With all the electrical and plumbing done as well as the data cabling, our builders have wasted no time in getting on with installing the insulation.
To compliment the 140mm exterior framing, we’re installing R4.0 rated insulation in all exterior walls and in the ceiling where are putting in R6.0 (these are 260mm thick!). These are the highest R value single batts we can obtain for the space. The interior walls are R2.6 and the midfloor are R3.2.
GIB plasterboard supplies are also onsite ready to go up in a few days time.
Work on the retaining wall continues as the palings are now being added.
The exterior painting continues with the finished colour now going on. Looks very bold and contrasts really well with the white eaves and trim.
Posts for the retaining wall are now in and concrete has been poured, the builders are making the most of the patchy weather at the moment!
On the inside the electrical fitout has begun. The fuse box has been installed into the garage and the lighting and switching cables have been run to wall brackets throughout the house. Data cabling yet to be done and will be run back to a separate cabinet. Going into the ceiling space upstairs is the for the ducted heatpump, vents for this go into all the rooms upstairs.
Also being run at this time is the piping for the Beam vacuum system. We’ve upgraded the system so instead of having to drag around 20m of hose (and then store it), there is 3 separate outlets positioned around the house and each has a 15m retractable hoses which gets retracted into.
In the bathrooms the shower niche’s are in (main bathroom shown below), the master ensuite has changed from having a niche at each side of the 1.8m wide shower to having a single niche running the full width.
Rondo battens are also going up – these are what the plasterboard will get secured to, so we’re not far off from having walls we can’t see through anymore!
The cladding installation is now complete and the exterior painting has started with the primer going on. Less beige and more white!
The rear boundary has been excavated and the full size of the backyard can now be seen. More spray painting marking out where the posts are going to go, there’s going to be a few of them!
Stairs are now in. No more ‘builder’s ladder’, although it was full of character, it’s great to see stairs in that space now. They’re not as steep as the stairs in our current residence which will be quite nice.
The cladding installation is almost complete with just a small area at the front to do.
The corner door has now gone in and as well as the one missing window due to the anodized finish not being up to our builders standards – the house is now locked up.
Now that the cladding has gone up on the top half of the house, they’ve been able to take down the scaffolding around the rear of the house in preparation of Earthworks Part 2.0.
Running behind all the houses on our side of the street is an engineered batter which our rear boundary is halfway up. We’ve decided to excavate into this batter and build a 1.5m retaining wall, effectively doubling the outdoor area at the back of the section, visible by the orange spray painted line.
