Shed structure completed!!!!

Stuart had Davey help him out on Sunday and together they made the final door and hung it.
Today the plumbers returned and finished the other side of the roof,  the guttering and trims before the rain started.
Stuart just has to do a few little things to the doors, and the polisher needs to seal the floor then it will all be done. Oh yeah, we also have to get a tank and connect it up too.

front of shed with the sliding doors closed

back and side view of shed

Ian from KB contacted me today. We will be meeting with the joiner on Wednesday and the windows will be getting installed on Thursday. It's all happening now.

Trusses are up

Wow it looks like a house now! so exciting to see the trusses up and see the shape and size of our raked ceiling.

Looking up from the garage

South side of the house looks good too!

From the master looking down

Front of the house. REALLY need to get rid of that dirt pile for my photos!!

Our meeting went well tonight, no issues at all. Timbercrete may be arriving at the block this week; fascia, guttering and windows all expected next week, and the roof predicted to be on by the end of the week after (4th May).
We have also organised a plumber to come out Thursday/Friday of this week to complete the roof and guttering of the shed. This means all we will have to do for it is make the other sliding door, then hang them both. So all going well, the shed could actually be completed this weekend - providing nothing goes wrong and we can get some help to manhandle the doors into position.

House & Shed

The frame is progressing along with some bracing completed as well now. Very happy to see on Friday that the floor polisher had returned and the drying cupboard and the area in the kitchen that had been missed have now been done. They also appear to be coated with something already too.
Found out that we can change our oven selection, so really need to get on to that, and we chose the colour for the fascia - Shoji White. It's a pretty good match to our window frames.
This weekend we had an open day at home so didn't get to the block until the afternoon. We managed together to complete one of the sliding doors, although hanging it will prove a challenge and we will need some extra bodies to help. We have managed to find someone to quote us on the roof completion, and someone else will be getting back to us with a price tomorrow, both can start this week which will be great.
Today Stu spent some time on the kanga finally filling in all the trenches, it looks heaps better. Can't wait to see the remaining dirt piles also spread out.
The roof trusses are supposed to arrive at 7:00am tomorrow morning, and we have a meeting with Glen again on Tuesday.

Overall view from front gate. Looking so much better with the trenches filled in

The next area that needs to be worked on, flattened out so we can get rock
on it to make turning on the driveway easier and provide access to the garage.

Shed still ongoing...

Stu had some assistance on Friday and he and Simon managed to get quite a bit done in their long day. They finished the East wall, did the gutter brackets on the north wall, cut down the excess on the east and west wall and laid the wire on the roof.
On Saturday Stu did a few fiddly jobs including the guttering brackets along the south wall, and then yesterday he started putting sheets on the roof. He only managed to get 4 on (2 front, 2 back) before the wind picked up again so he started working on the 2 sliding doors instead.

Looking so much better with the tops trimmed

Today he is unable to work on it due to the wind, hail, rain and cold.  This is feeling like a never ending task. There are so many other things that need to get done too, I would love to just pay someone to finish it off.

Frameworks beginning

The basics of the frameworks has been started. All the top and bottom plates are in place and the East wall of the house has studs but no noggings and is not yet standing up. Tomorrow is going to be a big day I've been informed, with lots of walls expected to be done. I can't wait to see it in the afternoon!

Going to look very different tomorrow..

If you look closely at the picture, you will see that Stu managed to get 2 more sheets up on the shed on Sunday afternoon, and he also did some repair work to the driveway at the entrance which had become pretty bad. We are hoping that the weather over Easter will be kind to us, and fingers crossed manage to get the shed done.
On Friday we got a lovely surprise in that our power finally got connected. Perfect timing for KB really.
Have I mentioned how excited I am about the frameworks going up tomorrow.....

Action on site

So good to see something happening out there again. The timber for the frames has been delivered and the pencil marks for the walls is in the process of being completed now. Exciting seeing our rooms take shape and where the walls will be.
Our site foreman who was busy marking all the lines while I was there said they will start forming things tomorrow and the frame itself should start going up on Monday or Tuesday at the very latest.
Stu did manage to get to the block on Sunday and completed the garage door, and the panel next to and above it. He plans to spend a bit of time out there again this weekend.

