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I am also using KANN paving stones.

I am already feeling sick at the thought of ordering 270 sqm of multitec and 45 sqm of terrace paving stones. Luckily, I get almost 40% discount on the stuff.

Otherwise, progress continues in the house. The screed is currently drying.

I borrowed a mini excavator and dug the trench for the drinking water pipe and the trenches for the rainwater.





The ventilation system was installed in the house today. Wow, it is a huge thing.



Meanwhile, we primed the garage today. On Friday, I want to paint the inside.

Good thing the neighbor still had a few semi-slicks lying around. That way, my dad didn’t always have to climb the ladder.

A gravel driveway is a nice thing and a durable one in my opinion.

True if it is flat.

ever seen a grass paver surface that was actually green?

Sure. They were plastic systems. If the wheels aren’t spun wildly and turned sharply on the surface, the vegetation works fine.
Our access road is more of a dirt track than a road or forecourt, and in the countryside at this location, a representative driveway would be completely out of place. Dirt can lie there sometimes. So what.

Permeable "eco" paving ranks very high on my top 5 biggest marketing gimmicks
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Whoever, for whatever reason, does not want to discharge their surface water at least partially, ensures drainage on their own property.

So far ours is not slippery,
for example, we do not receive a discount, because it’s not the paving that counts for us, but there must be at least 3cm joint width to get a discount.

Of course, an eco-paving cannot absorb heavy rain – what I do observe, however, is that after rain our stones dry significantly (!) faster than those of the neighbors.

While we’re on the subject: partial infiltration is only allowed here with permission from the water authority, it is not even permitted to put a rain barrel under the downspout INSTEAD of discharging it. They probably know that the plots in the new development areas are not large enough to absorb all the water and therefore forbid it right away.

To fit the topic here, another photo of the aforementioned paving

Demolition is progressing! Meanwhile (since Tuesday), everything above ground has been demolished. Yesterday, they busily started breaking up all the large chunks. Let's see how it looks when I drive by again this evening. The plan was actually to have the demolition largely completed before Easter and to start excavation immediately after Easter.

Demolition is progressing!

What a beautiful pile of rubble!

What a beautiful pile of rubble!

Yes, it has a very unique aesthetic, right?
I am indeed already looking forward to the day when the new building rises from the ground. At the moment, it all still feels somewhat purely destructive – albeit with a gratifying objective.