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Tiling the Great Room103 viewsTiling in process. There are different tiles used in the kitchen, great room and bedrooms. The tile is laid over a concrete slurry mix and leveled using straight lines.dozer
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Natural Stone Trim Finishing103 viewsHere the natural stone trim is sanded to remove any residual cement dust or other dis colorants. Notice how the trim was applied to the columns, vertically and each vertical row is at a staggered offset. A nice touch to a column. dozer
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Ceiling Structure103 viewsThe C Lie suspension rails used are the heavier grade and are spaced at about 60 centimeters by 1 meter intervals. Note the tiered ceiling section on the left side (to support the two levels of ceiling structure).dozer
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Column Layout102 viewsThe boards on the outside of the building area are for attaching the layout lines which indicate the positions of each footing/column. dozer
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Perimeter Wall Openings102 viewsThe perimeter wall decorative openings as per the plan. These have light fixtures int he top of the opening for a nice touch in the evenings.dozer
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Walking in the Front Door102 viewsThe doors and windows are the thicker white aluminum (than normally used in subdivisions) and have a sturdy feel. This is the view from the front entry as we walk in the house. To the right is the kitchen and straight ahead is the front room, with entertainment and TV area straight ahead and off to the right. dozer
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Terrazzo Counter Troweling101 viewsThe dry concrete mix (with added natural pigment for coloration) is hand troweled into place. This requires experienced guys who know how to add just enough water (which is sprinkled on top of the dry concrete mix so it can be worked) and apply pressure to work out the air bubbles.dozer
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A/C Installation101 viewsThe A/C unit during installation. Note the electrics are not surface mounted (the are in the wall as with other fixtures) and on the outside the main compressor is wall mounted so as not to take up any ground space and minimize the connection distance. This is a 13000 BTU unit which can cool the master bedroom + great room.dozer
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Rust Painted Weld101 viewsAfter a few days of raw welds any good team will automatically paint the welds. Just a point of procedure to verify. dozer
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Footing Frame100 viewsThe footings holes will each be 1 meter wide by 1 meter long by 1 meter deep. The footing frame is placed in 35 cm of concrete at the bottom of each footing hole. This is a pic of 5 of them stacked on top of each other.dozer
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Layout100 viewsA piece of nylon string and 3mm rebar indicating the middle of a particular column. dozer
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Fascia100 viewsThis project used the heavier conwood (6" and 8") as fascia. This seems to work better than the thinner Shera fascia as the conwood doesn't warp over time.dozer
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