July 8, 2016
The Boveda ceilings on the second floor, in the Guest Bedroom area is done first. On top of it will be the Mirador, a covered steel structure allowing ample view of the surroundings. They have been working all week on it and it is almost done.
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| See the upper part of the steel beams sticking above the brick Boveda. This will be incorporated in the layer of reinforced concrete to be poured on top. Waterproofing and tile flooring on top of that. |
August 12, 2016
We are “topping off” now for awhile.
Take a look at the steel structure for the slanted roof that will be having the solar panels on it.
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| The slanted steel beams are welded to the two beams at top and close to bottom. |
The steel at 1 meter from the bottom was added at my request and calculated by Ing. Oscar Chavez Castellianos ( my architect’s father) because the full line of window perforations in the masonry wall weakened the structural integrity of the South support wall. The last one meter of the steel beams are practically cantilevered from the bottom beam although they rest on the perforated wall, but not really carrying the roof.
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| this is the steel for the roof |
The electrical for lighting on the second floor is in, you can see the boxes and conduits in the Boveda brick ceilings before they will pour the 3-4″ of reinforced concrete.
 This is the “third level”. The brick floor area will be open Terrace. The bottom picture shows exhaust fan pipe and electrical boxes for ceiling fixtures. There will be a roofed Mirador — a Kiosk on top of the roof— in the area shown with beams protruding, and that is the size of the Guest Bedroom below.  |
The Boveda over the Studio is done.
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| From the Mirador, looking NW towards the Sierra mountains. |
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| Looking South, one can actually see some of the Lake from here. |
Working on the concrete on the sloped roofs. The top roof gets 12 solar panels, the lower on only 6. We will get enough electricity to run the house without grid consumption.
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| The side door from the Studio leads to a small terrace on top of the Dining room and we will have a Pergola over half of it. |
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| Ilana and the boys: Lupe, Miguel y Cristino. |
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