Aljibe-underground water tank, 2000 gal

  February 2016The city water in Ajijic, while “unlimited” it is not pumped through the system 24/7.I don’t know what the reason is, but the way it works is that each house has its own ALJIBE —reads ALHIBE)— connected to the street lines and it fills up every time the street system is pressurized.This gives […]

Structure-start of masonry work

Week of February 22, 2016 A Forest of castillos… Oscar is telling me that when they build the brick walls, they only build 3′ in height at the time and fill in the adjacent castillo with concrete for support. They also build at the same time a portion of the intersecting wall for rigidity. The […]