Day 76 & 77 - BRICKS BRICKS BRICKS

Catch Up Post #15 -

Day 76 (Wed 14th July) - BRICKWORK ongoing...

Day 77 (Thurs 15th July) - BRICKWORK completed :)))

So for ease I will simply add photo collection/slideshow of said brickwork appearing... (cue imaginary grunge music to accompany hehe)

"BRICKwork"

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So this stage of house construction is very exciting.

 The several (older hardworking) guys who did the
brick work were great, working very quickly
(to our newbie eyes)...  

Before we knew it - the house was no longer
wearing its "blue wrap dress" of insulation...
but is more solidly walled with BRICKS :)))))

I like SOLID - feels so much more like a real house now.
We have bricks... bricks... bricks... bricks....awesome!!! 

 

 

Showing off our brick walls :))))

...Oh give me a home among the gum trees.....

Thanks for stopping by... Please feel free to comment so I know you've visited :) Cheers :)

Day 74 - Termimesh

Catch Up Post #14 -

Day 74 (Mon 12th July) - Termimesh put around house...

 The Termimesh product gets applied all around the house - on top of the existing bricks (two bricks deep)... After this application the remaining brick layers are built up on top. 

 

The Plastering inside the house is continuing... 

This is Bill the Plasterer :) who did a fantastic job!

He seemed to work really hard with a high attention to detail... His job was patching all the nail spots and joins of the plaster-boards. 

Bill was also friendly - something I appreciate when we are constantly dropping past looking around on site...

He had a heck of a job too - as previous workers (who put up the plaster-boards) did not do a great job apparently... Instead of using glue to the middle sections of boards to hold them in place - they used a multitude of nails (or screws not sure) instead...

This gave Bill a million and one extra spots to patch - as can be seen in the photo below...

Bill also picked up that the front entry ceiling did not look quite right. 

The line of the raised ceiling** seemed to reach the edge of the niche in an ugly way... So Bill spoke up and therefore it will get 'fixed' and plastered later when they come back to do any further patching needed...

(**"coffered" ceiling I think it is called - not sure of the spelling though)

In this photo (taken later on Day 81) you can see the beam of wood added (the "fixed line") - that while it shortens the raised area **, overall it will make the raised ceiling look better when its finished (hopefully)... 


... hmmm... I don't know if that explaination makes sense... its hard to describe this stuff esp as I am not a tradie :P

Here are a few more pics...

 The front entry way (showing the niche and a small bit at the top is the area I just attempted to describe that needed fixing)...

 Looking into the media room...

This is the steel corner angles that is attached to the wall edges 

(by Bill the plasterer :) 

 

Lastly here is my 'arty' photo for this post - I think I will call it "workbench perspective"... 

More posts soon.... Huge thank you for stopping by and following our progress... :)


Cheers :)

DAY 71 - More Plaster and first row of BRICKS :)

Catch Up Post #12 - 
Day 71 (Friday 9th July) - More Plaster-boards are going up :)

This is one of the bedroom ceilings

with the fan/light wire poking through...

 

 

This is looking down the hallway to the front door. We have one side with walls and one without...

(The frame without plaster is the back kitchen wall)

We have a 'niche' next to the door of the main bedroom... 

It's at the end of the hallway so I am looking forward to choosing what to display in this feature spot... hmmm, will have to wait and see...

Looking through the bedroom window... 

The kids LOVE running through the house... I suppose its how they show their excitement... (there's sooo much room compared to the small 'sardine can' unit we are renting... so why not run around crazy?!!!)

Which brings me to our next bit of exciting news!!!

The bricks have started :))))

Finally....  

...happy dance... 

Blue walls have been fun... 

but BRICKS are the ones...we want... 

yes, very bad rhyming but typed with a big smile :)))))))

Bring on the bricks!

Day 68 - TV Aerial on top

Catch Up Post #10 - 
Day 68 (Tues 6th July) -We have a TV AERIAL.... 

On top of our beautiful colourbond roof... ahem... excuse me while I gaze at it....

Here is the view from the side...

What else?

This is the garage.

 This is looking at the back kitchen wall. Its difficult to see in this but the plumbing pipes have been added. We asked for a extra pipe to plumb in our water to fridge (for the cold water/ice etc).

They have taken some soil (from the back) and spread it out down along the right side of the house. I assume it was to fix the problem of the buildup of water that had pooled there.

Not so lucky are these bricks - sitting in the mud patiently - around the back of the house... 

The bricks are sitting patiently...
(yes, bricks are better at being patient than I am :P)

hmmm... patience, patience...

(we are so close to completion and yet so far)

For me, this building journey really is a mental game... of keeping myself immersed in phrases, such as: 

Keep Calm

All is well

Soon we will be in the house,
looking back at this time of waiting

and lastly this little beauty (below) to remind me to
not just endure this process, but enjoy it and the amazing adventure it is...

With that I need to say a HUGE thank you to my man... with whom I spend much time laughing...
He can somehow manage to make me smile even when I am in the blackest mood or overwhelmed with stress... He is sooo much fun...
He makes me LAUGH :))))

I love u James!

Bricks Delivered on Day 58 of the Build

Catch Up Post #5 - 
Day 58 (Sat 26th June)
saw the BRICKS delivered to site!

The construction progress has the blue lines of the roof battons all over the roof, added to the green lines of the wall frames... the house is looking very colourful and stripey :)

The kids have lots of fun scootering on the street... Its such a nice break from the confined space of the rental unit - bringing much hope / longing for when we finally move into the new place... 

 

 Otherwise if there are no workmen in the house, the kids like scootering (or rip-sticking) through the house.  I've told them to get 'it all out of their system - coz there won't be any such scootering inside the house soon enough' :)

It's nice to see the kids getting more and more excited about the new house with us... They absolutely can't wait to finally be living our new life in OUR place either :)