Tuesday 30 May 2017

2nd floor ceiling taking shape and 2nd floor bedroom

The meticulous detail of building the boveda ceiling on the second floor has begun. It's an interesting process (more pics and video coming!). For now, here is a look at some of the completed sections, especially the 2nd floor bedroom.

Rear garden area shot for Mike. A worker preps and loads bricks from here up the stairs to where the ceiling construction is happening.

The beams that support the boveda arches. This shot is in the 2nd floor outdoor kitchen area.

Beams again pointing into the living area. The one furthest right is beefier- that line on the large post carries the load in the centre of the building. While it is taller, the additional height is buried into the floor pack above, so it appears like the other beams (although marginally wider).

2nd floor kitchen area. You really get a sense of how much steel is in a building like this. Another worker carries posts to support formwork.


Here's a completed portion of boveda ceiling. Later, the steel beams which are primed can be painted.

Looking out second floor bedroom 1 towards stairwell and into the street. The electrical will be cut in in this room tomorrow.

Same bedroom, looking at bathroom slider door and hallway door. The bathroom hallway door is also visible.

Another shot of the same space. On this wall will be a closet. There will be a bulkhead above the   closet that circles   the perimeter of all rooms.

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