The plasterers are in

Gyprocking commenced on Saturday, two days behind schedule. Apparently it takes roughly a week to complete the job. Upon speaking with the plasterers, they advised they expected to finish up on Wednesday.

Our cornices were installed yesterday. They look really good. As part of the Lifestyles Living Essentials Luxury Inclusions Package, two different types of cornice were provided.  There is the Symphony in the livings areas ie. kitchen, dining, living, home theatre, study; and Cove in all other areas.

The plasterers came back and did the sanding today and Paul advised that they will have to come back and fix one of the openings in the study wall as it was not finished off properly.  

Here are some pics of the internal linings :)

 

Laundry

Main Bathroom

 

Main Bathroom

Master Bedroom

WIR & Master Bedroom

Home Theatre

Study (from home theatre - pic 1) and Study through to garage (pic 2)

 

Garage

Alfresco roof

Kids Games Room

 

View of pantry and study in the background

Bedroom 2

Bedroom 3

Bedroom 4

Living & Dining

Kitchen

 

Kitchen

 

 

View of entrance

 

 

Linen Press

 

Ensuite

"Cove" Cornice

 

"Symphony" Cornice

 

 

Our internal doors were delivered today along with the skirting and architraves, with installation to start tomorrow. It could take up to a week to complete, depending on how many people are on the job.  



Insulation

J met our SS on site this morning to discuss the chance of correcting the issues we have with our electricals.  Our SS put in a call to the electricians who sent someone down to have a look and see if the points in question could be moved. 

It turns out that everything could be and would be fixed up as per our plan, so that is good.  Our SS really is a great guy. He is happy that we picked this up now and not once the linings were completed, or worse, later down the track.

Our insulation was well underway at this point, so with any luck we will be gyprocked by the end of the week.

Our electrical roughin is not quite right

J went by the house yesterday afternoon to check out the work of the electricians, only to find that a few things were not quite right.

Two of the three changes we made to our electrical plan prior to signing off our final documents (of which were supposed to be noted on our file that was forwarded onto Quicklec Electrical) were not changed but put in the original position.  There were other things on our original plan that were placed incorrectly or not at all.

We had parent teacher interviews this afternoon so it didn't give me a chance to go and look for myself, which only frustrated me a little more, considering I had the electrical plan printed off and prepared to take a walk through. Luckily, upon driving past on the way home from parent teacher interviews, the gates were still open so we took a very quick look at the kitchen (this was my biggest concern).

The two power points at each end of our splashback were positioned unevenly. One was set right into the corner and the other further out. There was an additional point (for light switch) on one end which wasn't correct. 

We need the following alternations made:-

• Power point in bedroom 4 moved (as per amended electrical plan)
• Power point, tv point and extra noggins moved along the wall in bedroom 2 (they were placed in the corner)
• Power points along cook run/splashback in kitchen repositioned and light switched moved 

I was feeling pretty deflated now. J told me not to stress as he would contact our SS in the morning to get it sorted out. Fingers crossed it won't be an issue.

On a side note, our gyprock has arrived and is sitting in the dining area, and we have a new camera inside the house, in the corner overlooking the dining, living and kitchen area.  Our external camera has been removed once again.

Electrical and Air Conditioning Roughin

Today our air con and electrical roughin took place. 

We made a couple of changes towards the end of admin that were just going to be noted on our file, so must get in and check this out before the gyprocking commences.

Not much else to say on the subject :)

Here is a pic J took this afternoon.

We are almost at lock up!

To my surprise our bricks were being cleaned this morning. I am a bit concerned about the bricks that had to be redone at the front of the house. I don't think the mortar would be set.

J went past the house this after afternoon and to find the bricklayer (from earlier in the week) on site and he advised that now the bricks had been cleaned it was evident that the bricks his apprentice re-laid would have to be done again as they were a bit uneven. OMG! Some of the bricks on the corner had already been taken out.

We did have our Tyrells inspection today, according to the bricklayer. There is another brick near the meter box that needs to be redone as it was not laid straight, but apart from that it is a really good job.

So next week we have our electrical and air conditioning roughin to be done, followed by insulation and gyprocking.

It is coming along nicely...we are so happy with the progress and the finish so far.

Cladding and downpipes

This week saw the eaves, downpipes and cladding done. Our bricklayer didn't install the flashing behind the bricks at the front of the house where the cladding has been installed so two rows of bricks had to be removed, flashing installed and bricks replaced. 

We are still waiting on the bricks to be acid cleaned. I am not sure now if this can be done until the new mortar has had time to set.

The bricklayer informed us that our Tyrells inspection is scheduled for tomorrow. I hope so. That means we are one step closer to lock up!

Baby steps

Our eaves were installed today. I believe downpipes and cladding are to be done this week also. I am not sure when the bricks are going to be acid washed but I am hoping that it will be this week. Our SS hasn't given us any indication of when this will occur.

He did tell us that we will be at lock up by the end of the month. That is exciting!