Building a house in the Philippines 🇵🇭

[@fenderbend3r]

Still a lot cheaper to maintain house there than here in US. Thank you for great informative video

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thanks for watching, appreciate it.

[@brianbentz3931]

Amazing, uou guys are just amazing

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thank you

[@jamesromeyn8165]

Love your friendly, family-oriented channel, one of my favorites in the Philippines (my mom was born there.) Wishing you both all the best.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thank you for that comment, appreciate it.

[@rodanacay]

Liquid pool chlorine and water at a 1 to 3 mix and a few drops of dish soap in a pump sprayer will also work .... much cheaper... 😎👍

[@buildingthephilippines]

Nice tip, I will give it a try.

[@LADETROIT]

Content husband, peaceful life. Just take the red pill

[@TomBTerrific]

Not sure if you can find it but we use “Wet it and Forget It” in our shower. It’s not for heavy cleaning of mold but a great maintenance to keep it from starting. Also for heavy cleaning get the liquid chlorine for your pool. That’s much stronger. You can dilute it . I think regular Clorox is 5%. They also have chlorine in a gel solution that sticks better to the surface rather than running off.

[@jsully4064]

Have used '30 Seconds' comes in a gallon jug with a sprayer (basically bleach) and it works for mold.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Yeah, I have 90% chlorine here. I will just dilute that.

[@GilligansTravels]

happy life happy wifey! place looks great!

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thanks guys.

[@nsxfever9513]

The pool area is really coming along nicely 👍

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thank you. I appreciate it.

[@philippinesinspired1752]

Hi Greg and Wilma,,,,, tiles look good... regarding the mould,,, go to a sari sari store and buy a bottle of Zonrox,,,the white bottle not the purple bottle,,, that is great for removing stains in clothes and washing....... 200 ml bottle white one dilute 70 to 1 being water and spray,,, not on plants,,,, its instant,,, I use it here in Dipolog,,, enjoy.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thanks for the advice, appreciate it.

[@tonybattaglio4625]

your place is really looking great, congrats.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thank you, appreciate it.

[@Brit_Retired]

Hi Greg, I would suggest you use epoxy grout. Dont need to seal and won’t shrink or crack like traditional grout and is extremely more hard wearing.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thanks for the suggestion.

[@seizethedaystudios2058]

Great progress on the house. The aircon cleaning is good quite easy to do

[@buildingthephilippines]

@@seizethedaystudios2058 curious to see how much gunk comes out of them. Thanks for watching.

[@seizethedaystudios2058]

Yeah it will be interesting. We are renovating my wife's house in Cavite. Thos videos are on our other channel. Also you can do a simple clean of the aircons every 3 to 6 months by just opening the cover of the indoor units and removing the filters and rinsing them in hot water then put them back in

[@jsully4064]

Thanks for showing me how the tile patterns work. Now I have another reason to hate doing tile...lol Make sure you get bleach that is okay for your sprayer. Have tried that with regular bleach and my sprayer only worked that one time. Your tiling project is really coming along. Thanks for sharing, Wilma and Greg...Jim

[@buildingthephilippines]

Someone suggested our pool chlorine and dilute with water. First, I need to attempt to find a sprayer.

[@sophialy8299]

Thanks for sharing

[@buildingthephilippines]

@@sophialy8299 thank you

[@sandyPHretirement]

Happy Couple, Happy Life ❤

[@buildingthephilippines]

You know it, see you guys tomorrow.

[@sandyPHretirement]

@@buildingthephilippines see you 😊

[@fransodekerken-sf7xs]

I always use cleaning vinegar, spray it, next day another time and after one hour use the pressure cleaner

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thanks for the tip, appreciate it.

[@swapwopbro1]

Good info on the tile pattern😀

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thank you

[@LoganJoannesRollerCoaster]

It looked good before but the tile takes it to another level!

[@buildingthephilippines]

It really does, thank you.

[@liveandlearnwithmike]

Greg try liquid pool chlorine or straight white vinegar it will clean up that green mold...easy to find and cheaper

[@buildingthephilippines]

Yes, will give that a try.

[@pukavoket]

Do a test with Muratic Acid (diluted as needed), will do number on the driveway stains!

[@buildingthephilippines]

Another good suggestion, thanks.

[@Ray_Warren]

You need to keep projects rolling and vlogging. Back to my daily routine of Greg and Wilma this week! 👍

[@buildingthephilippines]

For a while anyway. Really done with construction for a lifetime. We do need to get some things completed though.

