C'est qui?....C'est le plombier! (et l'électricien)
Due to popular demand a quick September update. The plumber has arrived at long last and is making up for his sporadic fleeting appearances. Boilers, baths, waste pipes, radiators etc. everything is going in at the same time.
This is great news, everything would be hunky dory if it wasn't for the fact that The (bloody) Builder is now gracing another site with his presence rather than ours - jilted that's what we are!
He has very little left do do, but I get the distinct impression it's going to be like getting blood out of a stone (or port out of a box of ceramic tiles).
The Architect has decided (always strikes fear into The Client's heart when she hears that one) that he will contribute something of his own creation, that is, something made with his very own hands. A little in the style of Grand Designs - a bit of decking from Kevin?. No, not decking again - the bathroom will be graced with a plan vasque in concrete.
This is very brave of The Architect to announce this before attacking the oeuvre. It of course demands that the enterprise is a success. A lot of research has gone into the preparation...watch this space for more details.
Other news...oh yes, the gates and fence. The Architect's steel gates are drooping. To much minimalism and not enough sound structural thinking. Which means that The Architect has to visit the workshop in deepest darkest France to sort out some sort of solution that doesn't turn minimalism in to major disaster. I'm not going to post any photos as all you smart alecs out there will be posting messages to explain the correct principles of structural bracing. So you could say things are going pear shaped......?
Le projet, dan sa volumétrie, est une réponse simple et économique à l’évolution des réglementations multiples et contraignantes d’urbanisme dans une zone inondable.
L’hétérogénéité architecturale du quartier pavillonnaire permet une esthétique unique exprimée par le choix des matériaux pour les façades et la composition informelle des baies.
La maison consiste en un volume rectangulaire implanté entre les deux limites séparatives. Le volume est
divisé en trois éléments principaux:
2 comments:
Progress!
Now that's a true spaghetti junction. French plumbing is crazy. I don't get it. Like I don't get British electics. No sockets or switches in the bathroom? Three words: Ground Fault Interupt. The technology exists but everyone's afraid to use it. You end up with a thousand pullcords dangling from the ceiling. One for shower, one for light, one for shower light/extractor, one for water heater, ugh!
Sorry to hear about your drooping gates. Minimalism's middle-age is starting to show.
Nothing that a stiff profile in the right place can't cure
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