Hi Victor, the curved tiles (what I was referring to) are now not available is stores....one has to order them from the area between Karwar-Mangalore...one sees old tile-making units (quite beautiful when one is on the Konkan railway going south). The curved tiles are now in fashion and I have seen homes bought by ****** and being renovated using the rounded tiles.
The newer homes used the flat tiles (like your casa)...they were fashionable and economic (one used lesser tiles etc). As well, the flat ones were easier to repaid.... The trouble is there are a few folks who can repair the rounded tiles....these are Goans who work in groups and they have to be booked many months in advance. For Fred: as for the floor tiles, there are some stores in Margao that carry them....I know someone using them. Nice but expensive. WHy not use red-cement. There are still a few folks in Peadne who can do the cement flooring. I had a nasty experience.....the lot from across the Ghats claim they have experience doing cement floors....NAW. They missed the basic mix to get a yellow....ended up getting green, then dark green....costly mistake. Finally got a fellow from another neighbouring state who got the yellow....but nothing compared to the workmanship of the old Goan masons. The other tip for flooring is to catch someone from Ker****. They have a technique (which they use in mud (mud-brick homes)...where they mix charcoal, coconut shell powdered and some flower juice to get a shiny black...... Cheers. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 8:54 PM, Victor Rangel-Ribeiro <vrangel...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My dear Frederick and Pandu Lampiao, > The old-style Goan houses did not have red Mangalore tiles. Well into 1961, > they > had the old curved tiles, that were placed in special rows, one row inverted > over the other, forming hundreds of channels, so that even the heaviest rain > found its way off the roof and on to the ground. > Of course, if a kir dropped a large seed on to the roof, or a child threw a > stone or aimed at a bird with a catapult, the tiles would get damaged, and the > rain would then finds its way inside the house. I remember, as a child, I and > my > brother and sisters would have to run from room to room during a rainstorm, > placing pots and pans on the floor where a leak had developed in the ceiling > directly above. That is the reason why the tiles had to be replaced by hand > every year, and that is why we now have red Mangalore tiles in place. > Regards to all, > Victor > > > > ________________________________ > From: Pandu Lampiao <pan...@gmail.com> > To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@lists.goanet.org> > Sent: Mon, July 4, 2011 2:47:21 PM > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Query: Renovating a house... > > Your home-town, Mangalore. > They still make them there and are available on order. > Take the 2:40 from Margao.... > > 2011/7/3 Frederick FN Noronha * फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > <fredericknoron...@gmail.com>: >> A friend wants to renovate an old-style Goan house, and is looking for >> the old red tiles that used to be in the past (so as to retain the old >> look). Would anyone know where these are available? Many thanks, FN >> -- >> FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 f...@goa-india.org >> Saligao Goa IN http://fn.goa-india.org Skype: fredericknoronha >> > >