Monday, November 15, 2010

Gables finished

Finally we have the gables complete - the concrete pour happening this morning.  The house structure is now finished and with the roof frame well under way we can see the full outline of the house for the first time.

There is loads to get a feel for now, we can get into each roof and see what the light is like, the views we'll have and generally feel like it's becoming our house.  I've yet to coax Lorraine up the ladder on the left hand side to get up to the second storey - even the incentive of seeing her walk-in wardrobe isn't enough.  But, with planning to be done in the next couple of weeks for bathroom plumbing, we'll have to find a way, I'll invest in some blinkers perhaps.

With this complete, all the window and door openings are defined and this week should also see the sills installed.  If that works out, we'll be in a position to measure windows by the weekend, and then we'll get those on order.  While waiting, we'll get the roof finished, solar panels installed, and start some of the internal fit out - HRV ducting and plumbing.  Probably best to wait till it's weather tight before we go for the wiring!

Here is another recently completed window - this is in our bedroom looking out.


All in all it's back on track in terms of moving, the roofers are bulling through it and getting great work done.  With the rest of the work as described above we could have a very productive month ahead.

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