MANY THANKS / MUCH脥SIMAS GRACIAS
4 years ago I started the construction of the front of my house, since due to heavy rains in the past the facade of the house collapsed; When I started construction I had capital that I had managed to raise together with my ex-partner thanks to a fast food business that we had, but at that time the country was going through a very serious economic crisis and the capital I had was devalued in an instant by inflation.
Hace 4 a帽os atr谩s di inicio a la construcci贸n de el frente de mi casa, ya que debido a unas fuertes lluvias en el pasado se derrumb贸 la fachada de la casa; cuando comenc茅 con la construcci贸n ten铆a un capital que hab铆a logrado reunir junto a mi expareja gracias a un negocio que ten铆amos de comida r谩pida, pero en ese entonces el pais estaba pasando una crisis econ贸mica muy grave y el capital que ten铆a se devalu贸 en un instante por la inflaci贸n.
With the money I had, I advanced as much as I could in the construction, but I couldn't finish the facade; This last month I have been talking with my sister so that between the two of us we can pay the expenses little by little and thus finish building the house; She spoke with some relatives who have a hardware store to reach an agreement in which they will finance the construction materials and we will pay it in installments; the owners of the hardware store accepted the agreement and we got down to work.
Con el dinero que ten铆a avanc茅 lo mas que pude en la construcci贸n, pero la fachada no pude terminarla; este 煤ltimo mes he estado hablando con mi hermana para que entre los dos paguemos los gastos poco a poco y as铆 ir terminando de construir la casa; ella hablo con unos familiares que tienen una ferreter铆a para llegar a un acuerdo en el que nos financeen los materiales de construcci贸n y nosotros lo vamos pagando en cuotas; los due帽os de la ferreter铆a aceptaron el acuerdo y ya nos pusimos manos a la obra.
I told my sister that I would do the construction, but that there are certain things that I did not know how to do and you have to hire someone to help me with that; So we did it, we hired a mason, between him and I we will do the front. The first thing that had to be done was a horizontal column which in masonry is known as a "crown beam".
Le coment茅 a mi hermana que yo har铆a la construcci贸n, pero que hay ciertas cosas que no sab铆a hacer y hay que contratar a alguien que me ayude en eso; as铆 lo hicimos contratamos a un se帽or alba帽il, entre el y yo haremos el frente. Lo primero que hab铆a que realizar era una columna horizontal a la que en la alba帽iler铆a se le conoce como "viga de corona".
First we had to box the skeleton of the column with wood and then empty it with the mixture of cement, sand, stones and water; The whole process was a bit tedious since we did not have many woods and we had to perform miracles with the few old woods that I had, but the goal was achieved; In all this process we last a whole day, we started on a Thursday.
Primero ten铆amos que encajonar con madera el esqueleto de la columna para luego vaciarla con la mezcla de cemento, arena, piedras y agua; todo el proceso fue un poco tedioso ya que no cont谩bamos con muchas maderas y tuvimos que hacer milagros con las pocas maderas viejas que yo ten铆a, pero se logro el objetivo; en todo ese proceso duramos un d铆a entero, empezamos un jueves.
On Friday we started with the process that the masons call "splashing" and it is basically to make a very watery mixture of cement and sand, then throw it towards the wall so that when it dries, that is the base that will hold the frieze on the wall.
El viernes comenzamos con el proceso que los alba帽iles llaman "salpicar" y es b谩sicamente hacer una mezcla muy aguada de cemento y arena, luego arrojarla hacia la pared para que cuando seque, esa sea la base que aguante el friso en la pared.
On Saturday I had already dried the splatter from the previous day, now it was time to "fry" the 3 outside walls, that day was quite exhausting, because I had to mix three times and mixing a cement mixture is an extremely exhausting job, but we managed to cover all the front that same day.
El s谩bado ya hab铆a secado el salpicado del d铆a anterior, ahora tocaba "frizar" las 3 paredes de afuera, ese d铆a fue bastante agotador, porque tuve que hacer tres veces mezcla y batir una mezcla de cemento es un trabajo sumamente agotador, pero logramos cubrir todo el frente ese mismo d铆a.
Besides, there was a mixture left and in order not to waste it, the mason offered to use it on the inside wall of the house, although that was not part of the agreement when we hired him, but he was willing to do it without an extra payment. Thankful to the bricklayer because he did an excellent job.
Aparte qued贸 mezcla y para no desperdiciar, el se帽or alba帽il se ofreci贸 a utilizarla en la pared de adentro de la casa, aunque eso no era parte del acuerdo cuando lo contratamos, pero 茅l estuvo dispuesto hacerlo sin un pago extra. Agradecido con el alba帽il porque hizo un excelente trabajo.
On Sunday the wall was almost ready, the only thing missing was "mixing", the masons refer to this process when a mixture of dust (sifted, without any pebbles) and cement with lime is made, a quite sticky paste is made and with that the walls are covered to leave that smooth finish.
El domingo ya la pared estaba casi lista solo faltaba "mezclillar", los alba帽iles se refieren a este proceso cuando se hace una mezcla de polvillo (cernido, sin nada de piedritas) y cemento con cal, se hace una pasta bastante pegostosa y con eso se cubren las paredes para dejar ese acabado liso.
By Monday I was super exhausted, but the front floor still needs to be done.
Ya el lunes yo estaba super agotado, pero todav铆a faltaba hacer el piso del frente.
To finish that floor I had to make six cement mixes, that day I was at the limit, but I stayed motivated, because only that part was missing to have the front of my home finished, after so long I could not give up on the last day .
Para terminar ese piso tuve que hacer seis mezclas de cemento, ese d铆a yo estaba al limite, pero me mantuve motivado, porque solo faltaba esa parte para tener el frente de m铆 hogar terminado, despu茅s de tanto tiempo no me pod铆a rendir en el ultimo d铆a.
At 5:00 pm on Monday, October 25, we managed to finish the front of the house, of course there are still many things to do, but the most important thing was achieved; grateful to my sister and to all the people involved who contributed to this goal being achieved, grateful to HIVE that allowed me to give my sister security to help her cover all the construction expenses; I feel immensely happy with how things have happened. What was promised is debt, I told him that in this community they would be the first to know about the progress in the construction of my home, good vibes 馃枛馃徏.
A las 5:00pm del lunes 25 de octubre logramos terminar el frente de la casa, claro todav铆a hacen falta muchas cosas por hacer, pero lo mas importante se logr贸; agradecido con mi hermana y con todas las personas involucradas que contribuyeron para que se lograra este objetivo, agradecido con HIVE que me permiti贸 darle seguridad a mi hermana para ayudarla a cubrir con todos los gastos de la construcci贸n; me siento inmensamente feliz por como han sucedido las cosas. Lo prometido es deuda, le dije que en esta comunidad ser铆an los primeros en saber sobre los avances en la construcci贸n de mi hogar, buenas vibras 馃枛馃徏.
All images and texts cited in this publication are my own authorship.
Todas las im谩genes y textos citados en esta publicaci贸n son de mi propia autor铆a.