Adelfas upstairs refurbishment 2007

After a short break, work on the kitchen, bathrooms and floors upstairs at Villa Adelfas is now nearly finished. Today the kitchen fitters started fitting the kitchen. This is almost the last phase of the job. All that will remain after this is the fitting of the granite work tops, and to finish off the bathrooms putting up all the fittings.


The outside terrace was finished a couple of weeks ago, after a short hold-up due to the incredibly wet weather. Historically the terrace had always leaked when it rained, with water getting into the downstairs kitchen and store. When we dug up the terrace it became very clear why this happened.

The outside tiles were laid on a bed of SAND........... with NO DAMP PROOFING and just a very thin sprinkling of cement to hold the tiles in place. All this was removed, taking the level down about 12 -15 cms.




The whole area was prepared with bitumen felt to completely waterproof the area.







Concrete was laid on top of the bitumen and the fall adjusted to take the water away from the villa walls. Previously water had gathered in puddles against the walls, adding to the ingress of water downstairs. The new non-slip tiles were laid on top of the new concrete base.


Finally after grouting up the area the "skirting" was placed around the walls to tidy up the look, and to further help keep the downstairs dry.
It has since rained a lot and NO WATER has come in downstairs!
It all looks fantastic.