Hurricane proof waterfront house construction 2007-2009- the planning and construction process of Villa Lagoon Phase II Main House  
Home Planning Blocks Plans1 Plans2 Foundation Site Prep Blocks 1st Slab 1sr Slab Slab Pour
Acid Stain Crane 1st Course 2nd Course 3,4,5 Course Second Pour 1sr Floor Crane Repair Half Way Up 2008 Top Floor Joists
Top Floor Panels Frieze Top Floor Walls Acid Stain Frieze Acid Stain Con't Cornice Upper Story Cornice & Panels MgO & Evoba Cornice & Trusses
Video Top Rows-1 Bulkhead Month 15 Month 16 Exterior Completion Roof Interiors-1 Steps Insulation & Kitchen MgO Board
Kitchen Counters Tile Floors Cement Tile-2 Cabinets Interior Decor Cuban Ceiling Saga of the Toilets Interior Con't Cement Tile 1st FL    
Product Discussion Pages
Partners DacArt in the News Buy a Finished Dac-Art Home Tankless
Water Heaters
Magnesium Oxide Boards-MgO Concrete Bldg. Systems   Custom Garage Doors Composite
Decking
House
Numbers
Concrete Floor Tile

Fifth Course of Modular Green Dry Stack Stone Blocks

 First & Second Week of Oct, 2007

Grouting the seams in the dry stack blocks.

The concrete acid stained floors of the basement when dry.

The basement floor after a rain.

The first floor is a basement floor that is designed to keep out water in the event of high water in a storm. It has no windows nor doors. Because of this, right now if it rains, this area fills with water like a swimming pool. We have not had much rain but in the middle of this drought we have had a huge rainy-spell and we are having to pump out the accumulated water. We have had to use a small sump pump running for a long time to empty the area. This has been a good test of the water-tightness of our grout. You can see the top of a white plastic bucket sticking out of the slab where the sump pump is located. The slab has this recessed area just for such a purpose. 
Our first pour of concrete back-fill. Beautiful weather. At one time, Dan thought about using the LinkBelt crane and a concrete bucket to take the fill mix to the perimeter of the house. Later they figured that it would be really messy and time consuming so a pump truck was called over from Mobile. The pump truck had a huge length and reach.  Back-fill concrete for the DAC-ART blocks.
Loading the concrete pump truck. The concrete delivery man.

The concrete pump truck.

The concrete pumper had a long reach.

The garage area of the house.
The garage area will get a slab, poured later on, that uses the exterior walls as forms. 

It was so nice to see our friendly osprey back on his favorite dead tree overlooking Little Lagoon. 

 

The two photos below show the cardboard tubes that were set on poured footings to make columns to help support the porch slab. 

Little Lagoon osprey next door to the building site.
Positioning the cardboard tubes for columns. Filling the tubes for concrete columns to support the slab.
3rd Week October--Going on up with the third, and fourth rows of DAC-ART blocks. This is a view from the south west corner. This is the corner of the porch that looks towards the water. 

South-west corner of the porch.

We had a few days with dark, threatening clouds and sunny weather. We kept expecting a storm but it didn't happen for a week or two. 
Link Belt 22 ton crane. October day on Little Lagoon.

Photo of DAC-ART basement walls.  

Photo of fourth and fifth courses of blocks.
Our guys have been so good about keeping the grounds clean. Other than lunch trash, dull saw blades the majority of our waste has been cut chunks of concrete from blocks that have been cut for corners and odd lengths. I have told them that I want to make them some chocolate chip cookies as a thank you for their neatness efforts. 
  Custom cuts on dry stack blocks. A DAC-ART block cut for special placement.
I walked up at night to see this block that had been cut in such a way that from above, it looked like a plane of concrete was floating above the one on the ground. 

  Stacking the fourth and fifth rows of modular concrete blocks.

October photos of south facing porch on this strong, hurricane proof house.

Modular concrete block green building system.  This above ground basement is starting to look like a grounded barge. When everything is finished, I can plant a fig vine or some decorative vine on these walls to soften the look. The area between the two buildings will be like a courtyard area and might be nice covered with pavers or gravel. I do like the sound of the crunch of gravel. 
ACP Evoba Wood Ceiling SystemWe are excited to learn that Acoustical Ceiling Products, the manufacturers of ACP--Evoba Wood Ceiling System want to partner with us and let us install their beautiful coffered wood ceiling system in Villa Lagoon.  This product has an old world look that is perfect for this project. We are interested in using the natural wood finish in some locations and a light wood, whitewashed for brightness in the main living / kitchen area. 
Home Planning Blocks Plans1 Plans2 Foundation Site Prep Blocks 1st Slab 1sr Slab Slab Pour
Acid Stain Crane 1st Course 2nd Course 3,4,5 Course Second Pour 1sr Floor Crane Repair Half Way Up 2008 Top Floor Joists
Top Floor Panels Frieze Top Floor Walls Acid Stain Frieze Acid Stain Con't Cornice Upper Story Cornice & Panels MgO & Evoba Cornice & Trusses
Video Top Rows-1 Bulkhead Month 15 Month 16 Exterior Completion Roof Interiors-1 Steps Insulation & Kitchen Plan MgO Board
Kitchen Counters Tile Floors Cement Tile-2 Cabinets Interior Decor Cuban Ceiling Saga of the Toilets Cement Tile 1st FL     Buy a Finished Dac-Art Home
Product Discussion Pages  
  Tankless
Water Heaters
Hurricane
Windows & Doors

Composite
Decking

House
Numbers
Magnesium Oxide Boards-MgO Concrete Bldg. Systems Custom Garage Doors    

Concrete FloorTile

Click Here for house plans on the Internet!!

ehouseplans.com

You can support this website by starting all Amazon purchases here, pls use our Amazon link.

07/08/2010

Hurricane proof waterfront office and house

DAC-ART Villa on Alabama's Gulf Coast

Original Website
Villa Lagoon Phase I completed in 2003
See the construction process of Phase I
New Website-2007-2009
Phase II North Elevation w/ Frieze
Construction of Phase II on this site.

                                      
                                                                             
                                                                            

Contact Us : Info@VillaLagoon.com

Site Map  Privacy Policy

All Contents Copyright 2005-2010
All Rights Reserved
Fort Morgan Web Development, Inc.
FortMorganInc@gmail.com