The Brickies are Starting Today!

Away on a week long holiday and haven't seen the house for a whole week!  Excited to hear from our site supervisor this morning when he rang Von up to say that the bricklayers were due to start today.  Can't wait to go home tomorrow!

Site supervisor also said the overhang of the frames was within the standards (1.5cms).  It looked more than that, but we'll see.  Here's a reminder:

Groundfloor Frames All Done

Couldn't wait to come home from our holiday to see what else has happened.  Got there and found that the groundfloor frames were finished.  The two James were in the ute and the older one said they expect to be finished by next week.  I didn't bother asking about them not showing up for 2 days.  The lounge room frames are still hanging over the concrete but I've left a message for our site supervisor earlier this week so I'll wait and see.

Carpenters are No-Shows for a Few Days

Contacted my mum while away to see if it has been raining in Sydney so I can report it under rain days.  Mum said it had only rained from 5pm but she hasn't seen the carpenters for a couple of days.  Actually, we passed by the  site at around 12.30pm on Monday enroute to our little trip and no one was on site, no work has been done that morning.  Maybe the carpenters had other jobs and because I had told them we were going away (oops!), they decided to do the other jobs first...or maybe they just had to take a day off for whatever reason :(

Building Inspector & More Frames are Up

We have managed to contact my husband's work colleague's father about Building Inspections.  Spoke with him and found out there are two recommended inspections: (1) After brick and roof stage, just before internal wall linings; (2) Just before handover.  Each inspection is $495 which includes a detailed, photographic report.  Howard (from H&K Ryan), anticipates that the first inspection would be in about 6 weeks.  

I phoned the site supervisor to give him notice that we have hired an independent building inspector and I asked if he would let them know when the roof is finished.  He said he didn't have anything to do with that.  So, the right protocol is for me to find out when the roof is to be finished, ring Howard and he will organise with our site supervisor when to carry out the inspection - got it.  Checked out the H&K Ryan website and they seem to be pretty credible.  Howard has even appeared on channel 9, imparting his knowledge about inspections.  Feels like we're in good hands.       

More frames have gone up.  Got the carpenter's number as we're going away for most of the week next week and I may not see them again.  Things are looking great, schedule wise!  

We did notice that there is quite a bit of overhang at the front elevation where the lounge is, and also just under the entry door frames.  On the left had corner, the concrete looks like it's been chipped so the actual corner timber frame is not supported entirely.  Must contact our site supervisor about these.