Photos from week starting 17th October

We must be getting close to the end because the builder poured the concrete for about half of the driveway this week.

The top half of the driveway was poured in two sections over two days

Grooves have been stamped into the surface using a reinforcement bar

The bottom half of the driveway will be poured at the start of next week

This 300mm diameter pipe is part of the first flush diverter system for the rainwater that we are collecting from the roof

When it first starts to rain the initial "dirty" water enters the big pipe through the vertical pipe until it is full.  There is a ball inside the vertical pipe which floats up to seal off the vertical pipe and then the "clean" water is diverted into the rainwater tank.  The "dirty" water is then released slowly under gravity through the small black pipe (which contains a filter) that you can see in the above photo.  It is a very clever design.

The blackout blinds were installed this week.  This is the blind headbox over the sliding door in the main bedroom.  It protrudes a little bit into the room but that is a consequence of having to change the design once we discovered that we couldn't have a combined flyscreen and blackout blind system

The blind for the fixed window is much neater as we have been able to incorporate it into the window reveal detail

You can see how the window, flyscreen and blackout blind tracks all fit neatly into the wall thickness.  A lot of detailed planning went into making this work

The ceiling wash lights have been installed this week.  These are the three lights for the lounge

You can see here the light for the dining room

This is the light for the main bedroom

This is the bench light in the kitchen.  It will be fixed in position at a higher level once all the electrical wiring has been fitted

The glass vanity unit tops have been installed.  This is in the main bathroom.  It looks fantastic

The glass has been fitted around the bath and the bath side panel

About half the flooring was sanded in preparation for being oiled

The hallway floor after sanding

I don't know if you can see clearly but our seeds have started to germinate already (in less than a week!) .  This bed contains the corn and the cucumbers

The area on the east side of the site is looking great with native plants growing 

The house looks great from the east side of the site.  Just like the drawing at the top of the blog