Today I decided to approach another "challenging" task since it's involving besides a lot of physical labor also various delicate planning decisions: the insulation of the ground floor. The digging has started around the most tricky areas...
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24 January 2024
Digging a new ground floor
21 January 2024
Reducing demolition debris
When it comes to reducing the impact of a major demolition, it's quite hard to gain any positive effect. On a small manageable scale, hand-sifting debris allows to separate fine sand from gravel and bigger debris that eventually could end up being dumped or reused in a new construction.
The volume and the weight is reduced at least by half... which is a great result already!
13 January 2024
More cork
The process of laying down the cork insulation on this floor it's quite physical and tiring. Using correctly the leverages of the body is the most important task... so thankful that I can work squatting down instead of kneeling all the time!
This a time lapse sequence of a one day of work (doing just half of the surface).
Hold on tight and keep going on...
12 January 2024
Getting the right mix
Cork and lime floor insulation
Preparing for the flooring
04 January 2024
Cork and lime insulated floor
For this room I have planned to put a wooden floor with underneath an insulation layer made of cork and lime, both natural materials that inspire me a lot... I am really looking forward to try them out! The overall thickness is not going to be that much (due to the very low height of the window). Better than nothing anyway:
5 cm total = 1,8 cm of wooden boards + 3,2 cm of insulation
This is a short sequence showing the process of fixing the supports for the wooden floor.
03 January 2024
02 January 2024
New light in the new year
This is the ceiling of the new bathroom...