[NYTr] First Community of 100 PVC Houses Built in Cuba's Cienfuegos

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First Community of 100 PVC Houses Built in Cienfuegos

Havana, Dec 17 (acn) Cuba is one of the first Latin American countries 
- only behind Venezuela - that has benefited from the construction of 
PVC houses.

Using this modern method, 100 houses have been built in only 60 days in 
the Simon Bolivar community in central Cienfuegos province, only a few 
kilometers away from the Camilo Cienfuegos Oil Refinery.

According to Juan Enrique Romero Hurtado, director of the Training 
Center for Constructors of PVC Houses in Venezuela, they intend to 
continue developing and using this technology as these type of houses 
can last from 50 to 100 years, at least.

Romero Hurtado told ACN that costs are reduced as the construction of 
one PVC house takes only 10 days and also because maintenance is also 
inexpensive considering that they do not need paint.

The specialist explained that the materials used in the construction of 
these houses are panels of PVC, a non-flammable and non-toxic
derivative of oil that also protects from ultraviolet rays.

In Venezuela, the construction of PVC houses began in the state of 
Carabobo and they have begun to spread this modern technique to other 
Latin American countries.