Floods

The recent wet weather in Melbourne brought flash flooding to many areas around the city.  As the house was still not weatherproof or water tight, the site was virtually inundated.  Water poured through the roof penetrations and skylights (which weren't glazed yet). It was heartbreaking to see the amount of water on site and materials soaked in water ...

Pole Relocation

Tuesday was a day of significant milestone and achievement.

We finally had the power pole in the front of our house relocated!  It was a massive operation over six hours, consisting of a crew of 12 people + Jase.

The trucks arrived on site early in the morning

This is the BEFORE shot with the pole smack bang in the middle.

Do you see the men - they started digging with shovels!

Disconnecting the power to the existing pole

The arrival of the new pole along with the mobile crane and drill...

 

 
Dig...dig...dig... Drill...drill...drill...

And dig...and drill...

Craning the new pole into position

Setting the new pole in

Changing over the services including the lighting and Optus services

Moved!

 

5 STAR Insulation!

Bags of insulation

The furring channels have been installed and fixed to the walls now!

It's good to see the furring channels in...

Insulation has also been put in

In fact, loads of insulation jammed into the internal and external walls

It's a very well insulated house!

The funny thing is, the builder has actually stuffed all the insulation into the walls, but the services have not even been roughed-in yet....The sequencing just seems all out of wack. Oh well...

Cladding

Foam cladding starting to go up on the first floor facades

There is foam everywhere

We had Simon visiting our site

Decking structure starting to go in

Jase arrived to find the flashing has arrived, but just strewn across the front nature strip....

More foam cladding going up

The roof storage above the bathroom area

After work drinks

We took an esky with beer and wine, cheese and crackers, and went to our construction site for afterwork drinks.

Jase is excited about the big bi-folds 

The white frames are for our skylights

 The lightcourt is now cladded with new weatherboards