The Roof!!!

So exciting to see the roof finished on Friday! It looks so good. We are really happy. In our colour selections we weren't sure whether to go with the same or different colour fascia. We decided to keep it all the same in the end as the finish on the front will be render x 2 and tiles and we didn't want to over complicate things. Very happy with the decision (so far). Colour selections are so tough! 

The roof started on Thursday. Firstly with sarking (part of our bush fire protection), followed by the colourbond sheeting on the first floor. We were glad most of the work was completed on Thursday as there was a deluge of rain on Thursday night (it could have waited for another day.....).  Then Friday the sarking and roofing was completed on the garage and rear ground floor. The floor had finally dried out from the rain last weekend before being hit again. Hopefully we get some sunny days in the next week to get it dry again. Seeing rain and mud in the house (on the concrete slab) is disturbing - haven't been able to hold off on sweeping it out a few times!!! 

Roof  = Colourbond - Woodland Grey

Roof (and sarking) Underway

From the Side (Day 1)

Roof Completed (Including Garage)

 

From the Side (Including Alfresco and Ground Floor at Rear

From Behind

Sarking From Inside  (Looking up at the Rafters)

Woodland Grey Roof, Gutters and Fascia 

Weekly Review

James our SS phoned us with an update of progress. Today the site was event free. We drove past and saw a truck unloading some steel piping. I suspected it may have been something to do with the kitchen etc, but James informed us that the scaffolding was going up today. It was nice to hear what was scheduled ahead! Obviously weather dependent;

• Today - scaffolding to first floor
• Tomorrow (Saturday) - First floor framing to begin (surprised that framing would occur on a weekend)
• Monday/Tuesday - Framing to continue
• Tuesday/Wednesday - Roof trusses to be installed (framing should be complete next week - absurd!)
• Tuesday 10th June (after long weekend) - Gutters and fascia
• Thursday 12th June - Roof!!

 Scaffolding

We snuck into the site tonight (as if everyone doesn't do that when building!) and had a brief look around. Again, the light was fading so it was just a quick peek. The bulk head framing throughout seemed to have been completed yesterday also. We noticed an error in the bulkhead above our fireplace so have let our SS know. Originally the plans had the bulkhead at 1290mm from the roof in the living room. We raised this to 900mm as we felt fitting a TV there might be a push (especially at the rate TV sizes are growing) and we didn't want to limit the way the space would be used in the future. In our contract drawings, one of the drawings had the original (larger measurements), so it was included as a post contract variation to clarify the 900mm. However, it seems the original measurements were used. We will need to double check other changes we made over the weekend as we would rather catch them early to alleviate problems later. A minor detail that will hopefully be changed with minimal fuss. 

Incorrect Drawings in Contracts (not our fault) - Window should be fixed and drawing to the right showing a longer bulkhead

Correct Window and Bulkhead in Final Drawings