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SAHIG (Flooring) BUBONG (Roof)

The document describes the traditional materials and construction techniques used in building bamboo houses in the Philippines, including thatch roofs made from bamboo, grass, or leaves to provide protection from sun and rain; tightly secured bamboo walls; and bamboo flooring consisting of strips laid perpendicular over floor joists supported by main and secondary beams held by vertical bamboo posts.

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SAHIG (Flooring) BUBONG (Roof)

The document describes the traditional materials and construction techniques used in building bamboo houses in the Philippines, including thatch roofs made from bamboo, grass, or leaves to provide protection from sun and rain; tightly secured bamboo walls; and bamboo flooring consisting of strips laid perpendicular over floor joists supported by main and secondary beams held by vertical bamboo posts.

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BUBONG (roof)

The steep thatch roof made SAHIG (flooring)


Bamboo strips laid
from either bamboo cogon
perpendicular to the floor
grass, Anahaw leaves or Nipa
shingles as a protection and joists, either closely laid or
with ample spaces allowing
shade from the sun and
torrential rains natural air to enter through
the floor

PATUKURAN
(Secondary beam)
DINGDING (wall) A whole bamboo laid over
Finished walls assembled on the main beam (yawi) to
the ground and tightly carry the floor joists
secured using rattan strips on YAWI (main beam) (soleras)
the bamboo wall studs. The A whole bamboo,
wall siding is either bamboo horizontally laid to define HALIGI (post)
laticework (sala-sala), perimeter of the house A whole bamboo, vertically
set up to support the floor SOLERAS (floor joist)
interlaced bamboo (amakan), and tied firmly on each
and roof members. A post A whole bamboo laid
Woven Bamboo (sawali), or post with rattan strips
buried on the ground is called parallel with each other of
wooven coconut leaves
binaon (buried) and a post about 12-15 inches over
(sulirap)
set up above a stone slab is the secondary beam
(patukuran as a support
referred to as pinatong
(placed on). for the flooring

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