House update!

Work at the house has been progressing in leaps and bounds, and we have been so excited by all the changes and how quickly the place is going up. Another week or two and we will be at lock up!

My darling husband has been working tirelessly at the house. He's an Electrician and wanted to wire the house up himself, and because we are using a small private builder, he was happy to allow David to do this. It means that we haven't seen very much of him lately, as he has been spending the evenings after work and the weekends working on the house. He's almost done though....

So, last time I updated you on the house progress, the floor trusses were in... Now we are finished the frame stage and the roof went on yesterday! I think the Hebel wall panels go on the upper floor starting tomorrow. Anyway, even though I haven't been posting much here, I have been popping in at the house regularly to take lots of photos, so for now I'll let them do the talking...

Frame work going up on the top level

View of the side - Upstairs above the garage is the main bedroom

Front view

Standing inside looking towards the front

Roof trusses going on

View from the back. You'll notice that the trusses for the back decking have been removed. I'll have to fill you in on that!

Windows start going in.

More windows. Side view.

Roofing and guttering going on. We chose Colour bond Shale grey for our roof and guttering

Top hats on ready for the Hebel to be installed. This section that you see jutting out from the rest of the house is where our heater is going and there will be bookshelves either side

 

So, while I was putting up these photos, I remembered that I hadn't filled you in on what's happened with the deck.... So here goes....

 

 

Usually when you build a deck, the decking boards would run horizontally across the house. Our architect didn't take this in to consideration when the plans were drawn, and so the trusses for the deck were just an extension of the house - so they ran the same way, and after the trusses had been laid, we (and the carpenter) realised that he had the decking running the opposite way. Needless to say we were unhappy! Running the boards that way would have looked rather awful. Our lovely builder organised for everything to be dismantled and the deck will be laid properly soon!


So, that pretty much brings you up to date with everything that's been happening.... Since I started writing this post the Hebel is almost all on, the roof is complete and the gyprock her been delivered ready to go up!



Teresa x