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Chronicles of the Design & Construction of Two Waterfront Hurricane Proof Dry Stack Modular Green Custom Homes
1. Villa Lagoon, Wilder Italian Style Home
2. Nasello Italian Style Home

Mary and Jerry Nasello's Gulf Coast DAC-ART Waterfront House Construction: 2006-2009
Site Prep	Pilings	Foundation	1st Course	Slab Prep	Slab	2nd Course	3rd Course	4th Course	5th Course	Page 11
6th Course	First Floor	7th Course	Porch#1	8th-9th row blocks	Weathershield	10,11,12th	Second Floor	16th Row blocks	17,18,19th row	19,20th row
Page 22	Cornice	Fireplace	Roof-1	Roof-2	Roof-3	Cornice-2	Arches	Garage Doors	Porch Arches	Roof Decking
Page 33	Tile Roof		Newspaper: Castle Article			Magazine Coverage: DacArt in the News				FloorTile
Product Discussion Pages
Partners	DacArt in the News	Buy a Finished DAC-ART Home	Tankless Water Heaters	Magnesium Oxide Boards-MgO	Concrete Bldg. Systems and History	Hurricane Windows & Doors	Custom Garage Doors	Composite Decking	House Numbers	Concrete Floor Tile and Reproduction

Fourth Course of DAC-ART Man-Made Stone Blocks

Derek, our point man or block stacking supervisor, is living on site for added measure of security. Derek was with us when we began this project, he is now on another jobsite.

The stairs are starting to go up around the elevator shaft.

  The texture of DAC-ART blocks includes small pin holes, striations of color, with a lot of variation.

The part of this wall that protrudes is actually a column that goes all the way up to the top. From the second floor, up, there will be just columns, no walls. This is true on the south, east and the west walls.

At this stage of construction, it is a bit like watching grass grow. If you miss going to the job site for a few days, you really can't tell if there is any progress being made. I am sure that once the house starts taking shape, this feeling will change.  

The blue thing you see in the photo above right is a piece of German equipment that the builder thought might be useful to move from floor to floor to stack the blocks. Since it has no motorized motion, it turned out to not be very practical so we are not using it. It belongs to the builder.

Photos by Jerry Nasello

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