Framing Day 110 - Lights! Garage Doors! Storm Water!

As we approach handover, the nature of the work performed gets smaller; lots of small fiddly jobs. Except for the cleaning! The cleaners had been through the house this week.

The garage doors had been fitted!

The storm water also appears to have been connected to the Legal Point Of Discharge (LPOD).

The power had also been connected to the internals of the house! WE HAVE LIGHTS!

Actually, I' not sure what this is for.

We have power! Lights! Camera! Action!

You can see where the repair was made.

Does this need to be repaired?

It apears that the storm water has been connected.

Framing Day 85 - Tiling Begins!

Tiling has begun!

And other updates.

The first tiles have been placed.

Too close to a water tap.

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 30 - Power Meter Installed

The electricians have installed the power meter.

Probably the lowest reading you'll ever see.

Framing Day 18 - Electrical Work

Driving past the block on Saturday, we were able to see what had been completed on Friday.

The work in the meter box to connect the three phase power had begun.

Made in England.

I didn't know that they did that anymore!

Framing Day 14 - Power Meter Box In

We visited the block on the Saturday, and found that the power meter box had been installed.

Power To The People, Reprised

Whilst I was not looking, someone snuck onto our block, dug a trench:

And put the power cables in!

In the right place too! On the outer garage wall. Which is always a bonus.

It's shocking!

A few months ago we were told that the relevant necessary people had viewed the block and said that it was all fine.

I argued with PD (unsuccessfully, I might add) about the need for an underground pit. PD gave a number of reasons, most of which were invalid as the above ground power lines were already there (and in the way)! Putting a pit in does not remove the above ground power lines and the risks that they can pose.

So, image my surprise that NOW it's a problem! PD want to talk to Powercor, why, I have no idea. I do not see what they can do.

So, $4600 later, we have a pit. Which Powercor put in ahead of time and looks like this:

Yes, the 30cm odd concrete plate is all we see. I'd asked for it to be inside our property, but that is not permitted (and no one told me). It has to be in the 'road reserve', that's a footpath to us mortals.

Oh, and we get shiny new bits as well!

Three phase power, here we come!

Power to the people!

After much to-ing and fro-ing back and forth between Powercor, we have finally achieved something that resembles acceptable.

Opting for a three phase supply, Powercor initially offered 40 Amps per phase, three phase. The calcs for the house load came in at 100A, but that was before we added two external air conditioning units, a Sauna heater (40A for that alone!) and the pool equipment provisioning.

I requested 68A per phase, and Powercor offered 63A per phase. I can live with that.