Sunday, May 30, 2010

Week 9 - Rain and Brickwork


Glen's fancy roof wiring.

Wall plates

Electric switches and Spike with his jacket on - it's cold now!

Off White Cement

Front of house - a bit of brickwork done. Rained too much in the week so hopefully more will be done this week.

Bricks

Rain rain rain

Living side of the house and brickwork done.

Pillar in the alfresco area

All teh rain has helped to keep the turf happy... Look at the amazing straight lines.

More turf and our lovely

More bricks stacked and ready to go

Wiring and hardwood plate to mount the TV on. Glens handy work.

Monday, May 24, 2010

Week 8 - Turf and Bricks


Happy at the end of the day! Dirty, but glad it's over and done!

Glen and our lovely neighbour Brian ( i hope that's spelled right) fixing in the wiring for the TV in the bedroom. Brian also helped glen do all the cabling for the data points in the house.

The cables start point in the garage going. There's 17 data points in the house!



Glen neatening up the ends of the cables at the end of the day!

Still Smiling even though he was stuffed!





Data point ready to go out to the garage.

Back of the house. Alfresco area and bricks delivered

Turf in piles - my back hurts just thinking about it!

Cows and dogs loved to walk on the dirt!

TURF - in case you were wondering!

Chewi climbing the dirt pile and loving it

The HSTP area that we needed to turf.

The back of the house.

The left side of the house

Front of the house.

Garage and internal garage door.

Internal garage door.

Bricks

ahhhhh the spa.... I can't wait for the spa to be functional.

Air con!

1/3 of the turf laid and having a break for lunch.

Family photo on the new grass!

3/4 of the way done and i begged Glen to stop for the evening!

This is where we'd stopped on Saturday.
We were both knackered and sore, but it looked good. We worked on Saturday 22nd of May from 10-4ish.... then cam back on Sunday with fresh energy and sore muscles and did the last little bit in just over 2 hours.

Completed. Done and i never ever ever want to see turf again! In the picture I'm just tidying up the edges and trimming the turf up a bit to make it neater for the council inspection.

ALL DONE!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Week 8 - HSTP and Electricals


Meter Box fixed to the wall and the electrical rough ins started. Front Left hand side (external garage wall)

Hot Water Service wall box mounted (not hot water service yet) Plumbing and electrical hooked up to it already. Also have the bracket mounted for the pump where the tank goes. Also on the wall corner is a water tap that's now been fixed to the wall.

Another of the utilities side of the house



HSTP in and flattened ready for turf. We'll be laying the turf ourselves this weekend.

More HSTP area



Cows have walked over our nice flat area!



Taken from the back left corner of our land overlooking the HSTP and the neighbours house.

Taken from the back left corner of our land overlooking the HSTP and the neighbours house and our house.

Alfresco area. Pole in and the gas pipe in and attached. Electrical fittings not added out here yet.

Front left side of the house - water tap attached.

Electricals in the roof.

Electrical switch near the kitchen/meals area leading to the outdoor alfresco area.

Gas pipe......

........ leading to the gas tap for the BBQ in the alfresco area.