Construction work in 2008

On summer 2008 the rest of the construction work was done till the date 15.8.08

We had a bit bad luck in the work. First we noticed the dock wasn't any more present after the winter, so I had to start by ordering a new one.
The wall covering material had been all used last summer, so I had to think what to do while waiting the new dock.
I started by the material I had. The door wasn't mounted, I had to drill the ventilation hole to the wall, I had material for the floor of the terrace and staircase. So - there was still lot to do.

The weather was good in the spring but the summer turned out a bit rainy. Bad luck for me, the rainy season started when it came the time of painting the walls.

We choosed the linen oil based colours following professional recommendation. The weather is very bad for the walls on the salty coast of the Gulf of Finland. Still if the paint stays on the wall it may get vegetation like fungus or moss.


Hannu Kuukkanen swimming in the Gulf of Finland between the heavy construction work.

 

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The door was hitted by a truck fork. So I asked the manufacturer to come and fix the hole.

The ventilation over the door. Compensation air was coming from under the door step.

Inside walls were beamed and covered by weather proof gypsonite. There was lot to do for rainy days. I had to cut the gypsonite around every roof beam.

Ceiling painted by the Prelin primer. It was matt and beatifull looking. Pitty it had to be covered by a glossy Linol. We decided to matt the glossy colour by the matting chemical for oil paint.

Wall covering has been finished and stairs to the north have been ready made. Walls under the roof and the ceiling have been painted first. The weather was a bit rainy time to time. The plastic canvas was raised agaist the "horisontal rain" due to the strong wind coming from the sea.

The primer colour has been painted. Banisters had to be covered by plastic because of the rainy weather. I have taken the vertical planks away from my painting rack to have better sight to the wall. Some paper had been taped to protect the windows against paint drops.

The inner room seen to the south-west. Inner walls were painted by the matted white Linal.

My daughter Maria painting the outside wall on the northern terrace. The colour was a bit greenish and it was tooned more grey for the second layer.

Terrace has been painted inside. The floor is weather proof wood.

The inside floor seen through the door window. The floor was painted by the boat varnish to stand the humidity.

Terrace seen to the west. Staircase leads to the beach.

The oil based painting was still wet for several days. Don't touch. Rain water had to become lead below the sand to the beach. Otherwise water woud have washed the sand away on heavy rains.

The walking bridge to the east. Beacause of the nature of the rising terrain, we needed a staircase to climb up to the south. There is still 50 metrs way up to 13 meters of height (from the sea level) to the summer house.

The construction work has been accepted. Max Sundman the construction investigator of the Sipoo commune on the left and Ilkka Heinonen, my construction engineer responsible on the right.

You may compare the plan and the result loading this visualisation animation (6Mt AVI) or by visiting on the colour visualisation page. Notice that the stair case has been narowed in the final construction. Simulations were worth making.

Storm water drainage 2011 (sadevesijärjestelmä 2011)

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