Published February 8, 2009The second villa has now been rendered and had its first coat of paint.
The block work for the stairs and balconies has bean completed and ready for rendering and we are currently shuttering up the top of the plastic membrane to keep the damp out of the basement.
The plasterers have started on the first villa.
The plaster is sprayed on to the surface of the blocks under extreme pressure and then leveled.
The plasterers then have only a few hours to work until the plaster sets hard.
Then a very fine second application is applied by hand to give the final high quality finish.
Published January 27, 2009We are now clearing the site with the digger and bringing in back fill to raise the ground levels around the villas and bring up the levels for the swimming pools.
The rendering is nearly finished for the second villa and we are raising the block-work walls leading to the basement.
The stairs are now in place connecting the lower level with the villa.
Published January 3, 2009The stairs on villa one have been shuttered and poured so we now have access to the basement through the rear of the villa.
The external stairway that connects the swimming pool area to the lower garden area is also finished.
The rendering on villa one is finished and we have given it one coat of paint for protection.
Villa 2 – On the secand villa we are building the internal walls, installing the elctrical conduet and fitting the door and window frames ready for rendering and plastering.
Published December 9, 2008The villas are now ready for the external rendering and the internal plastering to begin. We have finished building the internal walls and fitted the timber pre-frames for the internal doors.
The roofs have been rendered and water proofed with a fine fiberglass mesh and rubber paint,
We have started to put on the first coat of plaster to pad out the walls, we will then apply a final top coat to give us the desired finish.
We apply a yellow resin to the concrete columns, this helps the render to stick to the smoother surfaces.
Published November 15, 2008Natura Design -Lanzarote Builders
We have started to build the internal walls for the second villa and our electrician is installing the plastic conduits, plug and switch sockets for the electrics to be run through at the final stage of building, when the villas are nearly completed.
The plumbing has been installed for the first villa, below you can see the external junction box for the hot and cold water, the waist system for one of the bathrooms and the drain on the roof for the rain water.
It is far better to have internal water drainage from the roofs in the design and build of a new villa as the traditional water spouts that many new constructions have, often courses damp in the walls where the water runs down them.
Published November 11, 2008On the first new villa construction we have built the parapets and screeded the roof, allowing sufficient fall for the water to drain away. This is a time consuming process but must be done correctly to ensure that there are no future problems concerning drainage and leaky roofs. It is also very important to finish the roofs before starting to plaster inside the villas as rain is inevitable this time of the year and the last thing you want is damaged plaster.
We then render the roof ready for the final finish of fiberglass and rubber paint.
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The block work for the second roof is underway and the aluminium company have arrived with the pre-frames which will be fitted before we render the exterior of the villas.
For more information on the design and build of new villas you can visit the Natura Design web site to see all the different building services that we offer.