La Casa Nueva en Finca Serina
We will try to keep a running chronicle of the progress in constructing our new house. New postings will be indexed here. So if you ever wanted to know how one builds a house in Panamá or just have a sadistic penchant for enjoying the pain of others, stay tuned.
Construction begins January 7, 2005
Excavation Completed January 8, 2005
Batter boards and digging the footer January 13, 2005
Most of the steel is in place January 15, 2005
Before the pour January 17, 2005
Construction Begins Again February 1, 2005
Last Picture before Carnival February 3, 2005
Ash Wednesday February 9, 2005
The walls are almost up February 15, 2005
The chimney grows a little taller February 16, 2005
The steel cariloas start to go on March 5, 2005
More steel cariolas have been placed March 8, 2005
The roof outline starts to take shape March 9, 2005
All walls are done March 11,2005
The first piece of Toledo goes up March 15, 2005
The caballete makes its first appearance March 17, 2005
The roof over the bedrooms is almost complete March 19, 2005
The roof on the back side is done March 29, 2005
Almost completely under cover April 2, 2005
And now for a little terra forming April 4, 2005
It's Saturday and time for the Mondongada April 9, 2005
And the repello continues April 14, 2005
Some additional views April 19, 2005
The great room gets repelloed April 22, 2005
More great room repello April 26, 2005
Repello commences outside April 30, 2005
The pump house gets its roof May 3, 2005
One wall left to go May 7, 2005
Main electrical lines are run May 11, 2005
The chimney gets it's top May 14, 2005
The first glass blocks go in May 19, 2005
The Rainy season is here May 20 2005
Glass blocks are set in the walls May 24, 2005
More concrete work May 26, 2005
Boulders, stones, and paw prints May 27, 2005
May ends and work goes on May 31, 2005
Gutters and bricks June 1, 2005
More bricks and stones June 6, 2005
Even more bricks and stones June 7, 2005
Columns, limestone, and an arch June 8, 2005
A few plants and some lights June 12, 2005
Cement floors, oven bricks and column lights June 13,2005
More floors and the pizza oven June 15, 2005
Thursday Friday round up June 17, 2005
Let the ceiling begin June 21, 2005
Just a little closer June 27, 2005
A new month begins July1, 2005
Signs of progress July 6, 2005
Thursday Potpourri July 7, 2005
Dry wall goes up in the great room July 9, 2005
Rocks, lights, and tiles July 14, 2005
A little of this. A little of that. July 15, 2005
Sinks and ceilings July 22, 2005
Tiles start in the great room July 25, 2005
Sliding doors, tile work, and a refrigerator too July 28,2005
Tile work is winding down July 30, 2005
Tile work is done August 1, 2005
Exterior doors are in August 5, 2005
Some of the cabinets are in August 22, 2005
The pizza oven gets broken in August 25, 2005
A moment to remember and kitchen cabinets September 3, 2005
Pendant lights get installed September 9, 2005
Accesorize here ensembalize there September 23, 2005
Finishing touches from Edelberto October 21, 2005
The dining room set is in March 11, 2006
The rainy season begins May 6, 2006
Big Satellite Dish gets installed October, 2006