( measurement precisely taken and marked)
( All areas needed to be hacked are mraked)
( The entrace hole is to be hacked )It has been a hectic weekend as I have to be in A.Setar to revamp a farm. Start my journey at 6am. It takes about 4-5 hr to reach there. Since it was Saturday I have to reach A.Setar before noon so that I could buy all building materials before the hardware shop closed.
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As I had promised the farm's owner that the revamp would complete in 2 weeks time. I am making sure all building materials are available so that the workers won't be running out of materials while there are working.
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All measurements are precisely taken and marked so that the workers know which areas needed to be hacked or to be removed.
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As you could see in the pictures above the inter hole is to be enlarged. This is to create an easy access for Swiftlets to the floor below.
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The size of the Inter hole has to be pre-calculated making sure the enlarged inter hole is not too big. If it is too big it would be a problem as it would affect the micro. So a precise Inter hole size is needed.
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The original Entrance hole size is too small. It is going to be hacked to make way for a bigger one.
It is not an easy task. As I have to take consideration of the building structure before I plan the design. The structure of this farm is not very strong. Therefore any removal of walls or hacking has to be substituted with a new beam or a pillar so that it will not weaken the building.
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Nowadays most stand alone farms were built on the criteria of cost saving. Whether the birds will stay or make nests were secondary. Whether it will last 5 0r 10 years is also secondary.
After visited so many failed farms I noticed these were the trend. Isn't Swiftlets farming is a long term investment? Or for our next generation?
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These questions have been in my mind for quite sometime.
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I believe what can be saved should be saved. What can't be saved should be spent. But it seemed like what can't be saved most out there still trying to save.
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So for those intended to build a stand alone farm make sure your building is built to last.
(所有必要被拆下的區域被標記)
(入口洞將被拆下)
它是一個忙碌的週末，我必須在A.Setar修補燕屋農場。在6am開始我的旅途。 它大约4-5 小时到達那裡。 因為它是星期六, 我必須在中午之前到達A.Setar， 以便我能買到所有建筑材料，在五金店关门之前。 我答音了屋主修補在2個星期 將完成的。 我必須保證所有建筑材料是可利用的，以免工作者运作时用盡材料。 所有精確地測量被採取並且被標記，以便工作者知道需要拆下或去掉哪一部份。 因為您在以上的圖片可看到相互孔之將被擴大。 這是為了創造一個容易被燕子進入 到下面层。 相互孔的大小必須是預先計算好的保證擴大的相互孔不是太大的。 如果 它是太大, 它是問題，因為它將影響屋内环境。 因此精確的相互孔大小是需要的。 原始的入口孔是太小。拆下它做一更大一個的方式。 它不是一項容易的任務。 我必 須採取建筑结构的考慮，在我計劃設計之前。 這個燕屋農場的結構不是非常強的。 所以, 所有撤除牆壁或拆下必須替代一條新的柱子，以便它不會減弱大廈。 現今多数 立場單獨農場在节省成本標準建造。燕子是否將停留或做窝是次要的。 它是否將持續 5 或 10年 也是次要的。 在參觀許多不合格的燕屋農場之後, 我注意這些是趨向。 燕屋 農場不是長期投资？ 或者為我們的下一代？ 這些問題是依我所見為相當某時。 我相 信什麼可以被节省應該节省。 什麼不被节省應該花費。 但是它似乎像什麼是不 被节省的那裡仍然设法节省。 因此, 為意欲的那些修建單獨立燕屋農場确定 您的大廈 是被修建到永远.