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Flooring and kitchen cabinets in

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Gas and laminate flooring installed

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Generator exhaust expansion chamber

Hopefully this will attenuate the noise of the vegetable oil generator exhaust even more. The chamber itself will be buried up to the three exhaust holes. The blocks on top are to retain the soil that will cover the roof … Continue reading

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Concrete forms (encofrado) and roof!

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Shed walls and water proofing

The upper 3 rows are narrower than the rest of the wall, so we’ll use boards to form a mold around this gap which will then be filled with concrete and steel reinforcing.  This will be done during the same … Continue reading

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Shed excavation

The site for the underground generator and battery has been excavated!  It’s so exciting to finally see some work done to the land.  The house will be about 35m in front of the shed, long enough to not hear the … Continue reading

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