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Building works to bathroom, shower installation and tiling, Marbella

In this project, our professional building team got to work in Marbella. The old guest bathroom was stripped out, the walls were then made good. The old floor tiles were also removed. In the area of the tiling in the shower zone, the walls were first waterproofed to ensure no leakage problems.

The tiles and colour scheme for the bathroom, were chosen and specified by the client. We think the result of this small project is very good.

The bathroom suite comprises a toilet, wash basin and shower, with new plumbing and taps.

waterproofing ready for tiling of shower

Building works, installing new bathroom

Tiling of a bathroom, Marbella

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Covered outdoor terrace and other general building, Marbella

Building works to a country villa near Marbella progressing well. The sandwich board roof is in place, with the beams painted. Next project is to level and tile the floor and render the walls. This will be easier for our workers now, as they can work in the shade. The new roof over the patio has been put much higher than the original, this will make it cooler in summer and allow more light into the house.

In the interior more rooms have been stripped out ready for more new wiring.

We work in the Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Estepona areas on the coast and inland to Alhaurin, Coin and Monda. We work with all types of building and renovations, including swimming pools and pool leak detection.

We can add terraces around your swimming pool, build extensions, whatever your villa on the Costa del Sol needs.

Covering and enclosing terrace

Terrace roof in place

New plasterboard ceilings

Rewiring as part of villa renovation

Swimming Pools

Pool surround replacement with marmolina, Elviria, Marbella

Here we have before and work in progress pictures of a pool in Elviria, Marbella. We are laying a new white stone (Marmolina) surround and afterwards we will acid clean and regrout the whole pool to have it looking perfect for summer 2018! More pictures coming soon…

The marmolina white pool surround is a very hard wearing, non slip material. It is mixed onsite, poured into shuttering, then polished and afterwards we make cuts into it for expansion.

The surround on this swimming pool was in very poor condition, so had to be changed. At the end, the pool will be acid cleaned and then regrouted.

This work is part of a complete villa renovation in the popular area of Elviria, near Marbella.

This kind of project normally takes around 5 days.

New swimming pool surround, Elviria

Swimming pool renovation, Marbella

Swimming pool works, Marbella

Installing new pool surround, Marbella

Pool repairs, Marbella

Pool & Villa reform, Marbella

If you would like a more information about renovating your home in or around Marbella, contact us today

Swimming pool leak detection and pool repairs

Exterior

Covering outdoor terrace and new windows installed, nr Marbella

In this work, we have demolished the old terrace roof which was built on 2 different levels and very low.

The plan is to make the entire floor one level and tile with the same tiles as the interior of the house. The roof has been made much higher than the original to give more light inside the house. The material specified is an aluminium sandwich board, which has excellent insulation properties, this will help to keep tings cool in Summer and the house warmer in Winter.

The final touch here will be glass curtains all along the front, making it possible to use the terrace all year round.

Covered terrace, Marbella. Building works

Covered terrace, Glass curtains, Marbella

Installation of windows and doors, Marbella

Covering outdoor terrace

View from inside the house, Marbella

Interior

Interior plastering and plasterboard, Coin, nr Marbella

Interior plastering and plasterboard, Coin, nr Marbella.

This beautiful country house is in the hills above Marbella on the way to Coin. In this post, you can see the progress that our building team has made on the interior of the property. The house was very old and had constantly had new parts added and so none of the rooms had straight walls or ceilings of the same height.

In this part, which will be the lounge, we have removed columns, chimneys, false ceilings and stone cladding. We have then installed the plasterboard on all walls and ceiling. This will mean that where there were 2 rooms with several different finishes and different ceiling heights, there is now one type of wall and one level of ceiling.

There is a cavity between the plasterboard and the original walls, so this will give added insulation.

All the floors will have the same slate grey tiles throughout.

In the adjoining room, we have started to strip out the ceiling and this will get the same treatment.

Removing false ceilings, campo house, Marbella

Coin, Costa del Sol Builders

Interior plasterboarding, Marbella

Renovation of villa, Marbella

Coin, Malaga, Building company

Building services, Costa del Sol

Plaster board, interior, Marbella

Total villa renovation

We have also installed all new windows, with double glazing and persiana shutters and completely rewired the entire house. The finishing touch will be a new cast iron wood burning stove

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Swimming Pool Borders, DIY self adhesive for stained water line

We are a construction based business, so it’s not often that we find a product that is worth recommending.

Staining around the waterline of a swimming pool is a common problem. It is not always the fault of the maintenance of the pool, although this does play a big role in staining at the water line. Things like heavy metals, sun cream, high pH will all cause a problem with staining of the pool border.

On traditionally built swimming pools, such as those with mosaic tiles, this area can be cleaned with hydrochloric acid, which will remove stains (but it also removes the cement grout and can start to damage the glaze of the mosaic tiles), but on fibreglass pools, liner pools and even painted pools this kind of treatment is not possible. Usually the only solution is to resurface the pool.

Our friends at piscinaliner.com have come up with the solution, a self adhesive swimming pool border that is DIY fitment, is safe with the chemicals and looks great.

An unsightly border is a thing of the past. They ship throughout Spain.

These borders can be used on any type of swimming pool, painted, fibreglass, polyester or liner. Here are a couple of before and after examples.

Damaged water line on cheap liner

Swimming pool border

Damaged waterline, tiled pool

DIY solution to stained pool border

Swimming pool borders, Spain

Border Choice Spain, Pool Borders

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Fibre glass swimming pool lining and waterproofing, Malaga, Costa del Sol

We line swimming pools with gelcoat and fibreglass in most areas of the Costa del Sol, Nerja, Velez-Malaga, Torremolinos, Fuengirola, Mijas, Marbella, Estepona etc and inland areas such as Coin and Alhaurin.

