Major Renovation with good materials
Even toilet wall is not spared
Ceiling removed to make way for openroof entre.I have been very busy lately and I guess I will always be for many years to come. I have been visiting many farms and building new ones. I was wondering how one could up date his blog on a regular daily basis as in the morning I would probably be on top of a roof of a farm. And later visiting failed farms thereafter traveling back to K.L and pack all the stuffs which had been ordered by my readers and send them out.
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Later in the night I might be having dinner and discussion with some readers. All these works are excluding my other businesses which I also have to attend to and also excluding the time I have to spend on my own swiftlet farms ….. Unless one might be dam free doing nothing or don’t own farms or successful farms other than just writing,
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Anyway let’s go back to Swiftlet Farming. As I had always said building new farm is always easier than re-renovating them (revamp). You don’t have to worry about the nesting planks, the walls, etc like how one needs to consider in revamping a failed farm.
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For new farm once the design has been decided those structures or walls that have no benefit to the farm has to go. All have to be hacked down. But most won’t do this as it involves cost. I see it differently because if you could spend 30k or more what is another few hundred Rm.
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This is human nature Penny Wise Pound Foolish. Later to discover the walls or structure obstructed the birds and birds reluctant to stay and make nests which the damage is very much more costly. Perhaps they may not discover it at all.
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The above pictures are from one of the farms that I am building currently planned to be completed before Chinese New Year.
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As you could see all building materials are on the floor that included steel bars to reinforce the structure if any of the hacking may weaken the structure. I guess most contractors won’t reinforce the structure after they did the hacking. I have seen many farms the beams of the building being hacked down and left as it is. It is very dangerous it is a buying time situation. Some may say the building won’t collapse even if it did the chances maybe in 1 in 100k. Have you ever thought that the 1 in100k could be your farm? Reason being not to reinforce is to save cost, secondly the owner is of no knowledge of building stuff, thirdly even if it collapsed the contractors or the consultant will be nowhere to be found.
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Swiftlet farming is a long term investment. That is why those who are successful in swiftlet farming would always say a successful farm could take care of your many generations to come. Many generations mean many years therefore your farm must withstand long time.
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I always believe in doing the best or don’t do it at all. Swiftlet farming is certainly not a business where you could try out and see how. If you have the mentality of trying out first and see how later. Then birds might do the same as well, try out your farm first then leave and never make nests.
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What goes around comes around.
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Good Farming All!
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