Stories from the construction
Everything else that happens on the construction site
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Prepare your lawn in spring for the gardening season
It’s the beginning of March and winter is slowly retreating. It’s time for me to take care of my garden and bring it out of hibernation. Today I want to take care of my lawn. There is a lot to do, especially in spring. Mowing the lawn, fertilizing the lawn, reseeding the lawn, in addition to scarifying and aerating, are just a few things that I would like to tackle today. I also have to reactivate my water taps and my lawn irrigation system after the winter. Looking back on winter Last winter was characterized by long periods of rain and strong storms. The cold temperatures and frosty nights…
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2. set up balcony power station in the garden and connect in series.
Despite my balcony power plant in the backyard and lower electricity consumption, electricity costs keep going up. According to the http://strom-report.de, KWh of electricity costs an average of 34.6 cents. New contracts currently cost as much as 41 cents. It is therefore necessary to think about cost-effective alternatives. Making electricity yourself – what alternatives are there? I can’t really make myself self-sufficient from an external power supply in Germany. Whether electric power from photovoltaic modules, wind power or even combined heat and power plants: Either I am dependent on the whims of nature, as with solar and wind power, and or on an external energy source such as oil…
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Draining the cellar – 1 year later
I have been working on drying out my basement for a good 2 years. In addition to repairs to the piping system, ventilation designs, and dryers, drainage with masonry injection and a brand new pump well were also used. It is now time for a review and a summary of the individual measures.
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Masonry and glue walls with gas concrete – install bar counter and windows in the new garden kitchen.
After the base of the new garden kitchen was set and aligned with the gas concrete blocks, I could now start building the walls with the Ytong blocks. A special feature here should become the bar counter of the pool bar, in addition to the window on the south side.
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Inflatable whirlpool MSpa Alpine Tekapo – experience after 1 year
We were able to extensively test our inflatable hot tub, the MSpa Alpine, for a good year. Now it’s time to give feedback on usage, maintenance, pros and cons. I wrote a first post about the construction of the hot tub here.
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Build garden kitchen yourself – walls with gas concrete masonry
The foundation of the garden kitchen was ready and now the masonry with the gas concrete blocks could start. In total, my project to the new outdoor right by the pool had an already a delay of 6 months. Cov19, shortage of materials and craftsmen sent their regards. The weather also very often put a spoke in my wheel. But now the time had come and it could start. Choice of materials for the garden kitchen The new garden kitchen should be built solid. I had already drawn up the plans for the kitchen, so I was able to estimate the material consumption quite well. The shortlist included Poroton…
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Build garden house with bird aviary yourself
Already 2 days after the completion of the concrete foundation in the garden, the garden house could be built. The concrete surface was dry and stable enough even if the entire floor slab would certainly need a few more weeks to dry out. Garden house – delivery of the prefabricated house Karibu Kerko As in 2015, we have again chosen a house of the brand Karibu. This time for the model Kerko 6. The garden house will become the future center of the small animal aviary. Personally, I would have liked to choose a different, much more practical model. But the builder was our child, and so she made the…
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Pool remodeling – demolition of the old retaining walls
The pool remodel in our backyard is still in full swing. The steel wall pool is to be converted into a stone pool. For this purpose, the oval steel-walled pool, which is sunk into the ground, must first be dismantled. I had already removed the foil, the skimmer, the inlet nozzles and also the LED underwater spotlight
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Pool remodeling – deconstruction pool terrace | BPC planks | substructure | pool technology
Within 2 days I have now also built back my pool terrace. The pool terrace was laid in the garden around the pool a few years ago. Partly the terrace was detached because the pool is on a slope. I also documented the construction of my BPC pool deck here on the blog
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Pool conversion – deconstruction old steel wall pool
Our steel wall pool is already a few years old. The oval pool has a size of 6.23 x 3.60 x 1.5 meters. The almost 30m³ of water are heated automatically and weather controlled to a pleasant 30°C via a solar system. The pool was built on a solid concrete base plate. On the sides, 2 walls of concrete formwork support the sides of the pool. I had shuttered the curves and also
