Gyprock Starts

Ok so after a speed hump earlier in the week, gyprocking has started and in full swing. I drove past this afternoon and in 2 days the whole house seems to be done and they have also set the first coat as well.

I am sure they will be close to finishing all the roof and walls by the end of the week and assume that they will get into the cornice next week. Also had an email from Fairmont to confirm our colour selections for the paint - but no later than next week so that cant be far away either.

The house looks so different when gyprocking starts... I think its because you cant see through the walls and you have a better sense of the space.

We will take some photos this weekend when the sun is out.... Also have to re-cover the floors

Dirty Thieving $*&^ers

Very upset because some low lives decided it would be a great idea to go into our house and cut out electrical cables after it had been roughed in - the day before gyprocking was meant to start. They decided to cut the power cables at the back of the meter box and all the light switches and for what....?? A few meters of cable.

Seriously upset and cranky and feel bad as well for our builder as this is sure to have cost them some extra money to the sparky. Anyway called Fairmont and they had the sparky back the next day to fix it. I even emailed Fairmont a few weeks ago to warn them as another house was done over on Ridgetop Drive and they did the same thing.

I am venting but some people..... seriously get a job!

Floor Pics

Ok so these are taken from my phone so the image quality is not good..... But the floors are coming along well and look awesome. These pictures are taken at 800grit finish. They will be finished tomorrow and will be at 3000grit finish which will look amazing by what I have seen today.

I will post some better ones with the good camera and in some good light.

Also the electrical, insulation and skylight was done as well.... Gyprock Monday!

Thanks Fairmont

Just want to say a THANKYOU to Dan and John from Fairmont.

Made a call as we wanted a dwarf wall on the inside of the house(which we discussed before we signed up with Fairmont) and also some noggings for the plasma tv.

John called me to say that he organised the dwarf wall and to go and have a look to make sure we were happy with it. I drove out to check and it was fine. The carpenter was there and had also done the noggins in the media room for the plasma TV. He even wrote the measurements on the  concrete floor so we knew exactly where they were for when we put the tv in - HOW GOOD IS THAT.

I have said it before but dealing with Fairmont has been great and they are a great family company to deal with. Nothing is to hard and they are only to happy to help when you ask for it. Thanks for making it so easy!

With so much going on it keeps bringing me back to the excitement of building... which is how it should be!

Pictures as promised

Well the roof is on so we had to go and pull up the black floor covering this weekend and broom out all the dust. We are now waiting for Ivan to get on site to get the floors grinded as electrical, insulation and gyprock starts this week.

Roof Done

Wow... a week later its all happening again.

Monday = Roof tiles arrive on site

Tuesday = Sarking, roof battons and all tiling was done - all in a day was an amazing effort

Wednesday = Roof capping done and most of the eave lining installed

Seems like we are flying ahead after this week. Also been told that next week... wait for it..

Tuesday = Electrical

Wednesday = Insulation

Thursday = Gyprocking

Also noticed that the cavity doors were installed in our bedroom and the linen cupboard. There is also a beam that was installed in the rear alfresco to hold the roof up.

Ivan is back from Perth and doing a floor across the road from our house. I have to squeeze him in to get the job done before the gyprock goes up next week. Now the roof is done I also have to go to site on Saturday to take the floor protection up and clean the inside of the house ready for the floors to be polished - Dirty Job but someone has to do it!

Seriously cant wait to see these floors finished.

Better photos to come this weekend... PROMISE

Fascia and Gutter

Well we have had some more action this week. Fascia and gutter have been installed and we are waiting for the roof tiles to be delivered as Monier is out of stock of the Traditional Barrumundi - their most popular tile and colour.

So hope that they are delivered on Monday and we can see a roof next week and be one step closer to lockup.

Weather is holding up good so far so lets keep hoping that we have good weather for next week as well.

I suspect after the roof is on we wont be to far from a front door, garage door and laundry door..... LOCKUP wont be to far away......hopefully....

We are keen to see the roof get done so we can get Ivan back to finish the floors and see how they come up..... cant wait

Update: Roof tiles delivered today.... should see some action this week and some awesome floors on the weekend!