The fibre glass lining of a swimming pool is a fairly quick process, resulting in a fully waterproof pool structure that will give a modern clean look, whilst being easy to maintain.

Fibreglass or polyester lining is more economical than other finishes.

The polyester is a long lasting, hard wearing surface, reducing the build up of cal and algae due to its water repellent properties. The polyester is 100% waterproof and has a certain amount of flex, making it a good product for waterproofing structurally flawed pools. It can either be left as the finished surface, or be treated to allow tiling.

It can be applied directly over painted, tiled or other finishes, as long as the substrate is reasonably smooth.

It is not necessary to change any of the fittings in the pool, thus reducing cost.

Preparation of the surfaces. The pool needs to be clean and dry when the team arrives on site. The products can not be applied over damp surfaces.

Tiled Pools – If the grout is reasonably good, the polyester can be applied directly over the existing tiles. If the grout is in very poor condition, or missing, it will need skimming with 52.2 cement.

Painted Pools – Any loose or flaking paint needs to be removed. In areas where the paint is very thick and uneven, this will need to be ground smooth.

If the pool has very square corners, these should be rounded with a sand cement mix, as it is very hard to fold the matting into the corners. This can be seen in the link below.

Application of the product.

We apply 450gms/m2 of chopped fibre matting. Approximately 1kg/m2 tixotropic resin and finish with high paraffin content gelcoat, in white. Fittings are masked.

It is possible to tile over the fibreglass (if the pool is of concrete or block construction), either immediately, or in the future as budget allows. In order to apply tiles, the final layer of gelcoat is treated to provide a bond for the tile adhesives.
Once the resins have set, the masking can be removed and the edges sealed with polyurethane.

After this, the pool needs about 3 or 4 days to dry before filling up.

We recommend that the finish is in white, as it is the most hard wearing.

Swimming pool, fibreglass lined Fuengirola, Malaga

Waterproofing using fibreglass. Polyester resin and glass fibre matt

Fibre Glass finished swimming pool. Pool structure leaking

Lining and waterproofing using fibreglass in Malaga

Lining and waterproofing using fibreglass and polyester resin in Malaga

Refinishing a pool in an atico, Marbella

Refinishing a pool in an atico penthouse, Marbella

Penthouse swimming pool renovation, Marbella

Exterior , Landscaping

Stamped concrete paving, Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola, Estepona

Printed concrete is a highly durable and good looking way of surfacing a drive way, swimming pool surround, terrace and any other large open area.

It is quicker to install than traditional finishes such as tiles and is much harder wearing.

In this post, we share several building projects that have been finished over the years, in and around Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Estepona.

Stamped concrete, installed by builders in Marbella

This was a driveway for a villa that was renovated in Marbella

Poured and stamped concrete driveway, Estepona

A long driveway down to the underground garage for a country house in Estepona

Stamped concrete around swimming pool, Mijas

This was the terrace laid around a swimming pool that we renovated near Mijas Pueblo

Printed concrete driveway, Fuengirola

Stamped concrete driveway by our builders in Sierrazuela, nr Fuengirola

Builders working with stamped concrete

Large driveway with a rustic look for a large villa in El Paraiso, nr Estepona

Wood effect stamped concrete

Wood effect stamped concrete looks great on a terrace around a swimming pool

Block pave effect stamped concrete

Patterned concrete driveway

Building new driveway

Stamped concrete terrace

Natural effect concrete

Stamped concrete has many advantages over tiling, so long as the preperation is properly done.

Contact builders costa del sol for a quote today

Exterior

Decorative cement works, Building, Ronda, Malaga

As part of the buildings works on this house in Ronda, the clients wanted a finish that complimented the surroundings and didn’t want just render and paint, which is the usual finish on houses built in Southern Spain.

Building with stone is expensive and time consuming and it also makes complying with energy certificate requirements as it is more difficult to insulate.

Here, one of our skilled builders is hand finishing the render to create a stone effect, hopefully it will be to our clients liking.

The cement render is applied by hand, then using special stamps the base effect is established. the final detail and colouring is done by hand. We have used this process before in gardens and around swimming pools.

decorative cement work, Marbella

Hand finishing building works

Building works, Ronda Road, Marbella

Rendering walls, Marbella

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Mural Painting in and around Marbella, Malaga

Mural Painting in and around Marbella, Malaga and other areas in and around the Costa del Sol

After the building works have been done, a mural can give life to an otherwise boring, small or unusable space. Plain solid colours sometimes just do not have the required impact. Other tricks can be used to make the best of an unusable space, such as mirrors, hidden lighting, but sometimes these are just not practical.

Decorative painting can be used inside, such as this superbly executed faux marble effect on a plaster fireplace. This was completed by our friend Michele Duffy in a couple of days.

Decorative painting on a fireplace in Marbella

Fireplace before painting work, Marbella

Detail of paint effects on fireplace, Marbella

This example, also by Michele Duffy, was a mural painted on a 2 storey high retaining wall at the back and side of the house. It gives much needed interest and depth to a difficult space, but without the need for caring for plants or other maintenance.

Decorative exterior Mural, Mijas

Decorative exterior mural, Marbella

Freshly built wall, Estepona

Mural painting, Estepona

Our approach to building works is to find solutions that suit the needs and budget of the clients, to create a space that is personalised to your needs.

For a quote for your building works in Marbella, Fuengirola, Mijas and Estepona, do not hesitate to contact us.

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