The Private Stairs
So what’s it like? These pictures should show it off nicely: The added stairs also mean that the terrace can get some immediate use for laundry
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The Private Terrace
It’s time to figure out how to build our way up to the private terrace in the North-West room. We’ve decided to do it the simplest way possible. All wood steps fastened on both sides to the two walls. Exciting! Floating stairs seems scary – but why not? Look at that! Starting to resemble our […]
Electrical time
In order to move the electrical boxes we were required to turn off the power leading into the yard. In order to turn off the power we needed a key to the power box. If you want to get the key, you have to pay the local government roughly 2000RMB for them to open the […]
Mr. Wood
This is an exciting part, the stairs are all starting to get installed now. They are all being made by hand out of wood — by one person. He doesn’t really speak mandarin, and works on his own ultra-slow schedule, but the stairs should be pretty good in the end. His main tool The entrance, […]
Metal work
Just in time, the metal is all in place ready and waiting for some of the stairs that are being finished up as we eat lunch.
Toilets
Not terribly exciting, but here are shots of the plumbing being installed directing waste into the well.
A glass dining room
It’s been decided– Rather than cover the entire roof with concrete slabs, as assumed earlier, 1/4 of the surface will be turned into glass! And here’s a series of photos showing the entire process: Getting the wind engineer to inspect the work to be done. Building the glass frame Passing the glass up onto the […]
Digging a hole
Time to build a well. Not quite the fun kind for getting drinking water or simply falling into. But watching our worker disappear into a 2m deep pit is something special. Along the way he discovered plenty of broken porcelain cups as well.
Sunsheet coverings
Today our entrance gets a facelift once again. It’s finally rain-proof – mostly. Just in time too! Once the worker finished sealing it up he’s gone full speed ahead with the rain-guard on all the walls
View from up top
Just some eye-candy to feast on. The place is slowly beginning to look reasonably attractive….
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