Bit by bit

Another good week on the build this week. As we had lifted the tiles onto the roof at the weekend, it was all ready to start laying them out on Monday, Ari's lad, Rami, was at a bit of a loose end, so we employed him for the tile laying, good that he was free this week, it really is a job for a young guy, old gits like me try to steer clear of roofing, the muscles just don't want to respond to the challenge, as it was Rami did an excellent job up there, especially as it was his first time, we had planned on a week to do the job, that's what it took, the weather was very kind to us as well, Rami got a half decent suntan, now the temps reached 25 degrees, almost tempted to down tools and drink beer instead.

RAMI WORKING AT THE VALLEY
GETTING THERE, BIT BY BIT.PLASTIC RIDGE SEALER, WITH VENTILATION HOLES.RIDGE TILES BEING SCREWED DOWN.AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.

Meanwhile, down at ground level, Ari and I were inside, we were digging in the drains, setting out water pipes, laying the Styrofoam insulation sheets and fitting the integrated vacuum cleaner, hopefully we can get the floor layers in next week, that will be all the difficult part of the build done then, from there on in it's plain sailing.

SEWAGE AND WATER PIPES UNDERGROUND. The reason they are underground is, we don't want to lose any of the insulation properties in the external walls. this is normal procedure in Finland.Blue pipes are for the cold water, they are fitted under the Styrofoam, the hot on top.INTEGRATED VACUUM CLEANER, PIPES ARE FITTED UNDER THE FLOOR.VACUUM CLEANER PIPE, IT COMES IN BETWEEN THE DIVIDING WALLS, there is a socket box, which you connect the vacuums hosepipe to, it is activated with a low voltage switch, which in turn activates the vacuum cleaner.RADON SHIELD, this is a bitumen based felt, used also as a damp-proof course, it is fitted between the Styrofoam sheets, it's purpose is to guide the Radon Gas, (classed as a cancerogenic) to the outside of the building.