Frame and Plumbing complete...Ready for Bricks!

Lots of progress over the past week with the following that has been completed:

Frame has been completed
Windows have been installed
Plumbing rough in has been completed
Balcony frame has been installed

Here are some pictures of the completed frame:







And here are some internal framing pics:







The only issue that we have found is that two of the three bedrooms have been installed with obscure glass, but this was not specified in any of our plans. I have spoken to our SS and he is working on the issue with our window supplier.

Our bricks should be delivered anytime now, and the brickies begin on Monday.

I will post some more pics of the progress as soon as the brick work has begun.

Have a great weekend!

Cheers,

CMET

We have a Frame!

As posted last week, our underground rain water tank has been installed! After Monday night's storm, that tank was still installed on Tuesday.



The plumber called before starting work to ensure that the tank was in the right location and that the riser was the right height for the landscaping that we have planned for that area.



Then our frame was delivered on Wednesday. They will need to do it in two lots, due to the limited space for site access. Our ground floor frame started today, and here are the pictures:









Our windows where also delivered today, so they should be going in soon.

Here's hoping the good weather continues, as does the building progress with EB.

Cheers,

CMET

Post Slab Week

Not a huge amount to report for this week after all of last weeks action, but they have completed the following:

External drainage has been completed
Underground cabling has been done
Site fence has been installed

Here are a few pictures:







Items on the agenda for next week are as follows:

Underground rainwater tank to be installed
Frames and trusses to be delivered and installed

Here's hoping that the rain that is forecast for early in the week does not impact too heavily on the people building in Sydney!

Cheers,

CMET

We have a slab!!!!!!!

Much to our surprise when passing by this afternoon, we discovered that we have a slab! In speaking with our SS yesterday evening, he said that it would probably be Monday before our site was poured. Here are some pictures:





Here is where our garage is located:



And finally, here is a picture of our correctly sized alfresco area. I am glad that they where not able to pour any earlier than today, otherwise they would not have been able to correct it.



Bring on the slab party!

Cheers,

CMET

Ready for a slab......well almost!

The formwork has been completed, as you can see from the pictures below.





The issue is that when we where looking at the footprint of the house, something looked wrong with the alfresco area. We had increased ours by 1m, and the formwork did not reflect this as per the image below.



A quick call to our SS showed that there was discrepancy between the ground floor plan and the slab floor plan by the 1m in question. The concreters will fix it up tomorrow.

Bring on our slab!!

Cheers,

CMET

Fromwork Started

The concreters started the formwork for our slab today. The timber went up, the pipes where installed and the steelwork was delivered.







This should be completed tomorrow, and with a bit of luck we will still be on track to having a slab before the end of the week.

Cheers,

CMET

Concrete piering for the slab

As promised, here are some pictures of what has been going on so far.

Here is a picture of our land after just clearing most of the long grass. As you can see, it was pegged out at this time.



During the week, they connected us to the water mains, so have water to the site.




These are some pictures taken yesterday when the concrete piering preparation for the slab was started.





They completed the piering yesterday afternoon and here are some of the finished pictures.






With a bit of luck, we might have a slab by the end of the week!

Cheers,

CMET