The first space is done

The garage is done...

Except for trimming, this will be done after the rest of building is finished.


Pieter is moving in.


Unpacking his pride and joy.


Too many pieces?

Just before the rain Pieter was able to finish the plastering.

Stone setting is precision work

Notice the "gravelshims"© (patent pending ;-))))))

Looking good,

This is going to be a root cellar!

This cocoon was apple green with golden dots! when we found it. Now it is black/beige, I wonder what the butterfly looks like.

Geotherm

The end result of digging.

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The pipes are in...

...and the trenches closed.

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Now inside, the big dome upstairs...

...downstairs...

...and the vestibule.

This is in the small dome.

That is where all the ducts come together, soon.

We have visitors...

Loes, doing taping.

Good team work. Noud & Pieter (re)hanging the garage door (low head room rails).

We started the sheetrock in the big dome.

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Well, hello there.

Still busy

Sliding door in the kitchen

Pieter making connections in the radiant heat tubes

"Vakmanschap is meesterschap"

Manifolds for the radiant heat system

70 PSI and holding

Trenches for the geothermal heat exchange

Pieter supervising ;))

This beauty is a Cardinal chick

Busy, busy

We finished the siding for the small dome. It almost looks like a barn!

Inside, the last sheetrock upstairs,

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Bathroom with light tunnel and...

The toilet that is almost without all that funny stuff in the back! Trivial, only until you have to clean it.

The workshop area is progressing slowly,

First "corner" is done.

Window in the bedroom

With a little help from the truck

Now the front door

Done!

And together.

Absolutely worn out.....

Inside and out

Pieter's workshop is almost ready

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Jolanta is busy experimenting with tapes and compounds

The supposedly best, Straitflex, is a pain to apply, stiff and does not want to stick to the "buttered" surface. I had to use spray to glue it.
Mesh is good, flexible and self adhesive.

More difficult connection

I use this tool to make nice corners and it works well on the multiple angles in one location.

The outside of the domes is backfilled.

The road is wider; too many trucks got stuck in the curve.

Now some gravel...

...person gets tired from all that work.

Here still lots of excavating to be done later.

Finally the siding!

The wood under the house-wrap was well protected over the winter.

Nice fella, not poisonous, eats mice and birds.