Floor tiles

Lot's of things are happening these days! First, the floor tiles are in, the ladder for the roof is installed and the balcony railing is in, too.

stairs and outer walls

The stairs are in and they are very beautiful and simple! We used a fossilized stone, so every piece looks different! I am pleased!

The outer walls are also painted! We decided to use brown....different and beautiful! Now our house needs its "face"!!!!! We will have tiles in the front! They should do it today....but nobody was there!Maybe tomorrow, who knows!

Cement render the walls

Today they started to cement render the walls!Progress...Yeah!

Taking rest!

A few more images

I just took a few more pictures!


The roof, still a lot of chaos!

Today 6.4.2014

We'll have a huge double sliding glass door!

Getting a roof!

Just looking out of the window and seeing the rain pouring down makes me smile!
Our roof is almost ready! The building can dry now!What a relief!

I took only a few pictures since there is not much to see!

Monsoon is here

We had the first rain 3 days ago and more is coming soon! Everybody is working very hard to finish the flat roof! Tomorrow they will finish the preparation. Hopefully  the plumber and electrician will come Friday! So, if everything goes well they can pour the cement for the roof next week!

Todays pictures!

My son is doing some bricklaying!

Roof constuction

It slowly looks like a house!

The second floor

Progress,progress....
It's nice to see so much progress! They started  to do the bricklaying for the first floor yesterday!

 

What to do if it's really hot? Of course....using fans!

pouring the ceiling

Last week they poured the ceiling! It's going well, so far! We are ahead of schedule and we had no bad surprises also, so far!
Here are few pictures:

I took this picture this morning, so that's how it looks at the moment!

Oh, and yes....we have stairs as well!

Good news...

The building passed the official checking and we got the permit to continue building!
After a 1 1/2 weeks building stop work will continue this afternoon and I hope we will have some progress.....

Yesterday they already watered the bricks...at least a little progress!

Finally.....waiting is the worst!


Some progress!

The first plans are ready

After a couple of weeks designing and changing the first plans are ready! This will be more or less our house!

 It will be a 100 m2 bungalow with a 50-60 m2 attic! We build a light steel frame house and it will only take 4 month to build it!

Why light steal frame?

Environmental Benefits

Steel is 100% recyclable and can be used time again and again without losing its properties. Because it weighs less transport costs are lower and it doesn't end up as waste. So its environmental credentials are as good as timber framing.

In addition to the environmental benefits, light steel offers a lot of other benefits like:

• Lower maintenance costs
• Decreased utility bills
• Higher resale value
• Fire resistance
• Mold free
• Pest/termite free
• Durable
• Weather resistant

 LSF can be engineered to meet the highest seismic and wind loads. Steel has the highest strength to weight ratio of any framing materials and a lighter structure with stronger connections results in lower damage from earthquakes. Important for TAIWAN!


At the moment we are organizing a meeting with the building contractor and the architect!

So, here are the first plans!!!!!