Just had a check in with my Construction Supervisor. He has provided us with updated timelines for the next milestones.
| Frame Completion | 19th April |
| Roof start | 26th April |
| Brick start | 9th May |
| Plaster start | 11th May |
These dates are of course tentative, but gives us a good indication of what’s up next.
The supervisor has also requested that I notify our independent building inspector to organise our first inspection which is currently slated for the 19th of April.
We have reached the end of the first week of framing and a lot has been achieved. The garage is now underway. You can see, in the image below, the front double garage opening (4800mm) along with a single width opening (2400mm) at the rear. This will give us a lot of flexibility in the future for access to the rear of the property. We have also added two metres to the width of the garage. You can see this from the frame section to the right of the double opening. This makes the total internal width of the garage to be 7500mm. Plenty of room for a work bench, shelving (and most importantly) a fridge!
Today Rabea was driving past the block and happened to come across the delivery of subfloor boarding to the second floor. It was being craned into position ready for installation.
Just a day after frame commencement and the guys are making rapid progress. The front part of the ground floor is taking shape. Nothing yet on the garage, but given the pace I can imagine this will be in place in the next day or so.
At the front of the frame you can see the large opening on the left, which will be the double doors, and the two window frames on the right that will hold the facade specific boutique style windows.
During our catch up with our Construction Supervisor (Day 29: Introductions), Ryan informed us that actually work on the framing was starting today. So on the way home we stop by the block and indeed it had just started! The guys were just in the process of laying out the initial edging.
This morning we met our Construction Supervisor, Ryan, in person for the first time. He shouted us a coffee and walked us through how he plans on running our job including how we will be kept informed. He has a strong focus on ensuring that works are executed in a professional manner and particularly on establishing a good relationship with the neighbours.
We will have weekly check ins via phone, with the option of organising on-site meetings as required (providing we give 5 days notice). We notified him that we will be engaging our own independent building inspector and requested that he gives us about 5 days notice prior to a stage inspection so we can organise a time to accommodate everyone.
During this meeting he raised the topic of “fully” water proofing all the wet areas. Apparently, for an additional cost, you can get all the wet areas fully waterproofed as opposed to just meeting the Australian standards. This is something that had not been brought to our attention previously and hence something we had not considered. More on this topic in a later post.
We also asked him for his opinion on our electrical layout. His view was that it was well planned and thought through with the exception of lighting over the sinks in the kitchen. He felt there could be more lighting there. After some additional research we agreed – once again more on this in a subsequent post.
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