Monday, finally, we get to start work on the inside, Ari and Rami started by carrying all the materials we need to work on the dividing walls, Gyproc boards, cinder blocks, framing materials and insulation wool.
Meanwhile, Joni came and helped me with the measuring out of the inner walls, also we had to fit the external doors and one window, this had been damaged in the factory, so had to be replaced.
JONI ASSISTING ME WITH THE MAIN DOOR.
UPPER SCREW TO THE FRAME
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Doors and windows are very easy to fit into place, in normal circumstances, they usually have their own frame, so no planing is necessary, just a matter of screwing it into place, we have a special adjustable screw for the job, normal thread into the frame of the house, an opposing thread which grips the door frame, allowing you to laterally move the frame, no need to use wedges anymore, there is a gap between the doorframe and the house, this is to allow us to fit about 15mm of insulation ensuring no cold spots.
LIFTING THE DOOR ONTO ITS HINGES.
FRONT DOOR FITTED.
Tuesday, Rami went up into the attic area, he started to put down the rockwool insulation, this is a 10 cm sheet of rockwool, it fits neatly between the roof trusses, very little cutting required.
Ari and I closed off the ceiling area, fitted the remaining vapour seal and ceiling battens, this had been left open to allow air to circulate more freely after the floor laying, allowing the moisture to escape as opposed to being absorbed by the walls.
I'LL MAKE A CARPENTER OUT OF ARI, CUTTING A CEILING BATTEN.
NAILING THE CEILING BATTEN INTO PLACE.
Wednesday, we started to do some bricklaying inside, first of all was the bottom course for the ``wet areas´´, then the firewall for the fireplace, this consists of a 20cm high cinder block for the wet areas, then a damp proof course is fitted, on top of that comes the wooden wall frame.
BOTTOM COURSE FOR THE FRAME, DAMP PROOF COUSE FITTED, water meter fitted as well, those are mandatory.
SAUNA AREA
FIREWALL, THE FIREPLACE WILL SIT IN THIS CORNER, the small pipe in the floor is for feed air to the fireplace. Firewall goes all the way to the ceiling.
Thursday and Friday, started on putting up the wooden frames for the internal walls, we can put the gyproc boards on one side only, we must leave the other open until the electrician comes and fits all his cabling and switchboxes, also I have to fit the connections for the plumbing before the other side can be fitted, the boards are ``extra hard gyproc´´, they can withstand a bit of punishment, they are impregnated with glass fibres making them more durable than the normal, it also makes them a tad more difficult to work with.
BEDROOM AND SMALL TOILET FRAMES AND BOARDS IN PLACE.
FRAMEWORK FOR THE SAUNA.
That takes care of another week on the build, hard to believe that the house only arrived 5 weeks ago.
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