Day 52: Safety net of Steel

Here's the steel parts they are using to tie up the roof. Lots of different parts were all tied together...

Here's the ceiling in the living room. Still not used to the darkness...Still used to the open sky as a ceiling. On another note, you should know that all these bricks you see are actually hanging from the 'Vigitas' (mini beams) which are also just sitting on those wooden supports. everything is just piled on top of each other. Nothing was glued or nailed into place so that they could move everything around and make sure everything fit perfectly.

On Thursday they plan to fill the ceiling with cement to solidify everything...

Aqui se ve el techo en el salon. Todavia no estoy acostumbrado al sombra. Estoy mas acostumbrado de tener el cielo como techo. No podría creer que todo los bloques eran prácticamente colgado sin pegamiento nada y estaban caminando sobre el techo sin miedo.

Sure is noisy upstairs. thank god we don't have neighbours living upstairs. it's just the guys working.

Abajo, se oye un montón de ruido. Afortunadamente que no son vecinos viviendo arriba. Solo los chicos trabajando...

This is what it looks like up top. (just like yesterday but with more steel)

Arriba se ve casi el mismo que ayer, pero que hay mas acero.

Here's the one hole that was left in the ceiling for the stairwell to go up to my bedroom.

Here's the view from the top.

So the blocks were put in yesterday and today they tied everything into place with steel. Once they put the steel mesh on, Esteban and Luis explained that I could walk around anywhere safely because even if a block fell, my foot wouldn't fall through the mesh. I laughed a little when they said that because it sounded a little too simple. But then I thought about it, and I guess their right? I dunno. Just the thought of a block falling kind of freaked me out.

Han puesto la malla de acero y luego me han dicho que ya estaba seguro a caminar porque si cae un bloque, mi pied no iría a través de la malla. Que sonaba demasiado sencillo y pensaba que estaban diciendo boberías....pero a pensarlo...puedeser que tienen razón...Como dicen tantos tonterías ahora nunca se si están hablando de verdad o no. ...pero todavía creo lo que dice Luis.

Putting in the steel. It was tied everywhere. I guess that's what they were doing all day today. you don't see a big difference, but you can imagine how much work it is.

This is what happens to the extra spaces in the roof. they chip the blocks and fit them in place.

More tying.

Here's the gigantic steel mesh. they were fitting it all over the roof.

When it was too big they chopped it off .

This is a little hole above the wet room storage area. I asked them why there was a hole and they said to make the beam in the roof they needed the space to put the brace. then when the roof is done, they will fill it. Thanks to them, I know how to fill it too. :)

This is overlooking the dance studio. This will be done while the concrete in the 'home' section is settling.

After taking pictures, I went to see how a bench made of cement blocks would be. Turned out to be comfortable and as I sat there, I thought it would be nice to work exactly where I was....so i took 2 more blocks, and extra plank of wood, made a little dest and got to work.

Despues de sacar los fotos, fui a ver si un banco de bloques seria comodo. Estaba sentada y pensé...solo falta una mesa y podría trabajar aquí muy cómodo. Puse un trozo de madera encima de 2 bloques y me empiezaba a trabajar. :) Dia buena!

After a bout of work, Jose came to check up on the guys work of the roof. I waited to have a little chat with jose but I was in a bit of a rush and ended up leaving.

Luego vino Jose a ver si los chicos han hecho todo bien. Esperaba pa que terminan pero tenia prisa y me fue.