Plumbing

The plumbing was done today so there are lots of little pipes all over the place.
Still no bricks have been layed so I think this is causing things to go slower this week.


This is our ensuite you can see the plumbing has been done for the side by side basins.

More Roof Trusses

The windows are now all in except for the bathroom. The roof trusses are almost finished, they cannot totally finish until the garage is bricked. It looks like the brick layers have been delayed so we are not sure what is going on there.
This is the left side of the house (south)

Frame Day Five

Almost all the windows are in and the roof trusses were being started today. The guy on the roof is really nice and has agreed to put some extra noggins in the frame so hanging towel rails and TVs etc. We met the site supervisor for the first time today. The brick work on the garage is now scheduled for Monday as the brick layer has been delayed. This is a picture standing in the Alfresco. The two big windows are in the dining room.

Frame Day Three

Tonight was the most exciting visit to the site so far. They have finished 90% of the frame! We were able to walk through each room and see little details like the broom closet, the pantry and the walk in robe. It still looks sooooo big, I thought it was supposed to look small when it was just a frame??

Some bricks have been delivered. Maybe they really will start laying them tomorrow? The colour is Hawthorn from Austral Brick's Melbourne range. The colour looks good so far so hopefully we will like them when they are laid.

The windows have also been delivered. The colour is Stone Beige although they look black because they have tape on them. The windows in the front will be timber so they come from a different supplier.

Frame Day Two

About one third of the frame has been finished today.

Frame Started

We can't believe how quickly things are happening. As you can see the frame was started today. It is really exciting to see where each room is going to be. Apparently the entire frame including the roof trusses will be completed by Monday. Even the brick work is going to start on Thursday as apparently the side of the garage needs to be bricked for them to complete the roof section.

This pic shows our rumpus room at the back right. The section of dirt is our alfresco area and the room in the left of the photo next to the Alfresco is the dining room. The pipes are in the kitchen.

Finally a beautiful slab

We have driven by a few times this week hoping for action shots of a slab being poured but we have had very bad weather so we were not surprised not to see one. Finally today it has happened, these photos were taken at 11.30am and they had nearly finished so obviously it does not take very long. We will be really glad to get the slab invoice as it is a sign of progress. The frame is supposed to start on Monday.

Just finishing off the garage