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1 Mar 2017

Outer Walls from AAC Blocks + Installing Bearing Beams

As Summer of 2017 is approaching really fast, and I still have so many not post processed images from home remodeling works performed during Summer 206 in Adobe Lightroom library, I decide to extend articles and…

27 Feb 2017

Night Office 2016

It's in the far future I will build a fancy working space in our rural country house, for now we are still busy of replacing log walls with aerated concrete blocks.For now to perform…

25 Feb 2017

First Rows of Aerated Concrete Block For Pump Room

Let's keep building walls from aerated concrete blocks - the material I really love - it's easy to install, it's durable and it should be cost effective in combination with proper insulation.Today I was…

22 Feb 2017

Grading Soil Around Foundation

I could probably come up with an article How to grade soil around foundation, but I'm not an expert on this topic.In today's home remodeling series I will show with images how I leveled…

16 Feb 2017

When Foundations Crumble - Home Remodeling

When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? Psalm 11:3Today was meant to be an easy day, we had to continue foundation works, pouring in concrete, nothing complicated in fact, just…

13 Feb 2017

First plants for Rock Garden

Last summer we not only concreted a lot and demolished walls, but planted some plants and trees in the surrounding territory. See: Planting an Apple Tree (Doch Melbi / Daughter Melbi / Дочь Мелбы)After we shaped…

10 Feb 2017

Shaping Rock Garden

It was on the same day when guys and I demolished walls and poured in concrete for home foundation, while the better part of me, decided to shape a little bit rock garden we recently formed from…

3 Feb 2017

A Perfect Harmony

It was on a still and tranquil evening after a hard work day on home remodeling - for the record, today was one of the toughest days in my constructors career as we faced…

25 Jan 2017

Waiting For The Water Level To Rise In The Pond

In the mid Summer 2016, we did a major task - dug a pond, after pond excavation works we were left with a large hole in the middle of our rural property.There are no incoming…

22 Jan 2017

The Last Row of Aerated Concrete Blocks Masonry

Now, it was pretty easy to build first six rows of wall from aerated concrete blocks, see Constructing Wall From AAC blocks + Finishing Foundation Concreting Works for Bathroom, Another Day, Another Wall and Lintel Installation &…

15 Jan 2017

Lintel Installation & First Coffee Break

If you have been following my blog and in particular home remodeling series you are already familiar with our construction works at our rural country house we started back in 2015. In the Summer 2016…

12 Jan 2017

Another Day, Another Wall

Today was another lovely day to excel a little bit as a constructor. Today we continued to construct walls from aac blocks.It's fun, easy, like everyone could do this. As long as you keep…

6 Jan 2017

Remove a Wall to Finish Foundation Concreting

Some build home by pouring in foundation first, we started by replacing roof, removing walls and then pouring in foundation. Sounds intrigue? Continue reading to learn more.In today's home remodeling series a day when…

3 Jan 2017

Foundation From Fibo Ceramsite Blocks

It happened a a few weeks ago, when digging a trench around the existing foundation I discovered a missing foundation for one part of our rural house.Back then I quickly realized I will use Fibo ceramsite…

26 Dec 2016

Pouring Concrete Footing

Right, today I found a fix to the issue we discovered earlier this summer - missing foundation for the some parts of our rural house.Some few days ago I bough a concrete mixer, gravel…