Day 31 - Carpenter No Show

The only progress on the block today

Day 30 - Termite Guard and More Deliveries

Yesterday morning I drove past the block on my way to work. I was hoping that I would see carpenters, but   realistically didn't think that they would be there seeing the termite mesh had not been installed.

On my way back from work, I went past again and not only had the termite mesh been installed but there had been more deliveries.

 More framing materials

Windows

Today carpenters should be on site starting the lower frames. The temperature today is forcasted at 35 - 41 degrees today, so I am glad it is not me working out in the hot sun.

Day 29 - Lower Frames

This morning I drove past the block and noticed that a skip bin had been delivered. That made me smile as the concretors were not the cleanest bunch and left all of their food scraps and rubbish over the front of the block. I was itching to give it a clean.

I rung our trusty SS to find out what was happening next. He said termite treatment would be today, sediment control fence and the remaining temporary fencing would be installed and the lower frames to be delivered.

I went past just after lunch and the temporary fence had been finished off and the sediment control fence was being installed.

This afternoon we went back to check what had happened

No termite treatment - or not what we can see anyway, frames and steels had been delivered.

Sediment control fence

Skip bin after we had cleared up some of the site. It was empty before we started and there is still more to clean up

Day 28 - Completed Slab

Yesterday I was excited to get to the block to see the completed slab.  I was not disappointed.

It is starting to feel like it is big enough to be the ground floor of the house. 

Day 28 - SLAB DAY

I have been worried the last couple of days that the weather would ruin my slab pour today. I have constantly been checking the weather app on my phone hoping that it would change to say that we were going to have perfect sun - about 25 degrees would be perfect, but no, it says

Actually it has changed from the weather this morning - it was 10mm - 20mm and thunderstorms from midday. I wasn't hopeful this morning when I woke up, but thankfully it was blue skies.

I quickly got the kids ready for daycare this morning and we arrived at the block just before 7:00am. Usually when we order concrete for a slab at work, we order the pump for 6:30am and the first concrete truck for 7:00am.  When we arrived, the concrete pump was there, the concrete truck was there, but no concretors.

The concretors come from nearly an hour away, but turned up not too much after 7:00am. Firstly there was a clean of the boom pump lines and then it was pour time.

As we were leaving the second concrete truck arrived. There is about 50m3 of concrete in the slab, so there will be about 9 or 10 concrete trucks today.

I am excited to see what it looks like this afternoon when I get home from work.

Day 24 - Day 3 Slab Form

The slab form has finally been finished. It was a short day for the concretors yesterday and we knew when we drove past in the morning that they would not have a full day of work when there was a surfboard on the roof of a car.  Don't you love an early Friday finish.

Alfresco

Trench for the upstairs balcony

I am not sure when they are coming back to complete the slab. Either Monday or Tuesday. I am hoping for Monday.

Day 23 - Slab Form

Day 2 of the slab form.

I think it is starting to look a lot bigger - do you agree?