Bottom Floor Frame

After two weeks of absolutely nothing (and I mean nothing) happening, yesterday the bottom floor frame went up. I left for work at 7am, and there was no frame even delivered, and by the time I got home in the evening, the frame was standing and fully completed.

It isn't without drama though. There is a great big post down the middle of the back door (see photo below). This is going to take a stacked door and so should be completely open. Builder's will need to fix this one. Also we have high ceilings (which is great), but the wardrobe openings are only standard height, meaning a lot of wasted space.

A few days ago, I got a call from the builder saying that they couldn't hang the front door on the standard aluminium frame, because it weighed 85kgs!!! This is the same weight as me....well most of me! They need to bring in steel to support the door. I hope nobody gets their fingers caught in the door as it closes.

It's all very exciting for us as the kids can now stand in their room (and pretend to sit on the toilet!!!).

Brickies next....

Nothing Like A Fresh Slab

As you can see in the photo above, where there once was trees, snakes, and spiders, there is now a fresh concrete slab. This slab forms the bottom floor of the house, and the top floor will come off it and forward to the line of metal stakes with yellow caps, that you can see at the bottom of the photo.

You might also notice the smoke and haze in the photo...one of our frequent and friendly bushfires was burning close by. I think this summer might be another year of fires.

This shot looks back up the block, and the height of the concrete wall that you can see is about 5 feet tall, or up to my shoulders. Somehow we have to make this area a backyard!

I don't think we will see any action for a week or so now, as the conrete cures. Next up will be the framework, and then the brickwork.