Thrilled about nubs
So much has happened, that I don’t know where to start telling. I guess I’ll have to upload several stories this time. Our stress levels have been challenged to the max. The end result is a lock on a door that can be closed. And the alarm system is switched ‘on’! Now let’s see whether I am able to explain the sequence of occurrences….
The blue insulation panels were covered with panels full of nubs. The tubes with warm water are clicked in between the nubs. The area is divided in zones, so you can heat up only the space you need. Under the closets there is no heating needed. There we manage with an extra layer of insulation. So that the whole surface is leveled out. It is a heavy task for the workers. The tubes weigh a ton and the floor with nubs is impossible to walk on. Next to that it is an enormous puzzle.
Facades, windows and doors
Only a day later another company arrived, with almost all necessary frames and glass! The professional team of PMS Aluminios mounted everything in just a day… I myself do not want to be there, to see, to know, to hear before it is all finished. I would only be in the way, panicking around over the risk of breaking something. The result is just as well a shock! Suddenly we own an ‘inside’. It is quite comfortable, this inside, safe and just nice. The light through the new windows is just as magnificent. I have a gigantic façade of 6 x 2.50 meter to enjoy the wonderful scenery of the Serra de Montejunto!
PVC
The doors and window frames are made of PVC, white on the inside and brown on the outside. Brown as in Corten steel. We’ll never have to paint anything anymore. The glass has a thickness of 3,5 cm and is UV-resistant. The façades in front and back of the living room are made of aluminum. They consist of three parts with 3.7 cm thick glass and can be opened up over two thirds of the width. Heavy locks and anchoring. At this moment we have not yet decided whether to open or close the side panel next to the front door. In the end it will be frosted glass, like the windows in the bathrooms. Otherwise the entrance hall might be very dark.
Keys
A huge moment, the (provisional) set of keys. When construction is done we’ll replace them with the final cylinder.
And the moon appeared just over the rim of the mountain, at the end of the afternoon. Thus creating a wonderful mirroring in the brand new windows of our house!