1/2" rebar being laid in a .15m x .15m grid on a base of 40cms compacted, cement stabilized (10 sacks) rubble. First coat of exterior paint applied to house.
House walls up, last roof panels being put on.
Exterior walls up, roof sheets going up. Swimming pool excavation dug.
Excavation for swimming pool and removal of earth.
Galvanized steel sheets going up on casita and garage roofs. Preparing arched forms for beach balcony.
Work continues with first floor block work. Roof structure going up over garage and casita.
Main electrical panel installed. Roofing.
Tin sheets going up on roof, finishing off concreting floors.
Slab poured. Polystyrene wall panels going up. Transformer installed.
Slab poured. Preparing frame for polystyrene wall panels which are on site. Transformer installed.
Work continues with first floor walls. PVC tubing being embedded in upstairs floors/ walls. Cistern for domestic water supply delivered.
Steel roof structure almost complete over single floor areas. Repainting anti-corrosive to welded joins, applying second coat all over. PVC conduits for electrical cabling being put in place. 50kva transformer delivered.
First floor walls going up, mostly up to full height. Supports removed from first floor slab formwork opening up living area/ kitchen. Septic tanks in place and connected.
First floor walls going up in main house, work started on steel roof structure over casita and garage.
First floor slab poured on girder and sheet steel platform. Garage floor raised with rubble and excavation for domestic water tank prepared. Septic tanks in position.
First floor slab poured and walls going up. Crown beam in place over 3rd (downstairs) bedroom. Septic tank excavation complete and ready for installation of tanks which are on site.
Preparing girders, rebar and form for first floor slab.
Pouring concrete for stairs, putting up rebar and form for first floor.
Heavy rains through much of the past week filled the hole dug for the septic leach field. Water not dissipating. Work continues putting up rebar and form for first floor.
PVC conduits and junction boxes for electric neatly installed. Excavation started for septic system. Rebar preps for stairs underway. Rebar preps for first floor underway. Form up for arched lintels at beach terrace.
Septic tanks in place. Three stage aerobic biodegrading system with fourth tank for collecting and irrigation. Leach field pit dug. Water table half way up already. Work continues prepping form and rebar for first floor.
Foundation trenches and footings dug last week were filled in with rubble. Pad is being manually compacted and trenches will be dug out again this coming week. Plenty of materials on site so should see quick progress.
Foundation trenches and footings dug last week were filled in with rubble. Pad is being manually compacted; trenches will be dug out again this coming week.
All walls up to first floor height. Form work in place for entry arches. Rebar cages for first floor going up.
Walls at full height in single story parts of the project and lintels mostly complete. Circular columns at beach terrace poured. Electrical contractors on site laying out PVC conduits for wiring and junction boxes for outlets.
Site cleared, bodega up, grid up, preparing footings and horizontal rebar cages. Septic tank excavations dug and lined with red brick.
Site cleared, grid up. Footing excavations dug. Rebar footings and horizontal columns being prepared at T8. Septic tank excavations dug.
Walls reaching roof level at garage and service area. Form work up for ground floor lintels in main house, some are poured. First rains arrived last week; septic tank excavations done just in time. CLARO TV in bodega?
Footings and foundations complete. Work currently focused on walls.