Rough-Ins

I was told by the SS last Tuesday that the roof should have been finished last week and that the Roughing-In would start. Being a male, I simply said "Yep, sounds good!" Once I got off the phone I decided to Google 'Roughing Ín' only to discover that the wires and piping were going to be put into our house.

Well - Cyclone Marcia brought enough rain to prevent the roof being finished, which led to a fair bit of water on the slab, however much to our surprise on the weekend, we noticed all of the wiring going in and all of the windows in. I guess now that the roof is on more work can get done!

Below are some photos from the weekend.

Our lovely Pivot Door

 Just inside the front door - 'My' Home Theatre

 The massive family room window

 The bi-fold Kitchen Servery

 The main bathroom

Chloe's Trial Run of the Bath

 Chloe's Bedroom Window

 The guest bedroom window

 The spot for the light switch - apparently only I am excited by these bits!

 The Awesome French Doors

 I guess we're waiting for the free-standing bath before this one goes in!

 TODAY'S UPDATE - THE ROOF IS FINISHED!! Looks good too!

The Pace Slows a Little!

After what had been a very quick few weeks up to the final framing stage, things just slowed down for a while. Which is good because no sooner had we cleared the cheque for the base stage, we were being asked to pay for the framing stage.

In a move that surprised us, we next saw the guttering going up - a process that took nearly a week to get right. Whilst I don't have any photos to show just of the guttering (as exciting as it sounds) we did go down and look at the colours we had chosen (Paperbark for the gutters and Surfmist for the the fascia) we just didn't take any photos.

Next was the battening (which strangely I felt should have been part of the framing stage) started. This also took nearly a week and it was hard to see what they had actually done on a daily basis.

This Monday saw the arrival of our sarking (insulation) and also our steel roof. In the photos below you can see that Monday was nearly half the roof done. Tuesday saw nearly the entire done. Wednesday - not really sure, we have some Whirly Birds now, but the roof is still not finished and with this massive rain event coming Thursday evening, I sure hope they finish it before then.

Also arriving Tuesday were our doors and windows - very exciting!

From the entrance to the Kitchen, Dining & Family Rooms



Monday's efforts cover the garage and girls' bedrooms

Tuesday's Efforts

EXCITING!! The door insets for the Home Theatre Room

Roof is on, but water still comes in through the top!

Standing outside and pondering

There's the Roof

Well the following day saw next to no action on the house. Late afternoon saw a concrete truck arrive to fill in a spot where a down pipe had been cut during the pier drillings.

Friday however saw them working on the roof. It start with the biggest off-the-back-of-a-truck-cranes we have ever seen. So big, that when Bethany saw it she straight out said, "They're just showing how big a crane they could bring on to the block". I don't think she was that far wrong, although from the driveway to the back of the house was quite a way.

Getting home from work, I saw the men still hard at it, right up until 7pm! A very big day, especially seeing we hit well over 30 degrees on the day. It was so late when they finished I couldn't go down and have a look.

The next morning I took these shots about 5:30am, lucky for me as the men arrived bang on 6:00am for another day of work up until 3pm. I think that the roof is finished now. I guess it is now time for the sarking and then colorbond roof to go on.

Here are the latest pictures:

Side view - You can see the 'Bay' window of our master bedroom

Close-up of the bay window

 

Standing on the inside, looking out?

Scaffold around the verandah roof.

 At least it is well-bolted together!

A couple of different views up the driveway