Wall Sleeve for Exhaust Hood (Mauerkasten Installation)

Hubby installed the wall sleeve for our exhaust hood today.

Unending Insulation Material Installation (Dämmung Dämmung Dämmung)

I think this part of building the house will never be finished until all the walls are closed. There will always be a place where I need to put the insulation materials. Today, I doubled the insulation materials on the ceiling of our kitchen. Instead of the original 100 cm thick, I installed now 2 x 100.

I still cannot close both end parts of the ceiling. Hubby still needs to install electric cables for our kitchen's sockets and lighting. But before we will be able to finalize that, we need to decide the design and the manufacturer of our future kitchen.

Talking about kitchen, I actually have a dream kitchen planned online. But then again, we need to make sure that every small and single details, are practical and fitting on our kitchen floor plan. This kitchen should be and hopefully will be my most favorite part of the house. I wish I can have my dream kitchen.

Installation of the Sanitary Systems / Plumbing (Sanitärinstallation)

Start of the week --- the continuation and final installation of the sanitary systems.

The workers started their job in the beginning of the week. First day, our plumber was able to install the iBox in our bathroom, guest WC and basement bathroom. On the second day, they were able to have the water pressure test and it is good to know that all the pipes are tightly close (no leaks). On the third day, our heating specialist installed the heating distributors (Fußbodenheizungsverteiler), made a water pressure test on it and installed the provisionary toilet at the basement.

Power Outlet and Switches at the Ground Floor (Elecktroinstallation Steckdosen und Schalter in EG)

This week hubby continued the electric works at the ground floor area. As soon as he was able to make the holes, it is then my turn to take out the cables from the wall. Then, he can set-up the sockets and switches. Good thing that I documented where the sockets and switches are in a floor plan. It is then easy to mark on the wall. This is one way of making sure that when hubby makes the holes, he will not hit the cables and/or the timber.

Drywall Installation Pantry Part 1 (Rigips Installation Vorratskammer Teil 1)

I was only able to work at the building site, in the morning. I marked all the light switches and sockets. After that, hubby made the holes.

In the afternoon, hubby started to install the drywall at the Pantry.

I was able to visit the building site with the kids in the afternoon. They were excited to help their dad =)

Drywall Installation Windows (Rigips Installation Fenster)

This afternoon, hubby and his dad worked at the building site. They finished the drywall installation on the windows sides.

Galery Light

I was browsing the net and was able to stumble on this hanging light that caught my attention. It is almost the design that hubby and I like. This is gonna be perfect for our galery. I also like it because it is with LED light. This is how it looks like:

This is the description on the site where I saw it:

"Phoenix LED" is a stylish industrial lamp made of aluminum and Plexiglas. The cool, modern design complements many home interiors and is designed by designer piece. The underside of the lamp is covered with a glass plate which has a satin edge.

Vapor Retarder Installation Living Room Wall (Dampfbremsefolie Installation Wohnzimmer Wand)

This morning, I finished the last vapor retarder installation in our living room's wall, while hubby continued to do the rigips on the dinning area. In the afternon, I was able to mark the sockets, switches and clean-up the building site.

We need to finish the ceiling of the kitchen, office room and the WC soon, so at least we will have our floor screed in the very near future =) Unfortunately, we are waiting for the plumbing people to double check the stability of the water pipes (there should be NO LEAKS), before we can close the ceiling of the office room and WC. With regards to the kitchen, hubby still needs to lay some cables for sockets, switches and lights.

Drywall Installation Living and Dinning Room (Rigips Installation WohnEss Bereich)

Today hubby and his dad worked at the building site and continued the installation of the drywall.

Vapor Retarder Installation Living Room Continuation (Dampfbremsefolie Installation Wohnzimmer Weiter)

Early morning I went to the building site, before hubby and his dad starts to work. I would like to finish the vapor retarder on the other side of the terrace window, so at least if they decided to finish the walls, it is now ready. After that, I went back home to stay with my kids.

Drywall Installation Living Room (Rigips Installation Wohnzimmer)

After hubby's work, he arrived at the building site. Around  6:30 pm  hubby's dad, his sister and her sister's hubby arrived and helped us. We worked on the drywall installation in the living room for two hours.

After few hours of work, one wall of our living room is now white. It feels good to see that we are going forward.

On the two lower pictures, hubby and his sister's husband installed the two lower left portion of the drywall. The rest was done by hubby alone before.

Vapor Retarder Installation Living Room's Ceiling/Walls (Dampfbremseanbringen Wohnzimmer Decke/Wände)

I was able to have my afternoon time at the building site. Hubby works 'til 5 pm and the kids were at my in-laws' garden with their cousin. I thought about finishing the installation of the vapor retarder in the living room.

Drywall Installation Lobby (Rigips Installation Diele)

Hubby worked at the building site and continued installing the drywall in our lobby.

Electrical Works (Elektro Arbeit)

Hubby is still out-of-town but our Electrician would like to work at the building site before he will have his family vacation. He arrived at around 5 pm and worked for at least 3 hours. He finalized the electricity from the second floor going to the ground floor. He also connected the big cable from the ground floor to the basement.

Our First Sunflower in our Backyard =)

When I arrive on the building site today, I was taken-a-back to see a single beautiful sunflower in our backyard.

Since the last earth works, we did not touch anything in our backyard, except cutting the long grasses. It is one of our goals to have the  final earth work done this year. But before that, we would like to first finish the inside part of our house.

Drywall Installation Windows (Rigips Installation Fenstern)

This afternoon, hubby's dad and I installed the drywall on the sides of the windows. I finished the vapor retarder under the long windows in all the rooms except the bathroom, while hubby's dad measured the drywall. We were able to install four sides of the two windows. One more window plus the bathroom and the whole second floor is finish.

Vapor Retarder Installation Living Dinning Room's Ceiling/Walls (Dampfbremseanbringen WohnEssbereich Decke/Wände)

This morning I was able to finish installing the vapor retarder (ceiling and wall) in between our living room and dinning room.

In the afternoon, hubby and I worked together at the building site. He closed the last inner walls in our living room. It is showing progress in the groundfloor. We hope that we will be able to install the rigips atleast this coming weekend.