General Features of Ventanas al Cielo in San Miguel
FOUNDATION: The foundation is designed based on continuous and insulated foot block, using steel reinforcements and concrete filled block grading to level. The grading that is in contact with the garden fillers is water-proofed.
MEZZANINE AND FLAT ROOF SLABS: The slabs are made of polystyrene foam and concrete arch ribs, reinforced by plate girders.
WALLS: They are made of 12X20X40 cm plain concrete blocks firmly placed and enclosed by roof slabs and head frames. Some walls will be made of adobe with rustic space between two moldings, including clay pebbles, as it is indicated in the project.
FINISHING: The floors in social areas can be chosen from 40×40 sand color “cantera” stone, honing finish chocolate marble, and travertine finish marble. The bedrooms will have the option of continuing with the overall house floor, or chocolate color laminated floor boards. The bathrooms will have honing chocolate travertine marble. The terraces will have 40×40 clay floor tiles. The washbasin plates and the vessel sinks will be made of travertine marble. The outside walls will be flattened with plastered painted sand cement. The interior walls and ceilings will be covered with plaster and finished with two coats of paint. The houses will be divided by dense vegetation (hedges). There are several steel pillars with rust-proof treatment covered with polyurethane supporting beams and pergolas. There are waterproof decks and some of them will have clay tiles simulating old tiles; the flat ones are used as terraces. Several waterproof flower boxes are included with water outlets. The wooden beams will be made of pinewood covered with burnt oil and will be used outdoors in the pergola zone and under the eaves of the tile decks. In the interior, they will be under the ceiling in the living room, the same as in the covered terraces. Some concrete enclosures will be substituted by wooden beams to highlight some important elements of the façade, as indicated in the drawings.
FRAMES AND WINDOWS: There are metallic utility door frames anchored to the walls with tubular shapes, rust-resisting base and enamel paint. Window frames will be optional, of wrought iron or aluminum according to the architectural design with transparent 6mm-thick glass. Mosquito screens will be made of sun-resistant fiber glass material. Partition screens are made of 3” aluminum with mosquito screens. Some windows will be manufactured with double glass. There will be tempered glass screens in the bathrooms.
DOORS AND PANELS: The main and interior doors have a banack frame. In the middle, it will have 19 mm tri-ply wood veneered with fine wood. The aluminum door panels have a key for the main door and buttons for the interior ones. They are all well-known brands.
FURNITURE AND FIXTURES: The bathroom furniture is white and the fixtures are metallic, made by prestigious manufacturers. The toilet seat is made of plastic. Washbasins are made from various types of marble. The utility patio has a white cement washtub on block light walls and a deep sink, as well as a tub as preparation for hydro pneumatic installation. It has two fireplaces, one outdoors and one outdoors, both on the ground floor. It will have an imported kitchen made of solid wood covered with marble with grease-proof protective coating and will be provided with the following appliances: dishwasher, stove with oven and in the laundry room there will be washing machine and a dryer. Some bedrooms will have wooden closets.
SIDEWALKS AND ACCESS: Pavement marks for vehicle and pedestrian access will be made of concrete, in adopasto and circular shape, respectively.
WATERPROOFING: A cold water-based waterproofing system is used, starting with a priming sealer coat, successive coats of asphalt emulsion and polyester reinforced membrane and finishing it with aluminum bitumen paint. FENCES: There are common dividing walls between neighboring houses made of hedges or block, apparent finishing with tucked-in small space with a minimum height of 1.80 m.
INSTALLATIONS: Cold and hot water installations are made of ½” hydraulic PVC tubing. Sanitary installations are made of 2” and 4” tic PVC tubing and connections. The minimum slope for the network is 2%. House gas installation is made using a ½” diameter type “L” copper pipeline, feeding a boiler, store and gas cylinder or stationary tank. The electrical installation is 110v single-phased, with a 4-circuit capacity load center, with THW cable of the following Numbers: 10, 12 y 14. Cable ducts are ½” PVC polyduct, drowned in walls. The fixtures, bone or white color light switches, contacts and covers are made of plastic and from prestigious manufacturers. For the flying buttress outlet, two 4” porcelain block sockets will be placed, set with 1 ½” screws. It will have a C.F.E. outdoor house connection on a fence beside the public sidewalk area.