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My wooden deck is slowly taking shape. Over the past few weeks, I have been occasionally placing some old precast concrete slabs and stone remnants as a mixed substructure in the evenings. Today, the support battens made of Bangkirai were finally delivered, so I laid them out and aligned them as a test.

I hope to pick up the decking wood tomorrow. It will probably be smooth Cumaru boards unless I find something nicer locally. Of course, plenty of plastic spacers will be placed underneath to keep everything stable.

i_b_n_a_n schrieb:

My wooden deck is slowly taking shape! Over the past few weeks, I’ve been placing some old concrete paving slabs and leftover stones mixed together as a substructure in the evenings. Today, I finally received the supporting battens made of bankirai and immediately laid them out for a test and alignment.

I hope to pick up the decking wood tomorrow. It will probably be smooth Cumaru boards unless I find something better locally. There will, of course, be plenty of those plastic spacers underneath to keep everything stable. 😉

I’m not sure if this is the correct way to do it, but you still get a "like" from me for the nice, green lawn. 🙂

We’re moving today, even though I’d prefer to spend more time here than carrying boxes. I’ll share some pictures of the interior soon.

Holzhäuschen schrieb:

Exactly like that.
There will be tiles on top, yes. But as I said, if the building expert recommends something, we will do it. We've already been advised to cut and resin the cracks. However, our expert will decide that; I’m not very familiar with screed, but I already thought it couldn’t stay like that.

Thanks for the advice, we definitely have it under control. The tiles won’t go down until October, so it’s no issue for now.

Correct, cut about 2cm (1 inch) deep, then make crosscuts at intervals of about 5-10cm (2-4 inches), insert "staples," and resin them. We have to do that as well between the hallway and the utility room.

So, this Saturday I pushed ahead despite temperatures above 30°C (86°F) 😉 After breakfast, I borrowed a car with a trailer from my nephew, picked up wood (self-service = selecting and loading it myself :oops 🙂, and unloaded it. Then back with the car and trailer... By then it was already lunchtime.
OK, I admit I only started around 9:30 a.m. 😉

Then I leveled the substructure and aligned all of the roughly 70 "caps," partly doweling them into the ground and attaching them to the substructure with stainless steel (V2A) screws. The mEA very beautiful decking boards are currently just laid loosely on top. Starting Monday, I plan to shorten the substructure and probably begin screwing down the terrace boards. Also, a temporary privacy screen definitely needs to go up before the hedge is planted in September/October and starts to grow...

@i_b_n_a_n, I really like that. The wood looks fantastic. What did you decide on?

I’ll spare you more pictures of the roof insulation 😉

But finally, our scaffolding is gone after only 5 months 😀
The house initially looked quite strange, much smaller but also taller at the same time.
It didn’t matter though, we quickly got used to it and are really happy!

Here are a few impressions of the house without scaffolding:
My phone camera captured the house in about 10 different colors, but the one closest to the real color is in the first picture here in the
southwest

northwest viewed from the forest

northeast viewed from the forest

the west side

The view from my room is also much better now

And in the evening, we got a really nice surprise – our bat boxes have been occupied!

Our window sills finally got their cover caps 🙂

Yesterday we didn’t plan to go to the house until someone called at 2:30 pm asking if we could be there in an hour – where and when?
The delivery service for our floorboards forgot to tell us the delivery day…
We managed to negotiate a two-hour window and received our solid ash wood floorboards.
So beautiful!
I mean, just look for yourselves. I’m totally in love.

Since Thursday, the heating program for the screed has finally started. Not much moisture is expected since it’s been there for a while now. This will finish by August 22.
From then on, we’ll spend two weeks at the house for vacation. That’s when we’ll really push forward.

The utility room wall will be fully clad so the internet can be connected. Then we’ll build up the wooden walls in the kitchen so the electrician can install the first boxes and we can disconnect the construction power.
After that, the guest toilet will be done, so we have our own restroom in the house. The bathroom upstairs needs to be finished by October so the tiler can start.
Then we’ll work on Sepp’s room, where we’ll move in temporarily until everything else is finished.
We’ll be terminating our apartment leases soon as well.

Very exciting times!

Holzhäuschen schrieb:

@i_b_n_a_n, I really like that. The wood looks fantastic. What did you decide on?

I’ll spare you any more pictures of insulating the roof 😉

But finally, our scaffolding is gone after just 5 months 😀
At first, the house looked really odd, much smaller, but taller.
Anyway, we got used to it quickly and are very happy!

Here are some impressions of the house without the scaffolding:
My phone camera shows about 10 different colors, but the one closest to reality is in the first picture here in the southwest
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Northwest side from the forest
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Northeast side from the forest
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West side
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The view from my room is much better now as well

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And then in the evening, a really nice surprise – our bat boxes were occupied!
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Our window sills finally got their protective caps 🙂

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Yesterday we hadn’t planned to go to the house, until around 2:30 pm someone called and asked if we could be there in an hour – where are we and when?? The delivery company for our floorboards forgot to tell us the delivery date... We managed to negotiate a two-hour window and took delivery of our solid ash hardwood floorboards.
So beautiful!
I mean, just look for yourself. I’m totally in love.
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Since Thursday, the heated curing program for the screed has finally started. Not much moisture is expected, and it’s already been lying there quite some time. It will be done by August 22. From then on, we have two weeks off to work on the house, a proper holiday. Then we’ll really push ahead.

The utility room will be fully boarded on one wall so the internet can be installed there. After that, we’ll build up the wooden walls in the kitchen, so the electrician can install the first junction boxes and we can get rid of the construction power. Then the guest toilet, so we have a private bathroom in the house. By October, the bathroom upstairs has to be finished so the tiler can start. Then we’ll move on to Sepp’s room, where we’ll move in first until everything else is done. We’ll be terminating our rental apartments soon as well.

Very exciting times!

Hello @Holzhäuschen,
As always, beautiful pictures. A very lovely house, although I did imagine it a bit bigger from the previous photos 😉. The main thing is it fits your needs. But with so much forest all around, I guess you’ll be living half outdoors?

With a lot of work done by yourself, moving onto a construction site is probably normal (my nephew and his girlfriend did the same, and are now gradually furnishing and finishing the place).

My decking boards are made of “Cumaru.” I picked them out a few weeks ago at a local timber supplier. The expert said to oil them once, then the striking grain pattern really comes out.