ᐅ House Photos Discussion Corner – Share Your Home Pictures!

Ypsi aus NI schrieb:

Didn't you have some new username? Or was that someone _really_ new? Kati2022 or something?

No, that’s not me. I didn’t even notice that. 🙂

Progress ^.^
The first photo earlier was from Tuesday, this one is from today.
Unfortunately, there’s a rain spot on the lens. But there’s also a rainbow. 😉

Holzhäuschen schrieb:

Here we go again.
We spent two weeks at the house and barely managed to get anything done. I’m very frustrated right now, really exhausted, and have zero motivation at the moment. I’m sure that will change, but that’s how things are right now.

You still have my full respect, and even more since this week. I took this week off to work on the garden shed. The kitchen’ll probably have to be stored there temporarily until the house is finished, plus I want to have something to store bikes and so on before moving in. The plan was simple: 1.5 to 2 days for the foundation, 1 day to assemble, 1 day for the roof. Then some painting. Now day 5 is over, we’ve been on site long hours every day, and the roof is still only half done... but I think we’ve now figured out how to do (almost) everything. Tonight I deliberately walked through the house because a lot happened this week: sanitary and electrical rough-ins are finished, the roof has been covered, and after 3 months without water I finally have a temporary construction water connection again (I’ll tell that story another time). Also, today the scaffolding was taken down for now.

The plan was straightforward: 1.5 to 2 days for the foundation, 1 day for assembly, 1 day for the roof. Then some painting afterwards. It’s the end of day 5, we’ve been at the construction site every day for hours, and the roof is still missing,

Foundation for a garden shed? Our landscaper simply laid paving slabs on the designated area, and we assembled the Karibu Mylau 5 over a weekend. Okay, painting took an extra two days...

I’m sharing a picture of our garden pond. Installed and designed by ourselves 🙂

Marvinius schrieb:

Foundation for a garden shed? Our landscaper simply laid slabs on the designated area, and we assembled the Karibu Mylau 5 over a weekend. Okay, painting took an extra two days...

Yes, we also built a slab foundation. Layer of gravel, concrete curbs, and between them paving slabs on gravel and grit. Unfortunately, the plot has quite a bend at that spot and also happens to be the highest point. So we had to dig down a bit to avoid ending up too high. I’d never operated a mini excavator before either, so it wasn’t as efficient as planned. And a 1-ton excavator wasn’t ideal for the dry, rock-hard clay soil. On top of that, I blocked my own workspace with the soil piles. Getting a rough level with a spirit level is easier in theory than in practice — we only had the curbs properly leveled once they were in place. Waiting for them to be perfectly level took time. So the whole process just dragged on… it feels like we made every common beginner’s mistake.

And honestly, the whole shed is a bit more complex than a typical garden shed: two windows, flooring, tiled roof…

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kati1337 schrieb:

I never thought I’d be posting in this thread again, but here we are. 🙂
Last week, the concrete slab was poured, and this week the masons have started work.
It’s exciting to watch. With a ring beam and all—that’s usually not necessary in flat Lower Saxony.
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What do you mean by "flat" in the photo? That looks almost like high mountains compared to the usual landscape in Lower Saxony.