Day 45:Knocking out a doorway or two

The other day, I mentioned that they were going to cut the doors out between the workshop, studio and my wet room. But they never did. Today was the big day. The guys had no mercy. After seeing me in action for the entire week, the decided to give me the job of knocking down the blocks for the new doorways I requested. I think they gave me this job for their own entertainment. They had considerately cut out the outline of the doorway, showed me how to do it and then handed me the hammer and chisel.​

El otro dial Luis me ha dicho que vayan hacer los 2 puertas para entrar entre mi trastero, el estudio y el taller pero no ha hecho. Pues hoy era la dia. Cuando llegue, estaban comiendo sus bocadillos y me dician que me voy a dormir muy bien esta noche después del trabajo que tenia...'Oooo, ho ho ho"...ellos riendo. Creo que how

Here's a demo of how to open up a doorway.

Luis me mostró como hacerlo y me empiezaba a trabajar....

There's a picture of me in action but Guzman has it. He's taken on the job of secondary photographer. Either that, or we're swapping jobs....not sure I've got the better end of the deal. Anyway, below you'll see the door I knocked out. The guys shovelled up the debris and brought it to the guest bedroom to use as filler to raise the floor.

Hay una foto de mi trabajando pero la tiene Guzman. (Parece que hemos cambiado trabajo. El de fotógrafo y yo...albañil.) Los chicos habían limpiado la basura que deje con los bloque. Eso me gusta..ja ja jaa. Por diez anos estaba limpiando para mis estudiantes y ahora...me toca a dejar las cosas. Me ha enseñado como limpiar pero como lo hizo demasiado despacito....ti hi hi.

Ya tenemos una foto!!

And here's the finished product.

Aqui tenemos la puerta. wu huuu! Buena trabajo Eva!

Luis did this door. but in the end, I finished the bottom 2 rows of bricks while he carried the debris to the guest bedroom. (this doorway is looking from the wet room into the dance studio)

Este puerta, hizo Luis pero termine los últimos bloques en el suelo.

View of the above doorway on the other side. (from the dance studio)

Eso la misma puerta del lado del estudio mirando hacia el trastero.

Here's the debris dumped into the guest bedroom. They will level this a little and then fill it with Cement. Within the debris, Luis picked out chunks of cement and then started scolding the guys, I didn't quite understand but they must have done a shoddy job in something and they got into trouble.

Todo la basura que han limpiando lo pusieron en el dormitorio donde vamos a rellenar con hormigón. Chicos, que siento un poco rara explicando todo eso! De verdad no hace falta...los boberías traduciré, vale?

In the meantime, Esteban was putting up the last of the blocks in the studio and workshops while Guzman brought the 30kg blocks up to him.

Luis is doing a great job overseeing the work. But later he also gets up and helps out despite his fear of heights.

Parece aqui que Luis solo esta vigilando el trabajo, pero de verdad, Luis se fue arriba trabajando también. Incluso si tiene un poco miedo de los alturas.

Since Guzman was the runner, he had some spare time...and with that, he helped me with the shovelling and then cleaned the floor. Seeing someone sweep the entire workshop floor with a shovel was a first for me.

Como Guzmán estaba ayudando a lost chicos desde abajo, tenia tiempo para limpiar el suelo. Es la primera vez que vi alguien limpiando el suelo entero con una pala. casi 100m2! Ouf!

Me ha dicho que ya puedo bailar en el estudio y si quería, podría bailar conmigo en su traje flamenquita de lunares rojo y blanco....Eso quiero ver!

Here's the final product. I think that's it for the walls. Now it's just the roof that's missing. But I'm not sure. I am sure that there are no more blocks though...They used the last one today. I wonder when they will fill in the windows.

Y ya esta con los bloques. Que no queda mas. Pero espero que viene mas, falta unas para los ventanas y los ultimas paredes?

This is the wall separating the studio with the workshop bathroom. This picture was taken yesterday after the guys left so you can't see the doorway that I knocked out on the right of that wall this morning.

Dance studio

On a less serious note, Esteban wanted to paint his helmet too. So today I brought him my spray paint and today he went all out. sprayed on the heart and then started spraying all over his helmet and then sprayed Guzman's again! I kind of feel bad for Luis, he must feel like he's got 3 little children working with him.

Los cascos de Guzman y yo tenia un poco de pintura de Spray (spray paint??) Esteban me decía que el también quería! entonces lo trae hoy y mientras comiendo sus bocadillos, Esteban pintó su casco. Ahora, es oficial, somos 3 niños trabajando en la casa con Luis como el padre. Ja ja jaa. El pobre.