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Hydraulics is ready | #week 97
Υδραυλική comes from Greek language. It seems it is ready, today final pressure tests. Other works almost stopped, since there’s new reality since few weeks. Nevertheless, the Sun is raising over Boukari, like it always did. Continue reading
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Stone walls | week #94
Summer isn’t the best time for work. The walls are slowly going up. There has been little progress with the plumbing. The roofer has disappeared. The walls were started at the beginning of May and it was said that it would take two months. If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. Continue reading
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Great Lintel Issue
Last two weeks we discussed a lot about postioning windows within 55 cm thick wall, chosing lintel finishing, weighing pros and cons. Having window more inside than outside would have some adventages: window is easier to open, there’s more light inside, wood is also better protected from sun and rain. But house would look more Continue reading
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Summer slow down | week #85
Everything slowed down again. The walls are waiting for decisions to be made about the position of the windows and lintels, but the truth is that the stonemasons have other jobs to do. Some stones have been prepared… …but the 25 sqm of wall laid in May is all we have to show for it. Continue reading
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Pool terraces| week #83
A huge construction emerged on the hill parallel to the roofing and stone masonry, just to support the pool. It’s a complicated 3D picture that one cannot grasp with the mind. Continue reading
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Kitchen
Several months, several thousand photos, long conversations, pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, clashing reason with vision, practicality with ideas. Elegant minimalism and decent boredom. A house for us and a house for guests. Keeping in mind not to transfer Northern European aesthetics and habits to a Mediterranean home. Meanwhile, it’s time for final decisions: Continue reading
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Gaining the shape | week #80
As the roof began to be covered with boards, the concrete shell began to take shape: both inside and out. The construction itself will be simple: from underneath, the planks will simply be painted the colour of the interior walls. On the outside: polystyrene board, an extra layer of soundproofing and heat reflecting matt from Continue reading
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Roof and some more brutalism | week #79
Carpenters are doing their work, so the roof is taking its final shape. Engineer convinced us to use hard polystyrene instead of mineral wool. It has worse acoustic and fire resistance properties, but it’s better in humid environment, so it doesn’t accumulate water. It would also be a worse place for wild bees. The final Continue reading
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Construction Progress: Roof, Walls, and Pool Support #week 78
It looks like the work has finally started on its way. Since mid-April, four teams have been working on the site: masons, concrete workers, carpenters and Dmitris the excavator. All the timber for the roof has been delivered and the ridge has appeared on the roof. At this stage, the roof will be covered with Continue reading
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