Bricks - Almost done, Truss fixed, Front Door

The bricklayers have almost finished. They have finished brickwork in the alfresco including the ledge for the bottom of the sliding stacking door, the alfresco piers and the front window ledges.

The truss company has been out to fix the gutter truss that they decided to fix by previously by making the below wall load bearing. They have cut up the truss and laminated new timber next to it. They have used some fairly large bolts and metal plates so hopefully there will be no issues with the way its fixed.

The fixing carpenter has also visited today and has finished shimming out and planning the walls in the Garage / Lounge wall, he even ripped the insulation in the process so hopefully this gets fixed up correctly.

The front door was also installed today. The front of the house now really stands out with this new door installed. I can't wait to see it finished with the stain added.

Tomorrow I expect that the brick layers will be finished.

Front Facade - Bricking Complete - Notice the difference in colour in the mortar on the left side of the Garage

Window ledges have been added

Portico finished up

Brick work and ledge under windows completed for Study / Family windows

Alfresco Pier done. I'm glad we moved the water points to the same side as the Gas point

Alfresco / Family room Door. Notice is not actually there?

Alfresco is looking good.

Whats going on here, recycled and mains joined at side of the house? Shouldn't it be joined at the taps?

The Garage wall has been shimmed and one of the studs planned back.

Notice the insulation ripped open where the carpenter planned the wal..

Repair work done on the gurder truss. Notice the extra wood laminated.

Here is an obvious cut

If you look carefully you can see the cuts on the original truss work

Truss has packing added and next beam has wood laminated to create straight edge.

Notice the wall below is no longer load bearing.

Bricks - Bed Side of House nearly complete.

Today mostly more brickwork, one side of the house is 95% done. Just need the brick ledge underneath the windows. Still waiting on the stacking window to be returned I hope they hurry up so they don't hold up the brick layer.

Our front door has been delivered and I am happy to see that it is the wood laminate version verus the painted mdf one.

The plumber has been again to try and sort out the taps in the ensuite and has got it wrong again. He has put the mixer and the spout underneath the window. I don't understand how they can keep getting it wrong when it is on the plans!!. Mixer on the Ensuite/Master Bed wall, spout centred over the spa.

While I was there I also droped a few pull string lines to make it easier for the sparkies to pull cables through later on.

Master Bedroom looking towards portico

Bricks looking down from Master Bedroom

95% of brickwork along bedside of house completed.

Todays brickwork along bed side of house. See the mortor colour difference

Brickwork along Bed4 and Games. Notice the window missing.

Lounge wall and Garage Wall

More brickwork along Lounge and Garage

Inside Garage Bricking

View of the Cavity door slider installed in Pantry and some of the elec cabling.

Our new front door!

Plumber now has mixer and spout under window. Wrong again!

Insulation fixed up in Theater

Electrical - Nearly Complete

I went out on site this morning to meet the sparkies. I wanted to make sure that they don't run electrical cabling where I marked and wanted to see if they could move one TV  point which they said was no problem. We also had a chat about the location of where the electrical Sub-board is going and location for C-Bus board, they had no problem with any of this.

I also had a chat to the SS today about running a "few" data cables and home theatre wiring which he had no problems with! Woohoo.

When we visited after work 95% of the electrical was completed. They didn't install power points where I didn't want them! (Good!). The rear laundry door has bee installed and garage side door has been installed.

I also picked up all the AV and speaker cables tonight so we are good to go for the weekend to install as the sparkies look like they will be finished tomorrow.

Entrance Wall Holes Left to Right: FTTH, C-Bus Board Location, Sub-Board

Lots of 240v Home run cabling for C-Bus

Master Bed Room Electrical Done

Ensuite Cabling

Kitchen

Living Room

Games looking into Living

Bed4/Games

Bathroom

Alfresco Pier Cabling. Note how the Gas/Water are on different sites.

New Laundry Door!!

Garage Entry Door (will have to change to solid later)

Roof Completed - Frame Issues Fixed

We had some good progress today!

The roof has been finished with all the capping done and it looks awesome. The carpenter has been and fixed up all the issues from the Frame Inspection report, I'm really happy about this as this has been dragging on for ages. The door frames for the garage, laundry and front door were installed but the sidelight on the front door has completed cracked, I assume from when the carpenter installed the frame he twisted the frame to much, but not to worried about this as it can be fixed at any time.

I also received a call about upgrading our heating unit to support AC add on after handover, I'll probably give this a miss as we will be replacing the entire heating/cooling system with a Actron ESP Ultima system. I'll have a think about this tonight as the Actron system is nearly $20k!.

I also had a look and a think about how I'm going to do my theatre cabinet, specifically what type of cabinet I'm going to use and how its going to be mounted. Also thinking if the network cabling should go into the theatre rack or a seperate dedicated comms rack. For the theater rack I'll probably use a Middle Atlantic Slim 5 rack, as its made for installing into walls. For those of you interested google this one there are heaps of example setups.

Plumbing in the alfresco. The gas is one side of the pier and the hot/cold water points are on the other side. It ended up this way as I was told they couldn't fit these all on one side at contract, but they can easily be moved, I will probably move them as I don't like where they are. I'll ask the SS if he has any issues with me moving them.

I've also been thinking that I want to add an Intercom but I need to understand what one so I can add the cabling.

 Summary:

* All Frame Issues Fixed
* Front, Garage and Laundry Door Frames Installed
* Roof Finished with all Capping Done
* Front Door Window Smashed
* Can I move pluming in Alfresco?
* Large Metal Lintels delivered
* Received call about upgrading heating unit to support add on A/C
* Planning completed for Data, C-Bus, Home Theatre Cabling cabling lengths estimated and orders placed.
* Noggins, time to add these for towel rails, toilet holders, TVs etc. Need to think about which side and how high they need to be mounted.
* Theatre Cabinet, can I get the Middle Atlantic rack in AU?
* Intercom wiring requirements?

Front with capping done

Master Bed, Ens, Bed2, Ldry, Bath

Ens, Bed2, Laundry, Bath, Bed3

Ens, Ldry, Bath, Bed2, Bed3, Bed 4, Games

Bed4, Games, Alfresco, Study, Lounge, Garage

Alfresco / Lounge / Garage Side

Garage / Portico

Our Smashed Side Light

Example of look I'm going for with Theater Rack

Another Example: Thou mine will be twice as tall.