Rendering

I dropped by after church today and was surprised to see people working today - due to good weather.

They were completing the rendering.

It looks like it has a yellow tinge which I don't like. Not what I was expecting.

Hmm, will have to wait and see.

Also looked at hallway duct - taken out more of my wardrobe space - boo (ignoring the fact that it is nearly the size of a room!)

I also realised that the west side wall depth is only 500. I should have made it deeper for my cupboards considering I have so much space.

Speeding along

My weekly check.
Hive of activity today.
Met my security guy on site for wiring today.

Installed:

- Stairs going upstairs.  Not much space under stairs to go in.

- Upper floor windows

- Foil insulation around upstairs

- Water pipes installed - Realised they didn't use the main bathroom void which is a waste.

- Cladding people here today.  Have already completed the Weathertex cladding.

Heating/cooling

1st floor scaffolding has been installed.


Ground floor external foil insulation has been installed.

Heating and cooling ducts have been installed.
Things I was particular about
- duct placement: Didn't want it blowing over the beds, or kitchen bench
- paid extra $455 to get wireless connection to turn on/off from phone.  Has just come out this year which is good timing.  Expensive, but needed due to mobility issues.


Need to get the ground floor controller moved.  Didn't realise there was a gap due to the sliding wall, hence can't put controller there. It's in the middle of the wall - can't put anything there like tv, picture.


Also missing hallway vent - not so important.

Darker indoors than I would have liked - P's house blocks my north light


Had visit from security guy to discuss placement of cameras.  Also need to consider how to wire up WIFI to have reach next door.

Frame stage completed!

Things are moving quick and frame stage was completed yesterday.

8th June
Ground floor frames.
Bricks delivered.


14th June
Garage bricked.


29th June
Fence falls down, neighbour not happy - squashed $100 'tree' which looks like stick

30th June
Ground floor windows and doors, steel beams and first floor frames.


Realised after seeing living room window that I could have done upstairs master bedroom window as a single window pane - looks better, but oh well, will have a divide in the middle.

5th July
Roof scaffolding and roof frames.



11th July
Frame stage completed! 1.5 months ahead of schedule.
Gutters also went up.
Roof tiles also went on yesterday, which was good as frame stage inspection was done in the rain.  Not much to report from the inspection - 4 defects, pretty happy!




Retaining wall and fence.
Retaining wall is giving me a headache.  I should have got my builder to do it all.
I only got them to do the west side.  And it doesn't go all the way to the end.  So I was concerned about putting fence on top.  Builder wants fence to be put up ASAP, as he needs to fill in dirt behind wall, so that P's land doesn't fall in.  At first wasn't sure how to put up fence as wall wasn't done near garage, but found out that builder wanted fence guy to also do retaining wall.
Now I'm concerned when I do it myself, in case it undermines the neighbour's footings.
Depth of footings is 600mm, so I need to go at least 300mm out, to be safer 500mm.
When it's cut, retaining wall needs to be done pretty much straight away and then filled.
Stressed about it.

Frames

It was pouring down and I didn't expect anything.  Went by, poor carpenters, no wonder they get paid so much!

Slab stage completed!

Things are moving faster than I expected.  So fast that I didn't have time to get a pre slab inspection!

14 May 

Retaining walls completed - much higher than I expected.  Not quite sure how I'm going to do the access for next door.

21 May

Some piles of stuff

23 May

Pre slab prepartation

24 May

Concrete poured!

Finished slab!

Bit worried though as it's been raining A LOT

Excavator

According to next door, there's some action!

Still some delay with building permit - surveyor wants my retaining wall to be engineered.