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:
When I came back, the ceiling joists were already being installed:
Here comes a ceiling panel flying in:
Only the last bit is missing to complete the ceiling:
Then I went down to get a first sense of the space:
This will be the workshop!
Now it’s finished:
Only the hole for the staircase entrance remains!
This is how it looks downstairs now:
This will be the guest room; the window is already pre-cut, as you can see.
And our worry that the rooms might be too small was completely unfounded. They are very well proportioned and more than sufficient!
And it smells so good!
We are absolutely thrilled
Here comes a ceiling panel flying in:
Only the last bit is missing to complete the ceiling:
Then I went down to get a first sense of the space:
This will be the workshop!
Now it’s finished:
Only the hole for the staircase entrance remains!
This is how it looks downstairs now:
This will be the guest room; the window is already pre-cut, as you can see.
And our worry that the rooms might be too small was completely unfounded. They are very well proportioned and more than sufficient!
And it smells so good!
We are absolutely thrilled
Everything went wonderfully; the parts were delivered perfectly, and not a single tiny detail needed correction (which is not always the case). The atmosphere was great, and everyone enjoyed themselves because everything ran smoothly.
As a result, we even finished relatively quickly, and around five o’clock the basement was carefully “packed up” to protect it from the forecasted rain over the weekend.
To do this, the EPDM membrane was laid on top:
At the end, the parts that also needed to stay dry were placed on top, and a large tarp was spread over everything. In the end, it looked like a yurt, but I forgot to take pictures. You can’t see much anyway—just a large, square structure with a raised center where a white tarp was tied down.
That evening, we celebrated our basement extensively with family and neighbors.
It was nice.
It easily withstood the rain overnight, but now a storm is expected, and we have secured everything at the site, especially the insulation boards, which had already been blown around. Now we hope the storm won’t be too severe and that everything stays well covered.
So now we are proud basement owners!
As a result, we even finished relatively quickly, and around five o’clock the basement was carefully “packed up” to protect it from the forecasted rain over the weekend.
To do this, the EPDM membrane was laid on top:
At the end, the parts that also needed to stay dry were placed on top, and a large tarp was spread over everything. In the end, it looked like a yurt, but I forgot to take pictures. You can’t see much anyway—just a large, square structure with a raised center where a white tarp was tied down.
That evening, we celebrated our basement extensively with family and neighbors.
It was nice.
It easily withstood the rain overnight, but now a storm is expected, and we have secured everything at the site, especially the insulation boards, which had already been blown around. Now we hope the storm won’t be too severe and that everything stays well covered.
So now we are proud basement owners!
Lumpi, originally we planned a completely conventional concrete basement. We just couldn’t find a basement specialist who would give us a firm commitment. Everyone was like: yes, yes, we’ll build you a basement if we have time. But if a big construction project comes up, sorry, that takes priority.
It was so frustrating! The local construction workers are all so fully booked that they can choose the large projects, and with your small basement project costing a maximum of 100,000 € (about 110,000 USD), you’re not the kind of business they need. It’s nice if they suddenly have a few weeks with not much to do, but otherwise they prefer the 3 million € (about 3.3 million USD) projects.
That’s how we ended up with a wooden basement. We didn’t even know such a thing existed. It’s not cheaper, actually about 5–10% more expensive.
But now we are very happy it turned out this way. We really like timber construction, and having a wooden basement for our timber house makes the whole thing flow together perfectly... or rather, like it’s all made from one tree.
And things like heating the screed and drying times don’t affect us at all!
It was so frustrating! The local construction workers are all so fully booked that they can choose the large projects, and with your small basement project costing a maximum of 100,000 € (about 110,000 USD), you’re not the kind of business they need. It’s nice if they suddenly have a few weeks with not much to do, but otherwise they prefer the 3 million € (about 3.3 million USD) projects.
That’s how we ended up with a wooden basement. We didn’t even know such a thing existed. It’s not cheaper, actually about 5–10% more expensive.
But now we are very happy it turned out this way. We really like timber construction, and having a wooden basement for our timber house makes the whole thing flow together perfectly... or rather, like it’s all made from one tree.
And things like heating the screed and drying times don’t affect us at all!
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