Photos from week starting 23rd May

Work is now progressing on a number of fronts at once;

• external brick walls are being rendered
• electrical first fix continues
• plumbing has started
• external blue board is being fixed
• carpentry to internal walls and bulkheads.

During the week we confirmed the orders for the window openers, solar hot water system and the bathroom floor tiles.  Next week the fireplace, cavity slider units and internal doors will be delivered.

Also, today we met the joiner, Erich, from Fine Earth Joinery who will be making all the cupboards and kitchen units.  It took us two and a half hours to go through all the details with him - exhausting!

With the front wall of the garage rendered it feels much less prominent

Render on the back wall of the garage

Render on the north west walls

Laundry wall has been rendered

The external finish around the hallway windows looks really good

Render on the garage wall.  The brick joint lines should disappear when the render has fully dried 

I think that the garage roof column looks really impressive

The electrician has wired up a sample of the ceiling wash light in the main bedroom

The fitting looks great but we haven't seen it working yet because it needs to have the builder's generator working

The wiring for the television has been installed

Example of a power point and a communications point

Plumbing in the main bathroom.  The black pipes are from the solar hot water panels; the green pipes are from the rain water tanks and the copper pipes are the hot and cold water supply to the bathroom sink

Pipes installed for the washing machine and the laundry sink

Pipework for hot water cylinder

Blue board on the east facade between the sliding doors

Blue board around the sliding doors

Blue board at the north end of the east facade.  The next stage is for the blue board to be rendered

The roof ridge line capping pieces are now installed

Photos from week starting 16th May

More great progress this week.  It is interesting to see the "blue board" starting to be installed on the south and east facades.

Also, this weekend we ordered all the kitchen appliances and made a decision on the tiles for the bathrooms (http://allstone.net.au/product/tiles/mercury-basalt/).  We nearly ordered the tiles for the lounge/dining room/laundry/terrace; however the lady in the shop said that they are having a sale next weekend which would give us a 20% discount. So we will hold onto our money for another week.

South facade with completed blue board

Detail of the colour matched metal strip that Matt has had made to create a weather proof seal between the wall and the sliding door frame.  The white plastic strip is the finishing bead for the blue board  

Detail of how the blue board fits into the edge bead and is now ready for the skim coat

We have decided to go back to using the Centor flyscreen unit for the sliding doors so the brickwork adjacent to the doors has had to be sawn back by about 50mm to accommodate the frame

The sliding door from bedroom 3 into the courtyard and the bathroom/WC windows have been installed

Inside bedroom 3

The back door has been installed

The windows from the laundry into the courtyard

The brick work for all the window sills have been completed.  So the walls are ready for rendering

The high level kitchen windows 

The same windows from the inside

All the joints have been filled in the roof soffit

A pair of Tawny Frogmouths having a snooze 

Photos from week starting 9th May

Lots of good progress again this week.  The roof is finished, apart from the ridge line covers, more windows have been installed, the electrician is in full swing with the first fix and the soffit panels of the roof have been installed.

The finished roof looks great

The panels along the roof valleys have been trimmed neatly

The lower level dining room windows have been installed

The high level kitchen windows have been installed

The high level windows along the hallway have been installed

The soffit panels along the east facade have been installed

and along the north facade

Frameworks for the bulkhead either side of the chimney

First fix wiring

We have now measured the sizes of the upper level windows in the lounge so that Westcoast Windows can start their fabrication

Outside of the dining room window

North facade - with the soffit complete the canopy roof over the terrace looks fantastic

The east facade of the house - the roof profile is just amazing

Photos from 3rd to 7th May

This was a really big week for the house; maybe the biggest since we started.  I have already posted the photos of the windows being delivered on Monday and the pictures below show what has been achieved since then.

The sliding door has been installed in the main bedroom.
It looks fantastic and fitted perfectly (which was a relief for me).

The sliding door in the second bedroom

Sliding door in the study with the completed roof above

Two panel sliding door in the lounge.
The space above is where windows in the second delivery from Westcoast Windows will be fitted 

Four panel sliding door in the lounge. (The sliding panels haven't yet been re-installed)

Outside view of the four panel sliding door

Close-up of the sliding door handle.  The movement of the door is really smooth

Outside detail of the door frame which has been powder coated to match the colour of the roof

View of the north facade

Looking from the west.  You can see the completed roof over the lounge

Looking south from the scaffolding adjacent to the north facade

The roof cladding is almost complete

The roof sheets have had to be very carefully cut to the three dimensional roof profile

Underside of roof over the lounge

You can now see the full shape of the lounge.  Spectacular

Underside of the roof outside the east facade

Looking out from the dining room

The electrician has started work on the lighting wiring  in the roof outside the garage

Looking down the hallway from outside the front entrance

Inside the front door looking north

Looking south along the hallway

The profile of the ceiling in the study is amazing

This will be the view from the main bedroom

The remaining windows are being stored in the garage

The sliding door from bedroom three into the courtyard