We’re done. The house is ready. This week we finished the last details:
We received the staircase by special delivery, and shipped it to the island, by boat. Small boat this time.
shipping the staircase to the island
We place our wooden walls straight on the concrete foundation, and then, between our walls, the cement & concrete guys add a few extra layers:
In this house we don’t do layer 4. No tiles, no wood, just cement on top. Looks cool and modern, and contrasts nicely with the wooden walls. Just a matter of preference. The combination of floor heating and a wooden floor is a little unusual, but we have wooden floors that are specially engineered to be combined with floor heating.
The main problem with this floor? Layer 3: the cement. We need to bring a 35 tonnes cement mixer to the island, on a pontoon. Today was pontoon day.
We start with a floor like this: concrete load bearing base, then insulation, floor heating (that’s the yellow lines), steel grid.
the floor as when we start
Some people think that living in a wooden house you will be forced to keep painting for the rest of your life. Or even worse: sanding! It is not that bad.