[@PierreFromCanada]

For the mold. Using Chlorox can be expensive...I had a property in the Dominican republic and had the same issue... The local maintenance guys use diluted Muriatic acid (typically used to balance the PH level in our pool. ) much cheaper...at least in the DR>...🙂

[@buildingthephilippines]

We love DR. We still have a time share there in Bavaro. Thanks for the tip.

[@laynefischer2021]

Looks great , glade u didn't go with the other tiles as well ,be to much going on to many different colours, we call that , ( to Busy ) looks a million bucks now

[@buildingthephilippines]

Yes, we are glad we made that adjustment. Thanks for watching.

[@co...ahjack2818]

Your hot water tank is a battery. Put it on a timer, increase the temp to say 70 deg C, and fit a tempering valve set to 60 degrees

[@buildingthephilippines]

We have on demand hot water heaters, no tank.

[@user-og2nx9is1l]

Hope your giving sandy food and water

[@buildingthephilippines]

Everyday.

[@thewilliamsfamily5363]

Hi, your place looks lovely. Do you mind if we ask who build your pool please? Thanks and Have a blessed day 🤗

[@buildingthephilippines]

The same contractor as the house. TLC construction.

[@frankmazzie4855]

So you know three sides of tile are glazed one isn't that's the side of direction& also all tile are fired diff in the oven.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Didn't know that. Thanks for sharing.

[@jerrymarshall2728]

I can't remember, Greg (old brain 😂🤣). Did you plumb your house with whole-house hot water? Or is it typical Filipino style with each room having a heater? We're meeting with another designer/builder this afternoon, and I wanted to present to him the possibility of whole-house hot water. The last builder, on Monday, would only agree to multi-point hot water in each T&B, and a heater for the kitchen (laundry is outside the kitchen). That builder wasn't versed in whole-house hot water. We'll also be building the house with solar, and dual voltage (220v and 110v), giving us more versatility with appliances and tools. It will cost more, buy buy once, cry once... 😂🤣 Happy house, happy spouse ❤️😂🤣

[@buildingthephilippines]

We did on demand hot water heaters. I think they are more efficient as you're not storing hot water. That was my thought process.

[@jerrymarshall2728]

​@@buildingthephilippines the small electric ones that I put in the showers? We'll probably use multipoint heaters that can give hot water to the sink and shower, using only 1 heater. We'll use one in the kitchen, joined to the laundry. It's the best I can do, I assume? My former U.S. house had on-demand hot water, but that was for the entire house. It's what I originally wanted, but builders here look at me like I'm from outer space, when I suggest it 🤪

[@buildingthephilippines]

Lol, like you have 3 heads. We bought multi point as well.

[@jonjaso4002]

Why not do the dirty kitchen in that flower pattern that you choose before? Break it up and then don' t have to worry about running out of the same lot.

[@buildingthephilippines]

@jonjaso4002 that tile is a bit more porous and would stain back there, with frying food.

[@TheMaroney]

Bleach should definitely kill the mold, there also is mold sprays specifically for concrete. Don't use vinegar, and especially don't mix bleach and vinegar.

[@buildingthephilippines]

I need to find a sprayer. Bleach or someone suggested chlorine from the pool.

[@TheMaroney]

@@buildingthephilippines I believe chlorine & bleach are basically the same. Chlorine is just stronger

[@buildingthephilippines]

Will give it a try, hopefully it works.

[@misspimake]

Is your house built high enough to where if someone were to build across the street from you, would their new build destruct your ocean view?

[@buildingthephilippines]

Owner of subdivision has a one story restriction on all homes below. If he's a man of his word we will be fine.

[@Ray_Warren]

Just dump some regular cheap bleach on the algae/moss.

[@buildingthephilippines]

Yeah, need to get that done soon.

[@user-og2nx9is1l]

I can send you bleach we have plenty at fresenius lol😅

[@buildingthephilippines]

Lol, pharmaceutical grade as well. Make sure you are keeping up on treating the water properly there. We want no bacteria in the water.

[@user-og2nx9is1l]

@@buildingthephilippines lol that's above my pay grade 🤣

[@buildingthephilippines]

Lol

[@LADETROIT]

Glad my wife is not working there anymore

[@tonybattaglio4625]

just get cheap bleach

[@buildingthephilippines]

Thanks for the suggestion.