Utility Room reorganised and First Solid Wall built
We needed access to the sections of the exterior walls in the utility room to get the insulation boards in, we are currently storing tools there. So today, Thursday, on…
New Wall Hanging Toilet and Frame Arrives for Evaluation
Today saw the arrival of our new toilet and wall frame! We wanted to see and learn all the construction requirements for these wall-hanging toilets designs, like how the cistern…
Remaining Pillars Installed for Corners and Kitchen Wall Framework Finished
For our last week of work for 2020 (and also before a long break because of Christmas and a minor medical issue), we went around the last twelve Pillars across…
Second CLS Layer Laid Down, Analysis and Mapping of Wall Structure and Building of Pillars
For the start of the new week, we both tidied up all the “blobs” of mortar sticking around all the footplates and also tightened all the remaining concrete screws down.…
Entire Ground Floor’s Rooms are Mapped Out and Footplates Installed
We resumed the task of laying out the footplates for the entire Ground Floor rooms. We had to tidy up all the excess jumble of bits and pieces that used…
Laying Out Footplates for Kitchen, Bedroom 1 and Great Room
After doing other tasks and chores for most of this week, we started on Friday afternoon, the task of mapping out the shapes of the Kitchen and Bedroom 1, with…
Ordered Concrete Beams and Blocks plus Sand and Cement for Entertainment Room
Today, for our Entertainment Room, we calculated the number of concrete blocks and concrete floor beams needed to build a sound reducing barrier around the walls and ceiling. There are…
Utility Trench Finished!
We have completed the task of laying down the three remaining utility supplies; Water, Telephone and Electric. Today we connected our new water supply pipe to the existing pipeline coming…
Utility Trench — The last stretch is Cut!
The last segment of a trench, the utility trench, is finally dug! All the way to the water meter, alongside the Loke, passing the mains electric cable (a rusty iron…
Requested BCO to come and inspect foundations
We are ready for the next inspection visit. This time it is our foundations and making sure the bottom of the trenches are on firm ground ready for 300mm thick…