Detail of the building before being renovated
When we travel across our country
we find several buildings serving as second houses looking abandoned,
semi-destroyed or even ruined. We can at the same time see many buildings
that are being purchased, renovated or rebuilt.
Those who buy them, see themselves again
in a space full of potencialities, in a breathtaking place, in a house
project that will be a dream come true.
The results are sometimes sensational. What
seemed impossible at the beginning, starts to take shape and comes true
in a few months.
The text explains all the work done. It is
not enough to want to recuperate, it is necessary to know the inherited
pathologies, the building techniques and the suitable materials. Then
come the secrets of rebuilding. The result is there to see…BE SURPRISED!
The house is about 150 years old. It was
possible to determine the age of the house through the dates inscribed
in the roof tiles (many craftsman of that period not only signed their
work but dated them also, wich is very important for us today). It was
built with stone pitching with filled joints and continuous and direct
foundations. There was no water, electricity nor sewerage systems. It
presented several pathologies as far as the stuccos, woods and walls were
concerned.
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