Building Design
Action packed week at the block. The roof went on and alfresco area was framed to complete one of the most transformational weeks of the build. Sunday’s at the block has become a ritual for us. The day coincides with our device free day and is spent tidying, exercising, and relaxing. We are very lucky …
The frame has been inspected and signed off, the fascia is on, and we are ready for a roof! The week kicked off on Sunday with a sunny day spent at the block. We tidied up and enjoyed a BBQ on what will be our alfresco area. This part of the build had not started …
Another solid week by the builders, who enjoyed much better conditions. Spring like sunshine saw the boys in shorts and the site dry out. Only one visitor found the mud…. Seems like much of the week was spent working on the top end of the roof, where the 2m eave overhang has created a lot …
Plenty happening this week on and off the field at Wilson court. On the field the boys were busy getting the wall frames ready for the roof trusses, while off field I have had a lot of balls in the air, sorting out details, and trying to stay well in front to avoid delays. Onsite …
The builders where back onsite this week framing up the walls. They made good progress and got most of the wall frames up before rain halted things on Friday. The timber was delivered Monday lunchtime and the builders kicked off framing early Tuesday morning. KM Bray consists of a team of 3, Kristian plus Cody …
No action onsite this week, and this blog post almost didn’t get written as I didn’t think there was enough to talk about. However, Kristian came to the rescue Thursday night with a truss design issue that has given me some content. We had also just about finalized the selection of our plumbing fixtures, and …
Blog #7: Truss design, shading, plumbing fixtures. Read More »
Not a lot happening at the block this week. Sitting tight waiting for our builder to finish of some of his other projects before he gets stuck into our framing. Have been forking out some cash, so probably a good time to talk about the financial side. We signed a contract with KM Bray Building …
The slab pour got delayed 1 day due to forecasted rain, and the call was spot on. So, Saturday was the big day, probably unusual to pour on a weekend but I guess Saturday has become a free day with the cancellation of sport. I experienced some pre-game nerves on Friday night, still worried about …
What you find when you build a house is that there are 1,000,001 decisions to be made. Every fitting, fixture, finish needs to be thought of and selected at some point. This can seem daunting, however can be made less so by a systematic approach, and by some professional help (from a design professional, although …
The build officially commenced when Wilkinson Excavations dumped the first load of slab fill on our site. We thought this was pretty exciting but weren’t met with the same excitement when informing friends… just a pile of dirt after all. Before i proceed, I warn you that all this talk about concrete slabs may be …