Greetings!
We will be building a small office inside an existing warehouse-type structure, and plan to use sheetrock instead of the typical concrete block partitions. I've read through the thread on Sheetrock availability in the DR from spring of this year, and that was quite helpful. Wasn't sure if I should just add to that thread or start a new one, so here we are.
We're around the Barahona area, in the Southwest of the country. As such, I think there's a few things readily available in other areas that haven't made their way down here. We want to follow the standard practice of using pressure treated wood for the pieces attached to the concrete floor and walls. However, when we checked today at the big lumber yard in town and one (of the 100 or so) ferreteria, they seemed to not know what PT wood is.
Secondly, we plan to put A/C in the office, so we want to add insulation in the walls and ceiling. At the ferreteria, the guy showed us a roll of fiberglass cloth-like material, but didn't know what else we were talking about. Our manager, a Dominican, said he is aware of something called 'hielo seco' (also the words for dry ice, oddly enough) that he thinks is used for insulation here. He showed me photos of it, and it looks like blocks of styrofoam.
I have to believe both of these items are available, just need to find out where. I'd be grateful for any information you guys have on the availability of these items, location, and possibly contact info of the suppliers (since we'll likely have to travel to buy it). If anyone has familiarity with what may be available in San Juan, Azua, and Bani, those would be the easiest locations for us. Otherwise, we can certainly make the pilgrimage to Santo Domingo, if that's what is needed.
Thanks!
We will be building a small office inside an existing warehouse-type structure, and plan to use sheetrock instead of the typical concrete block partitions. I've read through the thread on Sheetrock availability in the DR from spring of this year, and that was quite helpful. Wasn't sure if I should just add to that thread or start a new one, so here we are.
We're around the Barahona area, in the Southwest of the country. As such, I think there's a few things readily available in other areas that haven't made their way down here. We want to follow the standard practice of using pressure treated wood for the pieces attached to the concrete floor and walls. However, when we checked today at the big lumber yard in town and one (of the 100 or so) ferreteria, they seemed to not know what PT wood is.
Secondly, we plan to put A/C in the office, so we want to add insulation in the walls and ceiling. At the ferreteria, the guy showed us a roll of fiberglass cloth-like material, but didn't know what else we were talking about. Our manager, a Dominican, said he is aware of something called 'hielo seco' (also the words for dry ice, oddly enough) that he thinks is used for insulation here. He showed me photos of it, and it looks like blocks of styrofoam.
I have to believe both of these items are available, just need to find out where. I'd be grateful for any information you guys have on the availability of these items, location, and possibly contact info of the suppliers (since we'll likely have to travel to buy it). If anyone has familiarity with what may be available in San Juan, Azua, and Bani, those would be the easiest locations for us. Otherwise, we can certainly make the pilgrimage to Santo Domingo, if that's what is needed.
Thanks!