1589. the first day
Weier smiled bitterly and said, "The number of people, man, I didn't tell you the number of people. My men built buildings with eight people as one unit, and eight people were responsible for the construction of a building. How many fishermen do you have? There must be thirty?"
“Thirty-two…”
"If they know how to operate tools such as small cranes and forklifts, there is no problem building a building on a mature foundation within that week. And don't underestimate the fishermen, they are all experts in their work. Compared to my workers, they must have built houses."
After another day, the seeds and spores of seaweed and algae were sprouted into the fishing ground. The sea water that the giant algae had finally cleaned became turbid again. Countless seed spores floated with the sea water, absorbing the energy of the sea god and brewing and germination.
At night, Shaq and the Bull returned on a transport ship. In addition to various wooden boards, wooden beams and columns, there were also a series of single-person machines, small and medium-sized cranes, two-wheeled nailboard machines, impact drills, etc., which looked very similar.
The boss and the workers sorted the materials around the building and handed them over to Qin Shiou a bill, asking him to check and then pay.
Qin Shiou looked at it and found that the two of them bought this time were basically all wood products, and they hadn't bought doors and windows.
Houses in Canada are almost all made of wood. This is not because there are many local timbers that can be selected locally. Most of the wood used to build houses in Canada is transported from South America. They themselves attach great importance to things like logging and cutting trees, and do not allow environmental damage to the behavior.
Compared with bricks and stones, wood is undoubtedly much lighter, which makes it easier to construct and makes it easier to make up for repairs if there is a problem.
Of course, timber houses are not as sturdy and durable as brick and stone houses, but Canadians do not need their own houses to be more durable. This is different from the domestic situation and is determined by the national conditions of the two countries.
Chinese people don’t like moving, and they have a strong homesickness. They will feel affection after living in a place for a long time, so it is best to build a house. Moreover, if you buy a house in China, you don’t consider repaying the loan. Basically, all the fees are paid in the first year, and you can live there in the future.
This is not the case in Canada. First of all, Canadians do not like to live in one place for a long time. This can be said to have a stronger "adventurous spirit", or they can be said to be too playful. So they often see people dragging houses around in their cars on the road. They can live wherever they want.
In this way, naturally, a light wooden house is more suitable than a brick and stone house. Once the brick and stone house is completed, it cannot be taken away as a whole.
In addition, there is a fixed asset tax in Canada, which pays 3% of the value every year. In this way, if an expensive house is built with bricks and stone, the prescribed asset tax will naturally be paid more every year. It is better to build a cheap house with wood, so that the remaining asset tax can be used for maintenance.
Maintenance may be more difficult, but Canadians are not afraid of it. They like this kind of manual work, and repairs can allow the house to be updated in time. They always follow the trends and do not fall behind.
Another most important reason is that Canadian bricks and stones are very expensive, and those who can use bricks and stones to build houses are rich. Many luxury houses that look like brick walls are actually decorated with brick wall textures. For example, the villas in Daqin Fishery have a layer of ceramic tiles on the outside.
Wood is relatively cheap. South America has the largest woods in the world, and the Amazon rainforest can provide countless trees. As a neighbor and elder brother of South America, North America can obtain a large amount of cheap wood. In the end, people will naturally be cheaper to buy.
In Qin Shiou's bill, a large piece of wood with a height of four meters and a diameter of half a meter is only 1,000 yuan, which is unimaginable in China. As for the glued wood boards used for building houses, it is even cheaper, and a twelve centimeter thick board. It costs only 500 yuan per square meter.
However, some finished products are much more expensive, and some furniture is best placed in them at the same time when building a house. Shaq bought a set of maple cabinets and large wardrobe, which cost 4,800 yuan in total. The granite countertop used in the kitchen is more expensive, costing 5,000 yuan. The beautiful staircase in the small building. This one is 2,800 yuan, excluding stair handrails, and the stair handrails will cost another 2,200 yuan.
In addition, the lamps should also be purchased in advance. Shaq bought them according to Qin Shiou's requirements. The hall used chandeliers, 1,500 yuan, 1,400 yuan, and a circle of twelve spotlights. The floor of the toilet and kitchen requires ceramic tiles, and a set of 6,000 yuan is...
But overall, Qin Shiou felt that it was still not expensive, all of which were only 180,000 yuan.
After he swiped his card to pay the bill, the boss thanked him, and then said that he had any need to continue looking for him and left, as if he was not surprised by their own behavior of building a house.
Of course, I had to live in a tent that night. After a night, the shouts of fishermen and the roar of machines rang outside. Qin Shiou rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at the time. It was only five o'clock in the morning.
He lifted the tent and looked out. The fishermen were already working hard with their shirtlessness. It seemed that they had agreed to get up early to work. Obviously, these guys were a bit boasting to say that building a house in six days was a bit of a boast, so they seized the time to start construction.
Qin Shiou smiled badly and deliberately made a destruction. After washing, he made a delicious breakfast. In fact, it was simpler. He cooked a pot of milk oatmeal porridge and fryed small sausages, bacon, meat chops and other foods in the kitchen on the boat, as well as salted duck eggs and pickled Japanese ginger.
The fishermen are all foodies, and they are used to eating Chinese breakfasts with him. They have a special liking for Japanese ginger and salted duck eggs. They eat too much greasy and like this light and delicious breakfast.
However, the fishermen would not be fooled. They ate voraciously when they ate. In the end, someone even put a few slices of Japanese ginger in the bread and ran to work. It seemed that the bet of a raise made them tempted.
Qin Shiou followed and helped, and he also learned how Canadians built houses.
The foundation is a layer of cement floor. Shaq took people to use spray paint to separate them neatly. According to the design drawings, several rooms were divided, which was the garage, which was the living room, which was the bedroom, which was the kitchen, and which was the sanitation bureau. The division was clearly divided.
After he divided the place here, someone immediately used a nail gun to shoot out cement nails and nailed the wooden squares on it. Then someone found the load-bearing wall and started the crane to pull up the thick and strong wooden boards. There were tall cylinders on both sides as wall columns, and several rooms were divided.
In this way, with the construction of the load-bearing wall and the wooden square planning, the wide foundation was quickly covered up, and it turned into a large wooden cage. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!