Crap, I can take 20 concrete blocks, some Gorilla glue and apiece of plywood and build a "structurally sound dog house," What has this to do with building a proper house with electricity, plumbing, possibly A/C etc?
I have stayed in some of the newer hotels and witnessed pipes to the shower that go from 3/4" to 1/2" to 1/4" and back to 3/4. They say the water pressure should be great because they have 3/4" pipe when I complained about the dribble they called a shower
I gave up building my house not only because customs was killing me trying to bring in my own "proper" material, and no matter what my General Contractor demanded he could not get workmen to perform to "US" standards
now you make me scared to build my own villa there