Building Update – 24 April 2022

After half the plasterboard has been installed with priority given to the garage so that the garage door installer won’t be further delayed, the garage door is finally installed. Just waiting on the plasterboard installer to be back for another week’s work and that should then be completed. On to the next task on the…

All the minor fixes identified during the lockup inspection has been fixed by the builder, so we will be collecting the keys from the builder likely this coming Friday. For followers who are not familiar with house build in Australia, once we use our keys on the locks, the builder’s key would not work, meaning…

Another week of 60% good weather and 40% heavy rain. All the wall claddings are completed, the roof over the garage is done, only another 25% of the main roof remains. Next week looks to be like more of the same, weather wise, with the first 3 work days looking good before the heavy rain…

All network cable wirings have been completed. The plasterboards and the home insulation has arrived, so it’s full on home construction (by ourselves at least). Here‘s a time-lapse of the ceiling insulation for the garage. I’m sort of glad that I didn’t go for the 6m plasterboard sheets which was first quote by a plasterboard…

The ATU (Aerated/Aerobic Treatment Unit, i.e. wastewater treatment system) was installed today. Pending power and plumbing connections, it will be ready for use. This link shows a time lapse of today’s installation. On the plasterboard front, we’re still waiting for additional assistance to install them. What we’ve found is that we can installed up to…

The electrician has completed the prewiring, you can see part of the house wiring on the video here. The network cables to the surveillance cameras was completed and the external cameras installed. The network cables to the TV Ethernet ports will be installed next, to ensure that viewers have the best bandwidth when watching anything…