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Originally Posted by claiborne59
Hi Chip,
Would be very interested, thanks for your reply. Sadly though we are on a very low budget of DIY, but if you are interested to come and see how we are building domes it may be of help to you in your business.
As for the materials, fantastic we are needing a good price. We know some hardware places close by but expensive. Where is your friend based? We need for our first dome: 64 bags of cement, (8 yards of small aggregate/ or very course sand) which we may have to get locally, 1,250 pounds of rebar and bags of polypropylene fibers to mix with cement, elastomeric coating if sold in DR, Arched door and of course a composting toilet. I know that Santiago was considering composting toilets to solve their sewage problem but as yet still have not found a source.
We will eventually make 10 units. Look forward to hearing from you
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Your welcome to call my friend Anjito at 829-964-1507. He works all over the island and speaks kreyol (helps him get cheap local labor and ensure that there is no communication problem) and I recommend him as a maestro. He lives here in Santiago. He also charges Dominican prices to anyone and I guarantee that you can find no one who will do a better job and at a cheaper price. He can also do a complete accurate estimate of costs including the materials and labor. All I ask is that if you don't use him as a maestro to give him a nominal amount for the trouble to do the estimate, as he travels to the various ferreterias here in Santiago to get the best prices. You will more than likely find out that the prices here in Santiago are the best in the North and may be worthwhile to pay the shipping charges to have it shipped there - which in fact the big ferreterias do all of the time.