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- As the roof continues…There is the wheelbarrow runner; the spreader; and the smoother.
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- Now you can see the forms for some of the skylights
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- Electrical wiring coming down from the roof. Yes it is under the cement, so no change orders now.
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- A view from the roof. On the right you can see the covered outdoor kitchen on the peak you can see a form for a skylight.
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- Another view from the roof. You can see the forms for the skylights with the bamboo showing. In the back you can see they are starting on the dome over the breakfast room
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- It is Saturday and yup they are working. That mound of dirt was just delivered you see on the left.
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- The Dome over the round breakfast room is going up. But what do the bags of cement have to do with it?
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- Roof sealed and forms for skylights are now off too.
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- Now that is a cement roof alright. Must be something like 3+ inches thick. This is with a very thick sealing coat on the cement.
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- Skylight now showing in the Master just at the entrance to the closet. You can see that the slats are gone between a couple of the ceiling beams
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- From where the stove will be in the kitchen. You can see the kitchen Skylights in upper left and upper right. Indoor patio is in the center of the picture.
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- Now Palm branches over the cement bags hmmmm.
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- Say what? Dirt over the Palm branches? Curious minds are wondering about the process of building the dome. It looks more like a beaver house.
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- Finally figuring out what is going on with the Dome roof over the breakfast room… All the palm branches and other stuff was just filling the void below the real dome.They spent awhile today smoothing the surface and now you can see the re-bar is in place for the real roof over the Dome.
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- This is the indoor patio and they have just finished making the edges for the pyramid ceiling. You can see the square hole on the tower in this picture where the round window made of wine bottles from the last Minga will go.
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- Look closely and you can see the electrical connections are being mounted near where the skylight will go.
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- A puzzle here – but I am sure when we figure it out it will make sense. The downside of not speaking good enough Spanish is… it makes it hard to ask questions when you don’t know enough words…But so far when we see the answers it all makes sense. Now with that introduction…The question here is, why are they building up like a mini wall higher than the roof of the patio? that is about 6 rows of bricks higher than the patio roof. Curious minds want to know; well forget curios minds, the owners want to know. Nice exposed beam in the corner eh, (that was for our Canadian friends).
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- This is some brickwork on the edge of our bodega.
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- A view from the back. To the left is the doors into the house; in the center is the kitchen; and to the right you can see the round breakfast room with the Dome roof.
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- The Dome is complete!!! It is a little after 6 pm and that is our crew playing soccer now that they have finished the work day. Cool Dome eh.
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- The week is over and details are appearing. This is the indoor patio and the mount for the glass pyramid is coming together.
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- Remember the wooden slats? They are becoming history. The black plastic is next to come off. Notice how much of those hardwood beams will show? This is Patrice’s officina. See this is also educational as you now have a new Spanish word you have learned, well those that picked on it have learned it, and for those that missed it…keep studying.
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- The Dome! That is the roof over the breakfast room.See that small point sticking up in the middle on top? that goes all the way through to the bottom and was used to shape the surface.
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- A view from the roof! You can see some of the skylights in various stages of completion.
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- That roof to the right of the picture is the front porch and as you can tell will have glass over that open part.
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- Again…The Dome!
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- This is the opening above the indoor patio. They made a place to collect the water runoff and that hole you see on the right by the opening is where the runoff will go.
Patrice I know this is a dream come true for you and Dave, I am so happy that your house “is almost finished and I am glad that Ecuador is your “really new home” … Love you tons !!!
Looks like you are having lot fun, we want to come and play with you.
oxox
Mi casa su casa – or…our playground is your playground 🙂
looks so interesting and exciting
bravo on your decisions
Adrian