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Diary - January 2010

Jan 29, 2010

The Mares blocks of the roof overhang are all fixed now and until Friday the roof will be prepared for tiling.

This week we are lucky with the weather and it only rains once. The works with the rough plaster at the storefront are continuing fastly.

Now the machinery room is almost ready prepared. The ceiling is painted by now and the last wall tiles are set. After the silicone angles are prepared, the plumbers can begin with the whole heating and water installations.

The plastering works will be finished by the end of the week and all false ceilings have been prepared. The false ceilings are only missing within the big wine cellar now. Before that can happen, we have to move the stored machines for the plastering works which can only happen after the ceiling of the machinery room is painted, which needs....

Jan 22, 2010

Week review: The preparation of the cornice is very complex, we are not allowed to excess total heigth of 10 m. We have to fit in the mares-blocks with millimeter precision and they have to be connected to the storefront and the roof with stainless steel anchors. The big blocks have a weight of 70 kg and are laid in 10 m height by hand. The cornice has a depht of 45 cm with the two layers of blocks.

The plasterer continues with his works. The false ceilings on 1st and 2nd floor will be ready by the end of the week and we will continue with the kitchen next week.

The definite soundproof ceiling of the machinery room is ready. The pavement on the walls will be ready by Friday. Only the painting is missing and by the following week we can start with the setting of the machines. The ceiling in the area of the first area of the basement is ready. Here we chose a system that uses connected elements. This eases the access for maintenance works.

All pipes for the floor heating are laid and the pavement in all big rooms of the ground floor can be cast. We used about 3 km of pipelines alltogether. They will take care of nice warmth in all rooms.

The big scaffolding is fixed and the side ones are prepared. Until the end of the week there will also bee a blind and the green net is saving pedestrians from falling things.

The delivery of Calizas has arrived and 6 pallets, heavy and stuffed with prepared elements of stone are craned to the roof. The scaffolding is prepared so we can start with the works on the cornice, the strim strip at the storefront and the first window borderings.

Jan 15, 2010

The elements for the scaffolding are delivered. The assembly will take at least one day. The scaffolding has to reach the height of the roof, which is about 10 m.

Jan 14, 2010

Last preparation works for the installation of the floor heating on ground floor. The floor at the entrance area gets its definete height and its surface of planar concrete. Beginning from Thursday the plumers will start with laying the isolation elements for the floor heating.

A delivery of ceiling elements arrives. Until Thursday the first "false" ceiling - here at the entrance area entering from the garage - will be assemblied and sealed. Continuing with the ceileing within the garage and the following ceilings.

Jan 12, 2010

The three showers on first and second floor each get a wall heating. It will be warm and cosy while showering... The assemblied heating elements are fixed with mortar and the wall evened - prepared for the wall tiles.

The pavements of the first floor are ready and the fundaments of the in- wall cupboards are prepared. Overnight we some had visitors. The signs are telling us that it was the species "Felis lybica catus". But as long as it is only cats...

Jan 8, 2010

Cyclone "Daisy" brings also here on Majorca frosty temperature and Sevi is happy with my wolfe fur cap. Inspite of the many holidays we had within the last two weeks many work has been finished. The electricians have begun with the cabling and installations in the fuse box...

...and the plumers install the floor isolation and the heating tubes for the floor heating on first floor. In the Thursday meeting we had an expert for the extra hang underneath ceilings. We will begin with this works the upcoming week.

The stone plates for the wall tops are cut to size and fit in, with a slight decline to the side. The gaps are filled with mortar.

The first wall covering, here the outer side of the wall for the solar panels, gets the definite skim first. Then we can remove the man carrying platform and fit in the upper wall tops. Slowly one gets an impression of the front what it looks like when it is ready.

Floor- and wall tiles in the machinery room are laid and grouted. The entrance to the swamp is also prepared and gets its cover. Here in the machinery room we will install the extra ceiling and grout the walls, then we can begin with the installation of the machine outfit.

Jan 01, 2010

Happy New Year!