two homes in one. If you notice that door by the garage – it is actually the entrance to the second unit, and the first unit has its door at the left side of the house. The reason for this is that the subdivision do not allow duplex designs, thus it was decided that there will be a separation somewhere in the middle – yet the two units have shared access to the second floor terrace and to the third floor of the house. They will just have separate entry points at the ground floor and separate staircases to the second floor. Since the subdivision requires a mediterranean design, yet the owners prefer a modern Filipino design, the designer Jacob Roque decided to have the cube modern design but by adding the canopies – it will appear mediterranean.

The house has a lot of rooms and a total of 4 bathrooms, that when you access the house you will feel like you are in a beehive yet an elegant beehive designed for humans. [See image gallery at finefinish.cbu.asia]