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House log - 22/10/21

Today I've got some pretty pics from our guy that he finished the first flight of stairs: ...and the finished product: All in all, we progress nicely in the house. Next week we start fixing the outside of the house. Also, the doors should start coming (the outside

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House log - 24/09/21

Today, we had a Viessmann certificated engineer coming at the house to connect the internal and external parts of the heat pump. He almost left because we don't have the manuals for the pump, and the said manuals contain a set of specific codes for the pump. We

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House log - 31/07/21

The house state today is: * [x] Paint * [x] Parquet * [x] Tiles * [x] Security * [ ] Doors * [ ] Plumbing (80%) * [ ] Electricity (40% - cables are laid) Electricity Today I got some quotes from a Belgium distributor, and then got prices form a shop in Germany. The items are: Type Item code Alimentation Alimentation 320mA

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House log - 14/07/21

Today, there was a lot of commotion at the house. Security The security people came to install the system. Advantages: 1. Cheap - they had a 700 Euro discount 2. Pretty - contacts are tiny. 3. Wireless - all is wireless. Didn't investigate the protocol yet. 4. Haz

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House log - 18/06/21

Today I went to the house to see the progress of the third session done by the painter (after he went home for the weekend). He did some progress from few days ago. For consistency, I will use the same reference as in the previous post: 1. Smoothing out the

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House log 21/06/14

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House log - 11/06/21

Today I went to the house to see the progress of the third session done by the painter (after he went home for the weekend). He did some progress from few days ago. For consistency, I will use the same reference as in the previous post: 1. Smoothing out the

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House log - 09/06/21

Today I went to the house to see the progress of the third session done by the painter. He came back on Monday (07/06). He did good progress. For consistency, I will use the same reference as in the previous post: 1. Smoothing out the joints 2. A cover

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House log - 01/06/21

Today I went to the house to see the progress of the second session done by the painter. He went back today and will return on Monday (07/06). He did good progress, and, upon inspection I realized that there are 3 separate layers to be placed on the walls

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House log - 30/05/21

The plumbers said that screed is 'dry' if the humidity is between 20 and 30%. So today I went to the house to measure the screed humidity. The results are: Place Humidity (%) Cellar Utility 17.7 Basement 1 15.7 Basement 2 15.7 Laundry 17.4 Ground

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House log - 02/06/21

Today I went to test the humidity in the house again. The results are: Place Humidity (%) Cellar Utility 18.8 Basement 1 19.8 Basement 2 17.7 Laundry 18.5 Ground floor Guest 19.3 Living 14.5 Dining 15.9 Kitchen 15.8 Shower 15.1 Storage 16.

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House log 21/05/07

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House log 21/05/07

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House log 21/05/06

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House log 21/05/06

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House log 21/04/22

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House log 21/04/22

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House log 21/04/19

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House log 21/04/15

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House log 21/04/15

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House log - Status update

Summary Here's the state of play: 1. We've got the cables to the gate 2. The constructor said we need 400v for the house to start the heat pump so we warm up the house before they put the screed. We need 400v for this. 3.

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House log - A turn

Today I went again. No electricians. We informed the constructor and the constructor communicated to Electricien Belgium that someone else will replace them as they cannot finish their job. Hopefully, this is the last we see of them.

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House log - A surprise

Today I went to the house to prepare the works for the fence/gate. When we got in, one of Electricien Belgium was running around to throw something in the bin and ran away to a car. By the time we got back, the car was gone. Oh well. When

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House log - Back to square 1

Well, today I went to the house and... no electrician(s). What's worse, the plumbers started to prepare the floor for the floor heating.. and cables were still missing. So, we sent a message to the constructor about the state. Teh constructor stopped the plumbers and demanded Electricien

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House log - Some progress

Today I went at the house and both the plumbers and electricians came in. Plumbers The plumbers have started today. They: * Brought a lot of materials * Have put the ventilation pipes at the ground floor. * Told me they will start installing the floor heading from 19/10. Electricians Today I&