Building An Outdoor Kitchen: #2 Framing The Walls And Roof

In the last post I showed how we put in the block walls and concrete counter and integral sink,

now we will start framing.

This 3 part series to date:

Building An Outdoor Kitchen:#1 Concrete Sink And Countertop,

Building An Outdoor Kitchen: #2 Framing The Walls And Roof,

Building An Outdoor Kitchen:#3 The Finish.

Please read on.

Another Look At Domes In Mexico

As the weather turns colder

 it is nice to look back at some of my older posts from Mexico 

and this one comes from December 16th, 2010.

We have visited all these spots over the last five years.

Above is a beautifully tiled dome in San Carlos, Sonora.

Building A Well House #5: Corrugated Metal Roof

This is the 5th post on our well house project 

and we will take a look at the corrugated galvanized metal roof.

To get up to speed on where we have been check out these previous posts:

Building A Well House #1: Rubble Fill Foundation,

 Building A Well House #2: Dry Stack Cement Block,

 Building A Well House #3: More On Dry Stack Cement Wall,

and Building A Well House #4: Framing The Hip Roof.

Building A Well House #4: Framing The Hip Roof

This is the 4th post in a series on building a well house,

and I hope you will look at the previous posts

 to get up to speed on this project:

Building A Well House #1: Rubble Fill Foundation,

 Building A Well House #2: Dry Stack Cement Block,

Building A Well House #3: More On Dry Stack Cement Block.

Concrete Chimneys, Skylights, And Cooling Vents In Mexico

All over Mexico one sees beautiful examples of preformed concrete work, 

and in this post I will concentrate on chimneys, skylights, and cooling vents.

I have never watched how they make these but

 I am assuming they are indeed preformed. 

A Concrete Hip Roof In San Carlos, Sonora

The last post showed how the walls were made,

 this time I want to show how the roof is formed up and poured with concrete.

This house ( different from the one in the last post ) is next to the church in 

San Carlos, Sonora.

(Please Note: This post is a reworking of 

The Formed Roof from 2/23/10.)

Hip Roof

When we built a two story addition on our first house in Santa Fe, N.M.

 ( background, above ) I tried to keep the overall look as low as possible

 because there were only a few two story homes in our neighborhood 

and I didn't want to stick out any more than I had to; 

and the roof with the lowest visual profile is the hip

because there are no tall gable ends.

From that I found the hip to be a far superior roof system

 as it gives the house more protection in high wind areas

 and because there is an overhang all around it keeps the walls drier from the rain

 and more shaded from the hot summer sun.

More On The Hip Roof

I haven't done a post on the hip roof 

since the one I did over a year ago:

The Hip Roof.

The beautiful building above is from a photo

 I originally used in my post, Glen Burnie Gardens,

which are in Winchester, Virginia.

Skylights In Sonora

My previous post was on Roof Treatments In Alamos, Sonora 

and the one immediately before that was Ceiling Treatments In Alamos, Sonora.

Please scroll down to see them or go to:

Ceiling Treatments In Alamos, Sonora and
Roof Treatments In Alamos, Sonora.

Now let's look at skylights.

Here in Alamos skylights are often used in remodeling

 as the old homes can be quite dark.

But they are not the type of skylights we are used to in the states.

Roof Treatments In Alamos, Sonora

If you go back to the previous post you will see ceilings;
Ceiling Treatments In Alamos, Sonora.

Now let's look at how they do the roof here.

Above is an older roof made of fired bricks.

Ceiling Treatments In Alamos, Sonora

Ever since the post Adobe Fixer Upper In Alamos, Part 2

 way back on January 22nd I have wanted to show

 some ceilings here in Alamos.

Church Domes In Mexico

I want to add one more post on domes.

Above is in Zacatecas, Zacatecas.

Domes In Mexico

One of the things that interests me the most

 about building in Mexico is the domes.

Above is a beautifully tiled dome in San Carlos, Sonora.

The Formed Roof

The last post showed how the walls were made,

 this time I want to show how the roof is formed up and poured with concrete.

(To see an updated version of this post go to
A Concrete Hip Roof In San Carlos, Sonora.)

The Hip Roof

When we built a two story addition on our first house in Santa Fe ( background, above ) I tried to keep the overall look as low as possible because there were only a few two story homes in our neighborhood and I didn't want to stick out any more than I had to. So started my infatuation with the hip roof.