House windows: checks before ordering
A checklist for every window in a new house: how it opens, who takes the final measurement, which glass and shading, how junctions are solved and what goes in the order.
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Guides: House construction · Page 3
BCN YARD guides: House construction. 55 articles to help plan your project in Barcelona. Page 3.
Site access for a new house: early logistics
Site logistics are settled before the first lorry arrives: machine route, unloading area, storage, waste and temporary utilities. Otherwise the programme breaks in the first month.
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Construction purchasing: decide before you need it
House procurement is counted back from installation, and the key date for the client is the approval deadline, not the delivery date.
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Coordinating a house, pool and garden
The house, pool and garden share levels, services and machine access, so they are designed together rather than adding the pool afterwards.
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Utility spaces in a house: plan for access
A house’s equipment needs more room than the catalogue suggests: service clearances, a way in to replace it, drainage, ventilation and noise control. Plant rooms are designed with the house, not squeezed into leftover corners.
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Construction photographs: a useful record
A useful archive is concealed work photographed before it is closed, with a location reference and date. What to shoot, how to store it and how to use it later.
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Decisions at each construction stage
Every decision in building a house has a deadline: layout before design, openings before the pour, sockets before the walls close.
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