It's Gone!!

We had our front entrance doors delivered last week, and yesterday when we're there, we realised the doors were missing. When we checked with SS, he said both our doors had been stolen, and two house down the road (another project he's managing), they bi-fold doors and plaster boards were gone too! What???

Anyway..... another scaffoldings had been setup, so hopefully they can finish the bricking soon and change the gutter to the correct ones (ColorBond gutter in Woodland Grey colour).

Last electrical changes

Though we had looked through the electrical plans n^th number of times before we signed-off the final drawings, there are still things we realised that we've missed out.

Luckily, we've managed to find out the electrician PD used, and had dealt with them directly to include some changes before the actual electrical work is to be carried out. Hopefully, this time will be our final change.


Electrical Plan - Ground Floor



Electrical Plan - Upper Floor

Hot and sticky updates

It's 41 degrees now.

Was at the site a while ago. Other than the cars parked outside our place, there was practically no sign of other tradesman along our street. It was SO quiet. Why?? It's just too hot to work under the sun!

The fixing carpenters are there today and according to them, our brickies came this morning and left when the weather got too hot. Anyway, here are some photo updates.


Front Elevation (pillars for the porch are done)



Elevation B (Left side)



Elevation C (Back)



Elevation D (Right side)



Alfresco (pillar at the corner not done yet)



The bottom of all windows and doors are not done yet coz the bricks will need to be laid differently.



The 2 front entrance door had arrived. It will be in Woodland Grey.



This door is for the garage internal access. Colour will be Deauville.



Fixing carpenter at work

Weather Forecasts

The following are the weather forecast for the next 7 days... must put more coke in the fridge for the brickies...

Hot! Hot! Hot!

The weather for yesterday and today is nothing but HOT! It's 37 degrees outside now, and the hot breeze is filled with dust. Very uncomfortable to be standing in the outdoor now, not to mention if it is under the direct sun!

Drop by the site today to give the brickies some icy cold coke, hoping they'll not get heat stroke soon...











Brown Terrain with off-white mortar


Closer look at the bricks



Had a quick chat with one of the brickie and was told we have power supply now. *phew* Was worried PD is going to charge us extra if they still need to run on generator.

By the way, the windows for upstairs had been installed, and again, the glass for sliding door to the balcony had been shattered completely...

Its A Wrap

Drop by again and noticed that not only the sisilation (the green wrap for insulation) for the ground floor had been done, the gas and plumbing seems to be completed too.




There's water pipe under the laundry door. Will talk to SS tomorrow to see if this is ok.



Laundry



Kitchen island



Kitchen



Study



Ensuite



Bathroom



Oh bricks had arrived too. Hopefully can see the place look more like a house soon.



We had received the Framing Report from Big Kev. Generally it seems ok, with some "technical issues" which we'll be walking through with SS tomorrow trying to sort it out. Surprisingly when we sent PD a copy of the report, the CS replied they don't accept our independent report and wanted us to sort it with SS directly. Hmm...

[EDIT]
Met up with SS this morning, and the outcome has been good. He has agreed to address most of the issues, and for the few he's not sure, he'll check with his engineer and get back to us. We've told him Big Kev will be back for another pre-plaster inspection to follow-up the issues that he had raised before.

During the holidays....

Went to fix up some noggins during the holidays and this is what we've found..

The pipe in the Powder Room had been fixed. Not sure how to test, so we've poured some water through the pipe and so far seems ok, no water leaking through the joints.

[Before]


[After]


[Different angle of the pipe]


[Modern communication method]




The other thing we found was that 2 windows had been smashed.

[Window in the Study]


[Window in the Lounge]