...Kluzniok Green-Built Rastra Residence...
Santa Cruz, CA

Kitchen and dining room view.


Living room view.


Dining Room/Kitchen Bar with textured (hand-finished) stainless steel.


Front entrance and landing near completion.


Window trim complete.


Master bathroom complete.


Full view of kitchen/dining room.


Hardwood floor installed (dining room).


Concrete countertop hand-coated, finished and sealed.


Carpets installed (living room and bedrooms).


Kitchen counter top setting & curing.


Pouring the kitchen counter top.


Back deck in progress.


Light fixtures installed.


Setting tile; hallway & main entry.


Exterior stucco complete (back door view).


Exterior pigmented stucco complete (side door view).


Exterior pigmented stucco in progress (side door view).


Interior pigmented plaster in progress (color evens out during curing).


Third bedroom, stucco walls ready for masonry primer.


View from step-down Living room toward Dining Room.


Interior sheet rock installed.


Metal roof and skylights installed.


More framing; interior spacing taking shape.


Exterior view; back door & clerestory.


Radient floor heating system manifold.


Radient floor tubing installed.


Radient floor (Warmboard) and interior framing.


Raising the roof; plywood going up.


Interior before roof... sunbeams streaming in.


Roof framing and rafters going up.


Building & pouring the gables.


Pouring concrete into the walls.


Raising the walls higher and building supports.


Floor beams and first floor boards.


Raising the walls... stacking the Rastra blocks higher.


First tier & slab prep complete.


Stacking the first tier of 30" Rastra blocks.


Foundation footing cured, rebar ready for stacking.


Pouring the footing.


Digging the foundation footing.


Demolition of previous dwelling