Comments on: Building Our House III http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm Online magazine about living, working and traveling in Merida and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:05:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Brenda Thornton http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm/comment-page-1#comment-113984 Brenda Thornton Tue, 18 May 2010 17:21:11 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm#comment-113984 I've enjoyed reading all your articles. Did your architects install anything other than passive ways to cool your home without energy costs? There are heat shield paints being used here in the U. S. and I was wondering if use of those paints has been employed in the Yucatan? I’ve enjoyed reading all your articles.

Did your architects install anything other than passive ways to cool your home without energy costs?

There are heat shield paints being used here in the U. S. and I was wondering if use of those paints has been employed in the Yucatan?

]]> By: Karen Ferguson http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm/comment-page-1#comment-23081 Karen Ferguson Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:14:31 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm#comment-23081 Fabulous documentation here. I am in awe!! What generous spirits sharing all this information that is so useful to the "newbie." Working Gringos ROCK!! Casi.....Loved your informative email as well and I want to find that fellow from Veracruz that sells wicker furniture. I can't have it here in CA, as we have siete gatos, who would think of it as a scratching post, so I'm delighted to hear I can find it there. My husband will be down in October and he could then order some or however it's done, for the end of December. Muchas Gracias!!! K. Fabulous documentation here. I am in awe!! What generous spirits sharing all this information that is so useful to the “newbie.” Working Gringos ROCK!!

Casi…..Loved your informative email as well and I want to find that fellow from Veracruz that sells wicker furniture. I can’t have it here in CA, as we have siete gatos, who would think of it as a scratching post, so I’m delighted to hear I can find it there.

My husband will be down in October and he could then order some or however it’s done, for the end of December.

Muchas Gracias!!!
K.

]]> By: Working Gringos http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14729 Working Gringos Fri, 18 May 2007 13:00:14 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm#comment-14729 Lynn, it is true that many of the older pools do not have filters. Yucatecans are famous for being careful with their money, and pool filters use up electricity... so we think many people just never installed them. It was too easy to drain the pool and refill it from the well when they needed it. Nowadays, pool filters are common and no, the minerals in the water do not cause a problem. Sometimes a pool is built above ground because there is so much rock in that spot, it doesn't pay to dig it into the ground. As for price, no... we couldn't guess. But you might try asking one of the architects listed on our article about Building a House. Lynn, it is true that many of the older pools do not have filters. Yucatecans are famous for being careful with their money, and pool filters use up electricity… so we think many people just never installed them. It was too easy to drain the pool and refill it from the well when they needed it.

Nowadays, pool filters are common and no, the minerals in the water do not cause a problem. Sometimes a pool is built above ground because there is so much rock in that spot, it doesn’t pay to dig it into the ground.

As for price, no… we couldn’t guess. But you might try asking one of the architects listed on our article about Building a House.

]]> By: lynn Ortega http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate-yucatan/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm/comment-page-1#comment-14675 lynn Ortega Fri, 18 May 2007 00:33:36 +0000 http://www.yucatanliving.com/real-estate/yucatan-real-estate-design.htm#comment-14675 I love these stories about building in the Yucatan. It is so much different that Ajijic, because of the difference in heat and rain. I am always dreaming of remodeling. I do not care if I am in the US or Mexico I love to remodel. If you get a chance to fix something and make it useful again, all the better. I was wondering about pools in Merida. I see that many pools do not have filters. Is that because the minerals in the water make filtering too expensive? Also I see many pool are above ground. Why is that? I wonder what a lap pool of about 6 feet by 30 would cost? Do you have any guess? BY the way, I REALLY like the type size you use. As I get older I have a harder time reading small print. Thanks for increasing the size of your print. I love these stories about building in the Yucatan. It is so much different that Ajijic, because of the difference in heat and rain. I am always dreaming of remodeling. I do not care if I am in the US or Mexico I love to remodel. If you get a chance to fix something and make it useful again, all the better.

I was wondering about pools in Merida. I see that many pools do not have filters. Is that because the minerals in the water make filtering too expensive? Also I see many pool are above ground. Why is that? I wonder what a lap pool of about 6 feet by 30 would cost? Do you have any guess?

BY the way, I REALLY like the type size you use. As I get older I have a harder time reading small print. Thanks for increasing the size of your print.

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