Utility Room

Hubby and FIL installed the basement window in our Utility Room. This is pre-requisite for having the water installation, which should be happening soon. FIL also painted the walls white on this room. This is the only room in the house that is at least 50% finished.

Earth Cable from Power Box to the Basement

In the afternoon, Electric Company Gundlach called and mentioned they are going to check on the building site power as well as putting the earth cable from the Power Box made by E-ON to our basement. I went directly to the building site to meet the person from Gundlach.

I helped him pull the earth cable since it was not possible to do it with one person. He was on the basement pushing the earth cable out, and I was outside waiting for the site of the earth cable. As soon as it was there, I was able to pull a meter or so.. and then Gundlach went out to pull the rest.

Power, Gas and Telephone Installation Day 2 (Verlegung HausanschlüsseTag 2)

I was already on the building site at 8am this morning. The Excavation Company people were late. They arrived around 8:40am. During this times, I was able to take some pictures of what they were able to finish yesterday.

We also had luck that the TV cable was already there and they asked the Telephone Company people if the Exacavation Company people can already prepare it in. Good thing that everything went well. That is atleast one good news out of many bad news whew!

After lunch, I was able to reached the Electric Company. They said that they will do the earth cable installation tomorrow from the Hausanschluss-Säule to the basement. Since we also have the building site power from them, they also mentioned of checking on it.

In the afternoon, I went to check on the finish work of the E-ON for the Power, Electric and Telephone installations.

The Power (the one with the blue color paint) and the Gas line (the thick black cable).

This is how the installation looks like from the inside.

This is the telephone and TV cable installed inside one big pipe.

Power, Gas and Telephone Installation Day 1 (Verlegung Hausanschlüsse Tag 1)

Today at 7:55 am, I received a call from the Excavation Company who is working together with the Power, Gas and Telephone companies. They mentioned that they were already on the building site, would like to start working and needs to have an access to our basement. I went there asap and clear-up how they were going to do it. I just would like to make sure that it is how we discussed it with the Power and Telephone Companies. It took awhile before they were able to start to dig because they have a different plan from the one we discussed with the Power Company (E-ON Mitte). E-ON Mitte arrived on the building site at around 10am and called me at home. I went back to the building site to talk with them. They also talked with hubby on the phone. At the end, the installation was now infront of our house. This was how we discussed it before, except that, the Hausanschluss-Säule was originally on the side of the carport.

Here are some pics...

Base Sealing / Waterproofing Exterior Foundation Walls Failed

I went to the building site this morning to cut the BT 21 for all the corners. We were planning to do it this afternoon, but to no avail... it rained again (as usual) :(

Installing the Electric Roller Shutter Part 1 (Rolllädenmotor Installation Teil 1)

Hubby decided to install the electric roller shutter, today. Though we both have no enough sleep, because of a date last night ;) the next day is still another day to work on the building site. I actually like to finish the base sealing but the weather is not cooperating. Frustrating as it is... but that's life.

He finished installing all the electric roller shutter on the second floor of the house in one afternoon. The rest will be to follow.

Base Sealing / Waterproofing Exterior Foundation Walls Part 1 (Sockelabdichtung Teil 1)

The weather is not that cooperative. It is raining. When doing the waterproofing of the exterior foundation walls, the weather should be dry. One afternoon, it was dry so we started it, but since we were out-of-time, we were not able to finish it. I hope we will be able to accomplish it before he gets back to work.

Here are the initial pictures..

Basement Windows' Installation

Today at exactly 8 am, the people from PREIS (Window and Door Company) were already in the building site. Hubby went there as soon as possible.

I visited the building site after Kindergarten. The PREIS people installed 3 windows in the basement. They were finished around 11 am. It brought different light when the windows were installed.

Here are some pics...

Our laundry room's view from the inside.

Our laundry room's view from the outside.

Basement room 1, view from the inside.

One of the basement room 1 window's view from the outside.

Preparing for the Base Sealing (Sockelabdichtung)

Today the weather is cold but dry. Hubby work on the preparation of the base sealing (sockelabdichtung). Before starting to paint the BT 26 and pasting the BT 21, the important parts should be cleaned with no holes open on it.

I also contacted the companies E-ON Mitte for our electricity and gas installation. Unfortunately, until now we did not get any update when should it be. The water company will visit on Friday since we decided to do the excavation directly from them and not from an independent company.

When I visit the building site, hubby already started the painting of BT 26. Here are some pictures...

Solar Panel Installation Part 1

Early in the morning while on my way back home from Kindergarten, I received a call from our Heating System Installer. He is already on the building site, on the roof :) As soon as I told hubby, he directly go there. I was not able to saw the installation because fil decided to go there too.