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:
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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stefanc847 Sep 2017 00:39Nice house. Unfortunately, it is also not within our budget, but it is nice.
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stefanc847 Sep 2017 01:06It’s been a long time since we shared our house designs and the soil investigation report here in the forum. We finally decided on a supposedly reliable but very busy construction company, a local carpentry firm. Because of that, everything took significantly longer than expected. Construction on their side won’t start until October.
HOWEVER, some progress has been made on the trades I’m managing myself. Yesterday, temporary construction power was connected (actually much earlier than needed, but better early than late), and today the earthworks began.
A roughly 1-meter (3 feet) thick gravel bed will be installed by the earthworks company I hired. Above that will go a 10-15cm (4-6 inches) layer of gravel as a capillary break, then 10cm (4 inches) of insulation, a 20cm (8 inch) concrete slab, and a 20cm (8 inch) floor build-up — all carried out by a subcontractor of the main builder.
As feared from the soil report, we found muddy, sticky soil at the base of the gravel layer. Fortunately, this only affects around 30% of the area. Where present, it’s really soft. In some spots, a rebar can be pushed manually up to 80cm (31 inches) deep into the ground without resistance. I was already expecting the worst, but the site manager was able to reassure me. Tomorrow they will “scoop out the slurry” and fill the holes with coarse gravel. This will likely require roughly 40 tons (44 US tons) of gravel and removal of the muddy material. This is absolutely manageable and much less severe than the report initially suggested. We’re hopeful — saving a few thousand euros would be nice, as costs have always been higher than planned so far.
By the way, the house will now be built slightly differently from the original designs shown. Anyone following our blog can find more information and pictures there.
HOWEVER, some progress has been made on the trades I’m managing myself. Yesterday, temporary construction power was connected (actually much earlier than needed, but better early than late), and today the earthworks began.
A roughly 1-meter (3 feet) thick gravel bed will be installed by the earthworks company I hired. Above that will go a 10-15cm (4-6 inches) layer of gravel as a capillary break, then 10cm (4 inches) of insulation, a 20cm (8 inch) concrete slab, and a 20cm (8 inch) floor build-up — all carried out by a subcontractor of the main builder.
As feared from the soil report, we found muddy, sticky soil at the base of the gravel layer. Fortunately, this only affects around 30% of the area. Where present, it’s really soft. In some spots, a rebar can be pushed manually up to 80cm (31 inches) deep into the ground without resistance. I was already expecting the worst, but the site manager was able to reassure me. Tomorrow they will “scoop out the slurry” and fill the holes with coarse gravel. This will likely require roughly 40 tons (44 US tons) of gravel and removal of the muddy material. This is absolutely manageable and much less severe than the report initially suggested. We’re hopeful — saving a few thousand euros would be nice, as costs have always been higher than planned so far.
By the way, the house will now be built slightly differently from the original designs shown. Anyone following our blog can find more information and pictures there.
ypg schrieb:
Photos, photos, photos, please These are still from the construction phase... taken at 12:51 PM... so the installers had already left by then...
Sascha_aus_H7 Sep 2017 08:15matte1987 schrieb:
@Sascha_aus_H Are those Steinberg fittings in the bathroom? correct