Construction progress reports from within the Nicaragua area

 

G11: Base Coat of Pain on Service Qts, Timber Roof

Roof timbers still going up in the main house. Sheet rock partition walls finished and base coat of paint applied in the service quarters.

G11: Shower and Floor Tiling in Service House

Most roof timbers prepared, ridge beam hoisted into position in the main house. Service quarters floor and shower tiling complete.

G11: Sheet Rock Partition Walls in Guest House

Service quarters - sheet rock wall partitions being built and floor tiling started. Main house - fine parge finished and roof timber preparations continue.

F1: Smooth Parge Coat, Insulated Concrete Parapet

Smooth parge coat almost complete. Galvanised steel roof on. Roof terrace parapet being built using insulated concrete.

F1: Anti Corrosive and Galvanised Roof Sheets

Anti corrosive painting of steel roof girders complete and galvanised steel roof sheeting going on. Upstairs walls complete and getting parged.

F1: Parging 2nd Floor Walls, Steel Roof Frame

Fine parge and piedra laja being applied to ground floor walls. Rough parge on 2nd floor walls. Steel roof frame almost complete and being painted with anti corrosive.

G11: Main House Roof Timbers, Concrete Floors

Fine parge complete in service quarters. Rough parge still in progress in the main house. Concrete floors going down & timber roof beams going up in main house.

G11: Fine Parge Coat on Srvs Qts, Timber Prep

The service quarters are almost ready for painting. Parging continues on the rest of the house. Timber being prepared for roof beams.

F1: Parging Walls, Steel Roof Frame

Most second floor walls are up. Parging interior and exterior walls. Steel frame for roof almost ready. Rebar for roof garden retainer.

G-11 Parging Walls, Service Quarters

Grey work for the service quarters is being finished off. Main house walls being parged. Timbers being prepared for main house roof.

F1: 2nd Floor Walls, Starting on Roof

Work continues with the second floor walls. A start has been made on the steel roof frame.

G-11 Parging Walls, Roof on Service Quarters

The roof is on the service quarters and work is underway parging the walls for the main house. Roof timbers are being prepared for the main house roof.

F1: 2nd Floor Concrete Poured, Starting on Walls

Second floor concrete pouring is complete and work is now continuing with the upstairs rebar structure and walls

G-11 Service Quarters Timber and Steel Frame Roof

Timber and steel frame roof going up over the service quarters. The terrace section uses a timber frame, while a metal frame is being used for the roof over the inside area.

F-1 Pouring Concrete for Second Floor

All second floor rebar is down and tubing for electrical cables and water pipes is in place. Concrete has been poured for about a third of the upstairs area.

G-11 Service Quarters Roof and Floor

Concrete has been poured for the floor of the service quarters. Final bits of block work being finished off in the main house.

F-1 Steel Rebar for Second Floor Part 2

Most of the rebar is now laid for the second floor and the majority of the tubing for water and electric cables are down.

G-11 Work Started on Steel Roof Frame

The final bit of block work is getting finished off above the lintels, the forms for the terrace arches are being removed, work has started on steel frame for roof.

F-1 Laying Steel Rebar for Second Floor

Walls and girders with structural tubing support steel rebar strengthened concrete floor. Work is currently underway laying the rebar.

G-11 All Walls Up, Pool Terrace Formwork and Fill

All the walls are up to full height. Formwork is up and has been filled for the pool side terrace arches.

F-1 Steel Girders Hoisted into Place

Heavy gauge steel girders hoisted into place in preparation for second floor.

G-11 Most Walls and Lintels Up

The majority of the walls are up to their full height and most lintels are done. Some interesting formwork going on in preparation for the archways on the pool side terrace.

F-1 Concrete Stairs Poured, Walls to 1st Floor

The concrete has been poured for the stairs and all the walls are up to the level of the first floor.

G-11 Main Sewer Lines, Arched Lintels

Arched lintels are being constructed over many internal doorways, and at the service quarters terrace. The main sewer line (PVC) is being laid.

F-1 Formwork for stairs, Electrical Conduits

Most of the block work for the first floor is complete and preparations are underway for the second floor. Formwork and rebar for stairs is complete and ready for pouring.

F-1 Walls Blockwork Continues, Rebar for Stairs

Block work well advanced, but this being a two floor house there's plenty left to do. Rebar structure for stairs started.

G-11 Walls, PVC Electrical Conduits

Some walls are now reaching their full height. PVC electrical conduits getting embedded in concrete walls. PVC water pipes on site.

Foundations, Rebar Structure, Block Work

Most of the rebar structure is in place and a lot of cement has been poured into the foundations. Block work for walls has started at the southern end of the house.

G-11 Walls Going Up, Block work

Service quarters walls almost finished. A lot of progress has been made on the main house walls over the past 10 days.

G-11 Rebar Foundations, Structure and Walls

Work progresses on the steel rebar foundations & structure. The first walls for the main house are now in process. The service quarters square pillars are being replaced with round ones.

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