Week Ending 1/9/13

It kind of feels like not much has moved in the last fortnight, but in short, there has been a heap of plumbing, electrical and smart-wiring passed through from upstairs to downstairs. Also the roofing was basically completed on both the Alfresco and Garage.

Electrical and smart-wiring heaven:

Framing for Theatre Room Doors:

 Framing for Gas Fireplace:

Alfresco Roof Framing:

Alfresco Roof Tiling:

Upstairs structurally completed

Upstairs is structurally completed now, with the windows and doors now installed and the scaffolding taken down. Few other bits I can see done are:

- ceiling and cornices have been installed upstairs

- downpipes, eaves painted and the texture colour applied to the second storey 

- the air-con guys also came back through and have completed the ducting through to downstairs.

View of the house without scaffolding:

Eaves and downpipes:

Balcony Door from inside:

Main bedroom coffit ceiling:

Pic of the cornices:

 View of the texture colour from the back of the house:

And just my luck, that there seems to be quite a magazine collection in my back alfresco. Someone is clearly enjoying the place before I get too!

Upstairs plaster complete

The last fortnight saw the plaster work upstairs get done.

Main bedroom:

Walk in Robe behind the Bedhead wall:

Ensuite:

 Ensuite shower:

Ensuite toilet:

Kid's Playroom:

Bedroom 2:

Bedroom 3:

Bedroom Four:

Kid's Toilet:

Kid's Bathroom:

Upstairs Linen/storage:

Kid's corridor:

View of the house from the back:

View of the house from the front:

Solar Panels Installed

Week ending the 30 June, saw the Solar panel system installed on the roof. Fantastic really, given I won the system as the major prize at a recent home show. It is a 2.2kw Conergy system in total.

Roof colour:

Tile colour, called 'Wild Rice':

Solar Panels:

Street view of the Solar panels:

Our city views we gave up on subdivision and selling the rear block :(

Second Story completed!

While we have been away, the builder has been busy! We've come home to have the second story completed and the roof framing done and now tiled! Here are a few pics of the second story (they are a little dark due to the roof being on, and the morning was rainy and overcast). The second story is nowhere near as exciting, other than the kids playroom it's just bedrooms.


Kid's Playroom (I can't wait to set this up!):

One of the kid's bedrooms, they are all roughly the same size, just one with a larger wardrobe:

Kid's Toilet:

 Kid's Bathroom:

Stairwell:

 Main bedroom:

Feature wall in main bedroom:, either side is the walk-in robe behind:

 Walk in Robe behind the feature wall:

Balcony from main bedroom:

View into the main bedroom bathroom. Because of the water I couldn't get in and take pictures of the walk-in-shower:

Suspended Slab Pour

The last few weeks have seen the form-work for the suspended slab pour completed. Who would have thought it involved so much work! Plumbers, electricians and house smart-wiring was all completed. 7am on 9th April, the suspended slab concrete was poured, and we now have a good-looking second storey slab!

View of suspended slab form-work:

Stairwell form-work:

Main bedroom form-work:

Ensuite form-work:

 Majority the pipes in this section are our smart-wiring conduits:

Slab poured:

Stair-well looking down:

Stair-well in Entry: