The Preparation for Gyprock

This week has flown and a great deal has been achieved on our building site. We had quiet days on Tuesday and Wednesday but the flood gates opened on Thursday morning. We met our SS early to complete our pre-lining inspection and there were carpenters, plumbers and the audiovisual guy all hard at work. Our plumbing and gas are now installed along with all of the wiring for the TV points, noggins have been put in for the wall mounted TVs and the eave installation is well underway. 

Our inspection went fairly smoothly and our SS is a very nice man and clearly very experienced. Everything looks good inside with the exception of the switch placements. We really had to push to have a few backing plates moved, particularly the ones near our bed which should have been low on the wall (for switching lights on from the bed) but ended up at standard height. Our bathroom switch was also moved into the bedroom because of safety standards, which I really don't like. We won the battle on the location of a couple (certainly not all) of switches but not without some grumbling from the electrician. The whole morning I felt like reminding him that it is our house, our decision and our money that is funding his employment. Yes, I'm grumpy I know!

Moving past the inspection, we have also had our wooden beams installed on the facade and the Urban One bricks cleaned. The beams are looking beautiful! We also met with a rep from Abode Blinds on site this morning and he was just incredible! We will be installing plantation shutters to all windows and are using basswood for our activity, media and living rooms, PVC with aluminum inserts for the bathrooms and a basswood frame/PVC blade combo for bedrooms to increase durability. 

Beams installed and looking fabulous

    

    

Clean bricks and eaves started