Taken a couple of days ago before the marking out started.

The polisher hasn't managed to come out yet to fix the red problems, track marks and the two areas he went a little short on and didn't do properly - the airing cupboard floor and the angled wall in the dining room. Hopefully that gets done soon as it will be easier doing that without walls in the way.

Polished Concrete & Shed Update

The polishing didn't manage to get finished due to all the rain we had. Hopefully we will have a few fine days and then that can be done. I'm really hanging to see my completed floor!
We did have some progress on the shed this weekend though. Stu spent quite a few hours out there yesterday, and today we both spent the day out there. Although visually it doesn't look like we got a lot done, there were a lot of fiddly jobs involved - like getting the door space organised - and some challenges were had due to not having power connected yet.

Stu cleaning up at the end of the day.
We are emptying it out so it can be ground down  tomorrow by the polishers

Speaking of power - SP Ausnet installed the transformer on Friday!!! We are now just waiting for TRU to do their bit and we will be switched on. The paperwork and so on is all done, so hopefully they will get on to the job soon.

Shed update

We have had such bad luck with the terrible weather this week, but progress has still been occurring...slowly.
Yesterday it was just Stu and I out there in the rain and abundant mud, getting more done and getting mud absolutely everywhere. At least the wind wasn't too bad.

The mud was so bad our boots kept getting sucked down

Today the weather is sunnier, but windier. Unfortunately we haven't been able to get to the block yet. Stu will be out there this afternoon digging the trench for the electricals. Goodness knows when the shed will get finished as he is back at work next week. It has progressed a bit further than the above photo, but it was raining too hard for me to take another picture later on.

Shed progress

The shed is coming along quite well, especially considering the rain we have had over the last few days. Luckily Stu has had Davey helping him out quite a bit, and also had the assistance of Matt and Alan at different stages.

Progress shortly before 11:00am this morning

The pitch of the roof is like that for the solar panels. This way they can go straight on and will be positioned at the optimum angle.

Concrete colour update
The concrete company are certain that the correct colour was supplied for our slab. Apparently the edges of the slab (where I did the colour comparison) is often a different shade to what the slab will look like in the middle and once ground down. So hopefully all will be OK. The concrete polishing is going to occur next week, not sure yet of what day it will actually start.
Our builders have spoken to the polisher and hopefully the crack that is there will not be a problem. Fingers crossed it doesn't get any bigger, or any more happen.

Completed slab

Unfortunately the steady rain we experienced on Tuesday after the slabs were poured has done some damage to our slabs. It is only really an issue for the garage and shed slab, which have gone quite chalky and will need to be ground down.
Our shed parts have arrived and Stu is out there working on getting it up as soon as possible, if you find yourself with a spare hour or two over the next week, please feel free to pop to the block and give him a hand!

Beginning of the shed build

The coloured concrete part of the slab is quite noticeable to the grey, just not quite sure it is the colour we expected. I still have the samples we chose the colour from so will be taking them to the block later on today to compare how well they match.

View from the master bedroom end. The colour division is pretty easy to spot

It's going to look quite interesting once it has been polished up, which will probably be later next week. The rooms we are having polished concrete flooring are the lounge, dining, kitchen, walk in pantry, hallway and rumpus.

The Slab

The builders were there bright and early this morning,  I got a message with a photo shortly before 7am telling me that 3 loads of concrete had already been poured for the shed.

Photo taken by Glen from KB Living. I just love how great our builders are with communication

We called in to the block before school drop off to see the shed, master bedroom and garage had all been done.

The shed

The boys hard at work doing  some of the plain concrete areas

I popped back in about half an hour later after a heads up from Glen that they were pouring the coloured concrete. Currently the colour isn't that exciting, it's called 'Pompeii' and is a pale brown. You can't see the nice stones we have selected to be in it, and it should darken considerably once it is dried and polished, so it's still no real indication yet of what the flooring will look like.

Taken from the garage/girls bathroom corner, doing the coloured  concrete

Luckily the rain didn't start until after they were finished pouring. I've returned a few times today to try and get a picture of the whole house but every time I turn up it starts bucketing down again. I can't wait to have a walk on it!