Framing Day 57 - Lots done whilst we were away!

At some point we've advanced to lockup.

The last time I saw wiring like this, I was in India! The wires are labelled, thankfully!

The lights and junction points have been pulled through!

We've been plastered!

Stairwell delivered!

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"Missed by that much!"

Rear wall of the garage.

Framing Day 41 - Lots of progress.

It had been a week since we'd visited the site, and my boys were very happy to watch the progress made.

Lots of progress had been made, across multiple areas.

The major gas line into the house has been done.

I'd specifically asked for this to be square.

The view from the Spa.

Plumbing has been done.

Probably the worst job I've seen.

Drawf wall being waterproofed.

The dwarf wall has been removed and pillars repaired.

Where the linea boards will go.

We have a chimney!

Framing Day 36 - Hebel Uplift!

Another large load of Hebel had been delivered and lifted (at around 80Kg each!!!) upstairs awaiting to be attached to the house.

The extra dwarf wall has been removed and frame repaired.

The Hebel panels are attached to the frame via a screw.

Hebel cement is used to join panels together and to cover screw holes.

Framing Day 36 - Roof finished!

Now that we have access again, it appears that the roof has been finished. The right number of screws, and of the right colour too! I had asked for some extra screws to be used, so that there is NO chance of the roof lifting off [with some of the microstorms in the last few years, this has actually happened!]. The roofing guys did agree to do it, but that was a few days before the right colour screws had been delivered, so I assume that they just forgot. Not something I can fix. It's in code, so I guess that it will have to do.

Framing Day 36 - Plaster has arrived!

It is amazing just how quickly this can come together. Two days have passed since the last visit, and the amount of heavy lifting (glad it's not my back!) done is staggering.

It's a big house, with a LOT of plaster!

Framing Day 34 - The dwarf wall that shouldn't be there

The sun sets so early at the end of May (and we have not had the shortest day of the year yet!), so apologies for the dark pictures.

The upstairs terrace needs to have privacy concerns addressed, so we have a dwarf wall installed, but it should only be one, not two of them. There will be modwood installed to a height of 1.7m for screening purposes.

This one should be here.

This one should not!

A quick call to our Site Supervisor, quickly resolved it. He checked the plans. It was not meant to be there. It will be fixed.

We can not ask for more!

Framing Day 32 - Scaffolding Back Up

Two days later, the scaffolding was back up!

It was right on dusk, so sorry for the dark, grainy pictures.

Framing Day 30 - Evaporative Cooling Installed

The overall ethos we approached this build with, was to minimise the running costs of this wonderful house.

It was not so much the cost of the refrigerative cooling (which is not cheap anyway!), it was more of a worry about the running costs of such a unit. We have three phase power anyway, but...

To that end, we chose to install dual evaporative cooling units. One will cool upstairs, and the other downstairs, which implicitly zones the house. We did do some further sub-zoning as well.

Two units fit in rather nicely.

They do not stand out too much.