This week was much less exciting then the last. I have learned that I find walls going up much more exciting than the flooring. And it was a floor/ceiling week and there wasn't really anything new that happened. For that reason, I have a super short post this week. On Monday the guys started to make the moulds for the cement ceiling, then they laid the first layer of steel rods. Next the electricians came by and laid out the tubing for the wires to go in later. A...

Hello and welcome back! It was a really exciting week this week (although I feel like I say that every week). We went from having a basement ceiling that was visually just a bunch of wires to the first floor "skelton" being complete. Let me tell you how that happened. On Monday, the guys poured the concrete for the ceiling of the basement, hiding all of the tubing that we saw last week. They then also completed connecting all of the basement wind...

After this week, it is actually starting to look like our basement and I can start picturing the rooms. On Monday two guys came to build the walls in the basement. This is what the walls will remain like. We are not finishing the basement, which is very common in Switzerland. So Paul mentioned that they build the basement walls with a lot of effort to make sure that they look good. Apparently when this step is repeated for the walls on the main floor and upp...

Well what an exciting week it has been. The weather was amazing all week, which meant that they were able to work rather quickly. Monday morning started off with framing for the base floor. The base floor is to ensure an even playing field is set for the house. This base floor is called "Magerbeton" (I tried translating that with Google Translate and it just literally translated the word, which I'm sure is not the correct English word). It is sim...

This week was the quiet before the storm week. Because of the Easter long weekend, Monday was a day off as well. All day Tuesday and until noon on Wednesday the excavator was digging out the hole for the new house. At noon on Wednesday this was completed and the excavator was loaded up and taken away. On Thursday morning, something that is very unfamiliar with me happened. Houses in Switzerland are mostly made of concrete and cinder blocks, unlike the wood...