A villa in Chéraga renovated from the roof terrace to the heating
Two hundred and ten square metres on two floors: large-format porcelain and ceramic-parquet floors, two bathrooms, a cedar kitchen, central heating and the roof terrace’s waterproofing.
- Town
- Chéraga
- Kind
- Villas
- Area
- 210 m²
- Length of the works
- 14 working days
- Budget
- 9 800 000 DAindicative, materials and labour

Before the works
A 1990s house bought as it stood: floors that changed from room to room, original bathrooms, heating by gas stoves and a roof terrace leaking over a bedroom. Only after photographs exist for this project.
What was done
The project was split into packages running in parallel: the roof terrace’s waterproofing first, to make the house watertight, then each floor’s services, then the floors and bathrooms, and the kitchen last.
Central heating went in with a wall-hung boiler and aluminium radiators, the multilayer pipework run under the new floors. The 60 × 120 porcelain covers the ground floor, the ceramic parquet the bedrooms upstairs.
Both bathrooms took wall-hung toilets and thermostatic shower columns, the interior doors were replaced with oak doors and the windows with aluminium sliders.
The steps
| Room | Step | Starts | Takes | Works schedule, in working days from Saturday to Thursday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site | Site protection | day 1 | 1 d | |
| Kitchen | Strip-out | day 2 | 1 d | |
| Kitchen | Plumbing | day 3 | 1 d | |
| Kitchen | Electrics | day 3 | 2 d | |
| Kitchen | Tiling and splashback | day 5 | 3 d | |
| Kitchen | Kitchen fitting | day 8 | 2 d | |
| Kitchen | Painting | day 10 | 2 d | |
| Main bathroom | Strip-out | day 2 | 2 d | |
| Main bathroom | Plumbing | day 4 | 2 d | |
| Main bathroom | Electrics | day 4 | 1 d | |
| Main bathroom | Under-tile waterproofing | day 6 | 1 d | |
| Main bathroom | Tiling | day 7 | 4 d | |
| Main bathroom | Sanitaryware | day 11 | 2 d | |
| Main bathroom | Ceiling paint | day 13 | 1 d | |
| Shower room | Strip-out | day 2 | 2 d | |
| Shower room | Plumbing | day 4 | 2 d | |
| Shower room | Electrics | day 4 | 1 d | |
| Shower room | Under-tile waterproofing | day 6 | 1 d | |
| Shower room | Tiling | day 7 | 4 d | |
| Shower room | Sanitaryware | day 11 | 2 d | |
| Shower room | Ceiling paint | day 13 | 1 d | |
| Living room | Electrics | day 2 | 1 d | |
| Living room | Plaster and false ceiling | day 3 | 3 d | |
| Living room | Flooring | day 6 | 3 d | |
| Living room | Painting | day 9 | 3 d | |
| Bedroom 1 | Electrics | day 2 | 1 d | |
| Bedroom 1 | Plaster and false ceiling | day 3 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 1 | Flooring | day 5 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 1 | Painting | day 7 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 2 | Electrics | day 2 | 1 d | |
| Bedroom 2 | Plaster and false ceiling | day 3 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 2 | Flooring | day 5 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 2 | Painting | day 7 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 3 | Electrics | day 2 | 1 d | |
| Bedroom 3 | Plaster and false ceiling | day 3 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 3 | Flooring | day 5 | 2 d | |
| Bedroom 3 | Painting | day 7 | 2 d | |
| Roof terrace | Strip old protection | day 2 | 1 d | |
| Roof terrace | Waterproofing | day 3 | 2 d | |
| Roof terrace | Terrace tiling | day 5 | 3 d | |
| Site | Cleaning and handover | day 14 | 1 d |
The products used
All of them from the Qarmoud catalogue and our depots.
- Hoggar porcelain 60 × 120 mattTiles & wall tiles
- Natural oak wood-look tile 20 × 120 mattTiles & wall tiles
- 60 cm base unit — oakKitchen
- 60 cm wall unit — oakKitchen
- Rimless wall-hung toilet pack + frameBathroom
- Thermostatic shower column, 25 cm headBathroom
- SBS bitumen membrane 4 mm — 10 m² rollWaterproofing & insulation
- Oak-veneer door set 83 × 204Doors & windows
- Aluminium 2-pane sliding window 140 × 120Doors & windows
- 24 kW gas combi boilerPlumbing & heating
- 10-section aluminium radiatorPlumbing & heating
The team
- Asma BenamaraInterior designer, Qarmoud AtelierFictional character
- Adel MekhalfaRenovation project manager, Qarmoud AtelierFictional character
- Abdelkader GhezaliSite foremanFictional character
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