I just posted another 200 photos of the rebuild.....here is the link..... http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=2115030375

Hello,
From your pictures I understand that you have been rebuilding a reinforced concrete house.
From a professional's point of view it was very interesting for me to see the entire process pf rebuilding. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
I hope you will never need to rebuild your house again.
Best of luck,

George

Hello Tony,

Great to see handwork... that's something else as prefab...

Looks like it will be a solid construction when finished and the structure will probably be hurricane proof..

Thanks for sharing.

Look forward to see when it's finished..

Fred

Hi Tony
After viewing all of the devistation, it reminds me of how lucky I was in August 2004 when Charley came roaring through my town of Punta Gorda,Fl. A slight turn, and I would have been in your situation.

I can only imagine the hardships you and your family have endured,

Bernie

Wow Tony,
you've certainly got a job ahead of you.
Hard to imagine where one starts.

I thought we were game, when we decided to finish building , rather than demolish, our current home. It was a quarter built concrete tilt up, with a demolition order on it. We accidently came across it, while holidaying.
The locals apparently had nick named it stonehenge.
Neighbours had expected us to demolish, but fortunately we had a luv for the slightly unusual, and built it instead.

Wish we'd had the foresight to take pics.
Fascinating seeing your progress.

best wishes
Rikki
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Tony,
Looks like you're using plenty of re-bar this time. Let's hope "The Embassy" is good for a Cat5 storm that never happens!
Ron

Tony,

Looks like a mamoth undertaking, however, it appears as if you are on your way to recovery. I just met up with a local game warden that recently returned from a cruise with a stop in Cozumel. He said the entire beach front was still pretty much trashed from the storm and from his perspective it will take several years for things to return to normal.

Good Luck,

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

Best of luck Tony,
theodore

Wonderful progress Tony. God Bless You.

When those guys are done can they come and help me build my house, the builder is shorthanded. :-)

Keep posting more photos, can't wait to see when they take the shuttering off.

Graham

Tony:
Looks like you're well into it, and got lots of help. Looking at your pics, I could only think of one thing, Wish we could find workers that still know how to work, and don't even tell me what they get per hour, I'd probably fall over.

Hope the money and the weather holds out for you and you get the building all sealed up tight before the hurricane season starts again......Hang in there, you'll get it...pose