Inspection Booked, Plumbing Query, Update

Today, we heard from our site supervisor, advising us to book our independent inspector.  Woohoo!  We're booked in for this Friday, at 2pm.  Von and I just spent some time drafting an email to show some of the items we felt were questionnable:

1. The roof tiles in one section seemed too far from the fascia as compared to another section, such that you can peer through and see inside the roof.

Roof tiles too far from edge as opposed to photo below.

2. The front left corner where the frames hang over the slab considerably.

3. A small gap between the bricks and where the eaves finish in the front elevation. 

A quick update for work carried out in the last week:  Not much except for the scaffolding being removed from top roof, eaves and upper pipes being painted and scaffolding for bottom roof put into place.  Fascia and gutters for lower roof done on Saturday.

Plumbing inspection was being carried out when I brought over someone to give me a quote for the driveway.  He said there wasn't enough clearance for the bath spout and the flick mixer to be on the wall under the windows in the main bath.  We'll need a U-shaped spout (well, inverted) instead of the ones that simply jut out from the wall.  Apparently, this has to happen.  But when he told me that it would cost around $70 for that and another $200 roughly to relocate the plumbing, I asked him why we should be liable for this when this is not of our choice and it is certainly not within our control.  He said he'll speak to our site supervisor and see if Clarendon will waive the cost. 

To me, work has really slowed down.  Especially when there were days with nothing happening at all during a week with fine weather.  Nothing done today again but our site supervisor thinks gyprocking will commence on Tuesday week.   

Eaves Out of Nowhere

With rain being on and off for the past few days, I didn't check on the house until today.  Surprisingly, the eaves were done!  Can't wait until Monday to see what else will happen.

 

We've Got a Roof!

Yey!  We now have a roof!  All done in ONE day, yesterday - amazing!  I went past around 10.30am and found that the roof on two sides have been completed.  By 4pm, it was all done, bar the lower roof (over the garage).

I contacted our site supervisor today and had to send a text as he was on the phone when I rang.  He rang back very quickly.  I was all praise again because he managed to squeeze in the roof as soon as it stopped raining, thereby, limiting the delay in construction.  He said, it may take a while for more to be done as the rain delays has meant his carpenter cannot finish the eaves for a little while (don't know how long).  This also means, they cannot start any internal work like the electrical stuff until the eaves are done because he's waiting for that before the lower roof can be done (I don't know why the lower roof is reliant on the eaves, though).

I, then, contacted our building inspector who has phoned me twice complaining that neither Clarendon, nor our site supervisor, return his calls even when they have all his paperwork and credentials already.  He also indicated that I need to be on top of things as he has heard that Clarendon is currently having some issues with some contractors, causing delays to construction.

Hmmm, so far, so good with Clarendon and our site supervisor.  Yes, there have been issues, but nothing we haven't been pleased with the results after sorting it out.  

I still think there is a market out there for a liaison officer who can attend to all these nitty gritty stuff that I have been attending to, which full-time working clients, just have no time for.  Thank goodness, we're in a position for me to hold off working as much as I used to and pick up casual work with flexible hours.

Some Disappointment About the Roof

Most of the jobs our site supervisor had organised for the week happened but towards the end, it got delayed.  The cleaning of the bricks was on Saturday and when we drove by at around 9.30am, the man was almost finished blasting the bricks clean.  The thin film that covered the windows washed off, too.  And suddenly, the house looks more lively.  We did, at one point, wonder if the windows had the glazing we added.  Fortunately, once we looked had a look inside, one could hardly tell there was anyone inside.

The scaffolding was adjusted on Monday.  On Tuesday, the carpenter was supposed to trim the frames for the fascia and gutters.  I'm not sure if it happened on that day.  However, the first delay in the week happened on the Wednesday, when the fascia and gutters were supposed to have been finished already.  Mum said she saw someone come down and have a look and then he left in less than 10 mins.  Sure, there were forecasts of rain but it only drizzled at 3pm.

Yesterday, we drove by the site after picking the kids up from school and the gutters and fascia were completed!  How inobservant of me to not realise that fascia weren't made up of wood anymore!  Mum liked our colour combo externally.  Shame though that Von and I didn't notice (nor were we made aware) that the area above the garage is not bricked up.  Considering we have a brown door, perhaps we could simply paint that area close to the wooden colour?

Today, work was not carried out again.  That's two days in one week.