Last 18 months Works

Well it's been a long time since I have any spare time to even think about updating this blog thats for sure! A lot has happened but we are still a while off finishing... maybe in six months we hope to move in.

So back last year ... April 2013 My Uncle and his crew started constructing the remaining walls and Roof. We choose to keep some of the internal walls light weight rather than using rammed earth throughout, so these were timber frame with gyprox over. Some others are to be clad with timber lining boards, one at the front will be stone clad and the south side of the house has been clad with Scyon matrix panels. The south wall also has been insulated using thick fridge panels.

 Delivery of the roof timbers!!!

 Steels beams being lifted into place in the living room.

 Roof Frame completed!!

 Internal Wall frames.

 Marine Ply gable infills below

 Marcos putting on the Gutter Guard as we have massive gum trees around.

 Electrical Cables in

 Roof Sheeting completed, colour bond - surf mist.

 More trenches and drains!!

 Pool Cover Box in position

 Pool edging done...

 More concrete! Below is the area where the water tanks will hide

 In January 2014 our windows finally arrived!!! This was a long process of organising windows, doors, glass panels, Louvres, sliding doors all with thermal frames and double glazed from China! Months and months of emailing, skype, re-measuring etc and it payed off  
they are great. I started talking to them in 2012!! We saved alot of money and had eight weeks of installing them ourselves on the weekends and nights with help from My father in law and a friend, lots of tears and frustration!

 Here my brothers are helping us get the toughened glass panels onto the pergola beams in the alfresco area, this was also a stressful few days! 

 Decking almost completed on the front pergola, Marcos has to finish the step off yet and the balustrade is done also we have had the screen around the water tank area put in.

 Garage Door!!!

 Ceilings painted and projector screen in games room.

 The kids cleaning up leaves from the house and swimming pool, they are great helpers every day and work really hard with us, I think they have given up asking when it will be finished! We had to seal the rammed earth walls so they needed to be brushed down first, nice and dusty job!

Sliding Doors in Living Room above.

March 2013

Things have moved very quickly again with all of the rammed earth now completed last week!! The walls look great and it's such a relief to see them finished. I have been busy the last two days organising the quotes and confirming the timbers and steel materials needed for the roof as our new engineer has made some changes.
Marcos has been hard at work digging in all of the storm water drains this last week after work and the weekends, can't believe how much plumbing has gone in so far! Tonight he prepared the sand pad to the alfresco area as the concrete is to go down soon. Once the form worker has formed up the steps, front stairs and stairs to cellar, then the last of the concrete can go down!