With a very wet Friday in Melbourne, I was worried about how we would get some photos of the house - and was unsure how many roof tiles were up. As it turns out, almost all of them, so had a nice shelter from the wet weather.
There are a few holes remaining where different elements will be coming in or out (i.e. the scaffolding supports, water pipes, and so on) but they are only the size of a single tile, so technically you could say it’s complete.
There are a few casualties lying around the site, and only one tear in the very thin insulation wrap on the house, so all things considered (and given we have seen some of the insulation wrap on other builders’ home in shreds), we’ve come off pretty well.
A number of water pipes have also been installed, as well as the connections to the solar panel on the Northern roof, so we should also start to see more electrical and plumbing over the next few weeks.
There is still no word on our laundry door scenario - but we’ll meet with the site supervisor sometime this coming week and see what the timeframe for the replacement is. And also discuss the living room sliding doors - they had managed to close the doors (and make them look like they close), but they don’t slide nicely and are still filthy. We’re pretty disappointed at the lack of respect of people’s property, such as the doors being left in the mud in the first place, but we have let both our CSC and Site Supervisor know of these issues so we can move forward to a resolution.
So up next, bricks, and we look pretty much on schedule. The start of the brick laying is the start of our sixth week since site scrape. Our bricks are all on site, and ready to get laid with Monday’s scheduled bricklayers coming on-site.
The Front... with Tiles
Looking up
Water Pipes
Casualty of the Insulation Wrap
Tile Casualties
Collecting the Mud
Progress seems to be quick…!