ᐅ House Photos Discussion Corner – Share Your Home Pictures!

Created on: 25 Nov 2015 10:27
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Koempy
Hello,

It would be really great if everyone here could just post one or a few pictures showing the current state of their house.

I'll start right away.

For renovations, it’s best to provide a comparison of before and after the remodeling.

Before March 2014:



After May 2015:

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Baufie
29 Feb 2020 11:09
Solveigh schrieb:

Perfect weather to test the ZippScreens
Which manufacturer are your ZippScreens from?
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Solveigh
29 Feb 2020 13:00
@tumaa take a look. During the day, you can’t see inside, but you can faintly see out. However, it’s the opposite at night—when the interior lights are on, you can’t see outside clearly, but people outside can faintly see in. I will test it and report back on whether it’s really that bad.

@Müllerin As @rick2018 rightly points out, they come in various levels of transparency and fabric types. We chose the “sun protection” option only, because the fully opaque and thus darkening fabrics were not recommended to us. Those tend to wrinkle easily and might differ in color from the sun protection zips. I can’t say if that’s true.

We also have curtains, which mainly emphasize the architecture of the house. At least, I hope so!!

The reason we chose the zips is due to construction requirements. We definitely wanted full room height and very wide windows, which would have conflicted with the relatively large cassette boxes needed for traditional roller shutters in timber construction. External cassette boxes were not an option for us, so we went with the zips. They are also less vulnerable to wind and hail damage.

Of course, these are significantly more expensive than roller shutters, which was obvious.

@Baufie I hope it’s okay to say it here: Roma

Large living room window with lake and mountain view, interior with wooden floor.
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goalkeeper
3 Mar 2020 09:26
Underfloor heating loops installed – screed to be poured on Monday.

Only genuine with protective conduit...

Underfloor heating pipes laid on insulation foil; red clips secure the pipes in curved patterns.


Laid underfloor heating pipes in a spiral pattern on insulation foil in a construction room with a window.


Underfloor heating: white pipes laid in spiral coils on a construction site floor slab.


Underfloor heating: white pipes in spirals on insulation boards in the shell of the building.


Underfloor heating: white pipes looped on a grid mesh in a construction room.


Room with underfloor heating: white pipes arranged in spirals on insulation underlay, window visible.
Golfi903 Mar 2020 10:52
Did you have to point this out to your plumber, or did they take care of it on their own?
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goalkeeper
3 Mar 2020 10:59
Golfi90 schrieb:

Did you have to point this out to your plumber, or did he take care of it himself?

Of course, he did NOT handle it on his own...

...I politely brought it to the attention of both him and my general contractor.

Later, my general contractor told me that the plumber had gotten "nervous" and quickly installed the protective sleeves yesterday. He wanted to avoid any potential warranty issues.
Golfi903 Mar 2020 11:08
The most important thing is that protective conduits are now installed.
This really shows how useful this forum is! Or rather, how useful other people’s problems can be...