Humberto Primo

the floors finally are finished, with underfloor heating, Ebony (ebono) african hardwood, and a fine finish…

now, we cover the again for the final painting…

The ensuite bathroom starts to take form

Finally new framework and glass change the passageway for the better

The new wood floors are seen here before sanding, left as such for 3 months to settle

The African “ebony” wood for the floors arrived !

Was hauled upstairs…all 1.5 tons of it…

and I spent the weekend sorting what goes where !

Then work started on the layout and installation…

After finishing the under floor heating installation, the system was fired up and left to run for a week, nicely drying out all the cement floors.

the living room floor has been raised now (as has the whole house) by 12 cms to accomodate the uner floor heating and various layers above and below such. Fortunately with 5 metre ceilings the impact is non-existent.

the passageway roof is ripped off, and soon too those ugly aluminium window frames will go

the master bedroom dressing room and bathroom start to take shape

looking down the hall to the second bathroom 

another skylight is added to the ceiling of the second bedroom

the laundry door gets put in 

and an access to the loft study is made, awaiting the balcony and stairs to be installed

Owing to works in other apartments and the needs of those clients that override my own desires to continue at full tilt, work on my place slowed a little…

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Still, we managed to finish laying all the floor heating, cover over it with cement and start to prepare the walls with plaster, start the formations of the fireplace, and lay all the new gas pipes.

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The question I have is…when will it all end ? 

With the underfloor heating tubes laid, a top coat of cement goes over the pipes in preparation for the wood floors to be laid.

work on the new underfloor heating system

over these pipes, we will soon lay cement over which the hardwood floor will be laid

  Miguel and team – pleased with their work

Removing debris is a good thing !

But better still is the progress being made installing the underfloor heating system