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Today the masons are installing the frame for the single large glass door that is the entrance for the house. In the second photo you can see the door that will hang in the frame being worked on in the background.
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Adam
Here we are testing the el-cheapo roof rack to the limits again. This time in an effort to buy enough papyrus mats to line the roof of the house.
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Adam
Today we started installing the metal frame that will support the insect-proof netting for the big porch.
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Adam
Joseph is attaching a piece of heavy duty angle to act as rail for the wheels of the door to run along. The small porch has only one large glass door as opposed to the double set on the large porch, so we are testing everything out on this one before adding the complexity of the extra door.
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Adam
With the arrival of the last major appliance - our fridge - the kitchen starts to hint at its final shape. The basic layout is a large central prep/breakfast table bordered by an L-shaped counter running under the window and along the wall to the fridge. A semi-open storage wall will extend out from the wall beside the fridge, partly shelding the space from the dining area, without cutting it off completely. The storage-wall will contain all the cutlery, crockery glassware and serving items, all of which will be accessable from both sides of the wall to allow quick access for both loading clean dishes from the kitchen and setting the table from the dinning area.
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Adam
LG makes a range of fridges designed espcially to deal with bad power, making them a great choice for us. So here I am paying for it in 2000 franc bills...
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Adam
Here is a better photo of the basin for the Guest Bathroom.
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Adam
The SHS tube finally arrived in Kab but the drive home with it on the roof rack, tore the mounts lose. No damage done, but a timely reminder to get a 'real' roof rack welded up to replace the limp alloy and plastic one.
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Adam
For when the little frustrations of home-building get to much or just a little quiet time for solving a problem, the view over the valley is lovely and relaxing.
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Adam
The septic tank is finally in place! One step closer to that seat of luxury - the flushing toilet. (dual flush to save water of course)
This tank is the first stage of the 'brown water' treatment, where the waste from the toilets breaks down and relatively clean water is then drained off into and adjacent 40 foot deep leach pit.
Our 'grey water' from basins, shower and bath, will go through a separate system of gravel and sand drains that will be used to water the roots of plants and veggies in the back yard. The idea being that by filtering the grey water and avoiding applying it directly to the plants we reduce any possibility of contamination.
The kitchen waste water will be going through its own separate sand filter and probably won't be applied to crops to further reduce contamination worries.
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Adam
Here is the sink for the Guest Bathroom. It was inspired by the hand washing stands found in some of the little restaurants and bars around here. The bowl is made from a antique copper basin we picked up on a trip to Italy which has been modified to accept a drain in the bottom. The long stemmed faucet has a short-throw tap that turns on and off with a quarter turn of the handle, to felicitate the rapid on-off-on-off cycle of the water conscious user. These are mounted onto a stand made by one of our neighborhood carpenters, Bosco, who did a particularly nice job on the joinery.
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Adam
