29/3/08 - Plastering continues

The insulation was finished today. The house feels noticibly warmer, even with a gaping hole at the front of the house where the rendered area is still to be done.

Come on plasterers!

28/3/08 - Full steam ahead

Its amazing what can be done when the tradies get going. All week I had been waiting, waiting for something to happen and all I saw was a big pile of insulation delivered and nothing else. So last night we called past and in one day the sparkie had come and wired up the entire house. The insulation has been installed in half the house and the plastering has started. Yaah!
Hopefully plastering will be finished over the next 2 weeks.
So that will leave:
- rendering outside main bedroom
- painting
- installation of baths / showers
- tiling
- installation of cupboards
- carpeting
& probably a heap of other things that I cant think of right now. I guess achieving our move in date of 20th May is out of the question now, maybe early June?

Outside work nearly complete...now for the inside....

I havent updated for a few weeks because the progress has been fairly slow. The brick work was completely finished last weekend and the roof tilers came back and completed the roof on Monday / Tuesday last week. Otherwise not much has happened. The area outside the master bedroom is still to be rendered but at least this won't hold up progress inside the house.

The plasterboard was delivered on Thursday. What a huge pile it is!

The electrician is still to come and do the wiring so I guess the plastering won't start until he is finished. Here's hoping the wiring is done on Tuesday and plastering starts Wednesday.

Bricking - day 10

The brickies are still continuing on the house, mainly just doing the finishing touches around the windows. The garage wall between our place and the neighbours is still to be done. I think they need the neighbours permission to take down part of the fence before this can be done and the neighbours never seem to be home. Not sure what happens if they can't get access.

Some nice person came and had a huge clean up inside the house. I'm hoping this means the plastering will start anytime now. Our shower bases were also installed last weekend.

Bricking - day 2

The brickies have been working hard again today. They should be finished the first level all around the house by the end of tomorrow. Can't wait for the front of the house to get started.

Our airconditioning and heating has been put up in the roof as well. What a big beast it is! I can't work out which is which but it does look very impressive!

The shower bases are still sitting in boxes waiting to be installed.

Some pics.... 'Theatre room'
Looking toward garage from back of house. This side is the 3 kids bedrooms and the main bathroom.

The heating / air conditioning is in

Bricking - day 1

Drove past the block this morning & saw the cement mixer had been delivered yesterday (Sunday). I was very excited hoping that this meant the brickies might be starting today. Hubby walked past at lunch time and yes they have started! We have a team of 4 older guys working on the site and they had managed to get half of one side bricked up by the time I drove past tonight.

I had been a bit worried about the colour of the bricks we had chosen when I saw them in the delivered pallets. Now that they have been laid I really like them again (phew!)