Rebar for Columns
Column Steel on Foundation
Rebar Column on a Cloudy Day
Preparing for Work
Getting the Tools Ready
Working on Column Rebar
Two Columns in Place
Finishing a Column
Setting a Corner Column
Structural Engineer Checking Column
Column Form Material Ready
Concrete Form on Column
Column Form Complete
Continuing Yesterday's Form Work
Adding More Steel to Column Base
Anchoring the Steel
Another Column Form Done
Steel Reinforcing Framework
More Column Work
Steel Column Close Up
Another Row of Forms
Form Bracing Being Added
Concrete Forms Almost Complete
Crane and Concrete Truck
Concrete Crane
Concrete Truck and Crane with Column Form
Test
Concrete Forms From Top Of Driveway
Concrete Forms And Hills
Concrete Forms and Olive
Preparing to Remove Concrete Forms
Plywood Exterior Being Removed from Column
Jimmy and Francisc
Some Columns Exposed
Bricks Reclaimed from Ruin
Reclaimed Brick and Stone
Stone Reclaimed from Ruin
More Forms Being Removed
Concrete Column Closeup
Peeling Off More Forms
Repairing the Driveway
Jimmy and Columns
Ground Floor Columns Complete
Columns Ready for Next Level
Columns and Steel for Next Level
Chestnut Ceiling Beams Delivered
Starting the Supports of the Top Floor Base
A Little Unsteady on the Framing
Scaffold Pieces and Chestnut Beams
Delivering Materials for the Structural Forms
Forming the Perimeter of the First Floor
The Structural Cage for the First Floor
Overview of Progress
Chestnut Beams
Steel Anchors for Beams
Beam Anchored to Structural Column
Cutting a Beam to Length
Anchoring a Beam
Beam in Place
Chestnut Beam in Steel Structural Cage
Placing a Beam: Mountains in Distance
Water Meter Box in Place
Inside Water Meter Box
Adding Cross Beams
Main Room Beams In Place
Starting to Place the Ceiling Panels
Main Room Ceiling Panel Work Continues
Ceiling Panels From Below
Ceiling Panels Nearly Complete On One Side
Beams With Ceiling Panels
Ceiling Panels, Beams, and Supports
Hoisting a Structural Cage
Pulling a Structural Cage Up
Some Structural Cages In Place
Rebar Cage Placement Continues
Installing Poroton Blocks
More Blocks In Place at Sunset
Linking the Rebar Together
Poroton Closeup
Anchoring Poroton
Poroton In Place
Poroton With Stairway Opening
Top Floor Base Ready to Pour
Concrete Crane and Truck
Concrete Crane Ready to Work
Rebar Grids on Top of Poroton Blocks
Heavy Rebar Around Perimeter
Another Load of Concrete Coming Down Driveway
Some Concrete in Place
Working on Concrete Form
Digging, House, and View
Front Grading in Process
House from South Side
Front and Slope Down from Parking
Start of Level Behind the House
Indicating Edge of Portico
Unfinished Slope Behind House
Poroton Blocks Ready for Exterior Walls
Column and Earth Work
Connecting Top Floor Steel
Concrete Forms for Top Floor Columns
Poroton for Walls
Slope and Grade on South Side
Behind the House Ready for Sidewalk Work
Starting Sidewalk Form Behind House
Continuing Form Behind House
Porous Underlayment for Sidewalk
Underlayment Covered with Gravel
South Side Sidewalk Prep
Southeast Corner Form Underlayment and Gravel
Concrete Truck Arriving
Preparing to Pump Concrete
Filling Column Form
More Column Work
Preparing Sidewalk Form
Concrete Form with Steel Mesh
Ready to Pour Concrete
Columns Done, Sidewalk Ready
Column and Sidewalk Concrete Work
Pouring Sidewalk Concrete
Spreading Concrete
Concrete with Ventilation Pipes
Smoothing Concrete
Discussing Roof Slope with Jimmy and Kevin
Emma's Room with Beams in Place
Emma's Room Waiting for Pianella Color Decision
Jack's Room
Kevin at Top of Stairs
Upstairs Bathroom
In the Front Door
Pianelle on Back Side of Roof
Placing Pianelle on Top of Beams
Filling Gaps in Pianelle
Adding Poroton on Top
Poroton on Front Side of Roof
Steel Rebar Frame in Place
Pianelle Joints Filled and Rebar in Place
Looking Down the Driveway
Roof Work Continues
Stone for the Walls
Stone and Olives in Front
Corner Near the Kitchen
Kitchen Door and Window
In Front of the Kitchen
Our Front Side Problem Slope
Corner Outside Study
On Neighbors Land Looking North
South Side
Position of Loggia Outside Kitchen
Along the Back
From the Front Looking NW
Crew at Lunch
Inside the Kitchen
Kitchen Window and Ceiling
Kitchen Door and Laundry Door
Main Room Ceiling
Through the Kitchen Window to the Main Room
Interior Wall
Ground Floor Bathroom
Ground Floor Bath
Master Bedroom
Leaning Out the Master Bath Window
Wall Ready for Exterior Finishing
Exterior Insulation
Extra Beams on Master Bath Floor
Pruned Olive Trees
Looking a Little Stormy
Baby Olives
More Structural Steel
Wall Stone Ready to Go
Top Floor Interior
Roof Concrete Beams in Place
Our Reinforced Concrete Structure is Complete
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