Harting 8: Lot of plastering done, insulation almost finished

The insulation is almost finished

When I wrote the last blog post the insulation had just started. That was at the start of last week. Since then, Petermaier's crew have almost finished the insulation. They started on the west gable, continued on the north side and then finished the east gable. Currently, they are well on their way to getting the south side finished. There are a lot of windows and doors on the south side, which slows things down considerably. At least the weather has been good (too good really - last week was almost 40° and this weekend is also supposed to be that hot).

Chrisch plastered the living room and kitchen

The major thing that was blocking progress on the inside was the plastering. While it isn't absolutely critical in absolute terms (it could theoretically be done after everything is finished), it made most sense to get it out of the way before the underfloor heating and the concrete floor go in. Last weekend we were lucky to get Chrisch in for Saturday and Sunday. A lot of Saturday was spent installing the steel profiles for the corners and in putting up plastic sheets to protect the timber. It does take a lot of time but the end result is much better.

Today, two of Niedermaier's men arrived to install a hot water pipe down into Alois' bathroom. They currently have an electric boiler to provide hot water. Having the pipe from the 1000l tank in the attic will spare a huge amount of electricity.

The next steps will be do get the bathroom ready - I need to build a kind of step in the wall to hide the pipes and the toilet frame. It isn't all that much work, but it involves a lot of cutting of OSB and the green plaster slabs. Once that is done, we can have Niedermaier deliver the insulation for the underfloor heating and be one more step closer to the concrete floor (and hence the kitchen).