Waiting for windows

So, it is now week 28. I'm promised my windows and doors this week (all of them except the front door, as that is apparently scheduled for next week). Last week I checked all of the wall openings to make sure they were properly dimensioned. Most windows will simply be replaced, meaning that the wall openings are not a problem. For some windows which were built after the openings were measured by the company delivering the windows I wanted to be 100% sure that there wasn't going to be an issue when the fitters try to put the window in. I found two issues - the windows on the north (street) side of the living room were both too small. They should both have had a height of 128cm plus 3cm (1 and a half bottom and top) for manouvering. The height was exactly 128cm meaning that it would be practically impossible to fit the window. In two separate actions I removed the top layer of bricks from each window bottom, cased them and built in new ones. They should be about right now - I measured 131 and a half cm.

Distributor for underfloor heating

Today I got a bit of a surprise in that Niedermaier's men arrived and got stuck into the plumbing. I was expecting them at the end of the week at the earliest. There is plenty of work that they can get done without any external dependencies, so the sooner they get started the better I like it. It means there will be a pretty busy week on the building site this week, but that suits me better - more work, more progress. I'm also expecting Petermaier next week to get started on the insulation and plastering outside - he is entirely dependent on the doors and windows being put in though, so if anything changes in that schedule, he gets pushed back as well. Apart from dropping in some of the material they are going to need during the week, the distributor for the underfloor heating was installed (see photo).

Stuckenberger's worker (Max) arrived today as well to put a hole in the roof - properly. The hole is to take a pipe which itself will hold the four satellite cables running from the satellite dish on the roof down in around the house. I had asked Johannes Stuckenberger by email earlier on if I could "just bore a hole". Given that Max was sent over within two hours I take it I could not simply "bore a hole". We made sure the hole was properly done using some kind of an epoxy sealant for Pavatex on the outside and a really expensive sealant on the inside - a kind of compound that never sets. Apparently timbers in a roof move minimally in high wind etc, and standard sealant is not ideal there - it would break. This expensive stuff keeps its sticky consistency for fifty years at least. Within half an hour the hole in the roof was finished and the tiles were replaced. I'll have to go up on the roof again at some stage to fix the pole for holding the satellite dish to the lats.

I decided to clean up a bit, given that the building site will more than likely be busy this week. While cleaning up I stumbled over my server rack and decided that now was as good a time as any to fix it to the wall. It will mean I won't stumble over it anymore.