Bricks

Bricks were delivered early this week. Surprisingly, the layering for the ground floor was started on the same day.  Who said that there were shortages in brick supplies and tradesmen? Touchwood.. lol

Quick photo of our bricks.  The construction site was busy today. Tradesmen were on a roll. No chance to take some detailed photos of the build. Even on the adjacent blocks, a lot of constructions were going on.

Plumbing Rough In

Weather was great today, sun was out. So we thought of visiting the construction site for some sunset photos. Before 7pm, the sun was perfect. The golden hour was upon us.

Noticed that the internal plumbing rough in for the ground floor was also completed. From what I perceived, black pipes were for tap water, red pipes for hot water, green pipes for recycled water and yellow pipes were for gas.

Laundry and Main Water

Hot water unit / Potable garden tap (rear)

Rainwater tank

Kitchen

Meals area plumbing route

Rainwater garden tap (front)

Provisions (gas point, hot and cold water tap) for future outdoor kitchen

Powder room recycled water

Island bench water points

Kitchen gas point

Laundry

Frames - Photos

Well, I took the liberty to enter the site and take snapshots of the completed frames.

North Elevation

South Elevation

South East Elevation

West Elevation

Family Room

Kitchen

Living Area /Staircase

Study Room

Backyard / Alfresco Area

Side Entrance / Frontage

Frames Completed

Just a quick post here.  Frames for the first floor were completed early this week. Placement of windows were also completed.  

One thing that we were happy about was having termite treated frames -distinguished by the blue-ish/green-ish color of the frames. We were under the impression that the untreated frames came as a standard. Kudos to Elderton, this was not the case in our build.  

Not that it makes much of a difference, untreated frames are fine. But by having termite treated frames, you get additional protection from termite attacks (this is in addition to the perimeter termite barrier protection).  Plus, you get a 20+ years guarantee for damages caused by termites. To think that other builders charge $3000+ for a treated timber frame upgrade, it is really a bonus for us.

On the flip side, we were unhappy because the completion of frames placed an onus on us to pay the builder for another claim.  lol.

Windows Delivered

There were no progress on the first floor frames today. However, windows and additional floorboards were delivered... fair enough. 

Additional frames and floorboards...

Alfresco and backyard photos.

Frames Up

Spoken with the site supervisor, the frames were scheduled to be delivered this week.  Had a quick visit at the site and, lo and behold, frames were up.

More photos of the ground floor frames.

First floor frames were also in the saddle. Let's see in a day or two.