PLastered

A busy week for the house with the plasterers going flat out all week to complete ready for the painters on Monday. The skirting boards and some of the coving have now being installed ready for painting next week.

The family room, dining room kitchen area is finished ready for painting. Cardboard on the floor to protect the polished concrete

As is the entrance way and hall

Front door still to be installed, otherwise already for painting.

The Garage door (fully insulated) has been installed, just leaving the front door to arrive. The front door has to be specially made because of the height... must be for tall people to get in the door.

Whiteware is starting to be installed in the two bathrooms with the shower trays in, more to go in next week. The holes in the bathrooms have now been cleared for the plumbing and this photo shows the structure of the floor, with the concrete floor slab and then the polystyrene layer above the heat bank.

Next week will see outside the foundations plastered; the roof finished off along with the gutters and down-pipes, the ground all leveled off for decks, lawns, paths and driveway; the deck started, the lawn mowing strips going in and the concrete drive and paths poured and completed.

On the inside we will see painting well advanced, the electrical switchboard installed and the garage finished off with access into the roof.

Just 3 weeks to go

Good Progress

This week we have had good progress with the drains all in, painting outside finished for the moment, gibbing completed inside ready for the plastering and stopping, some electrics installed and the polished concrete floors in.

Here you can see the drains being dug and laid around the front and down the side of the house.

This is the water lille sump which collects the water from the bathrooms and pumps it into the irrigation field that is going to be installed under the lawn.

All the gibbing completed in the family and dining room. Starting to show the effect of the chapel ceiling and the kitchen area.

The excellent view out of the lounge windows. Great place to just sit and look across the harbour.

Visited on Thursday to find a team of eight painters painting the outside of the house. They has the second coat on by lunch time and then left. They will be back for the inside and will complete the little bits and pieces still not finished on the outside. Note still a couple of weather boards to install in the entrance way.

Special power generator for the machinery needed for the cutting and polishing of the floors in the kitchen, entrance way, laundry and bathrooms.  - see special page on concrete polishing.

Next week we will have the garage door in, all internal doors, plastering completed and they should be starting to paint inside.
The deck will probably also be started by the end of the week.
Still on target for the 16th December move in.

This is the effect we will get from the polished floors. Still plenty of dust to clean as yet!!

Roof, windows finished

This week has been good for progress with the roof finished, the weatherboarding nearly all finished and the uPVC windows and glass all in. The wiring for the electrics are in as is the in wall vac and most of the insulation.

In this shot you can see the photo-voltaic system on the roof, all installed and ready to make power once we connect to the grid. Note the panels are flush with the roof. - see the post page on the pv system. We will get some credits into the system once it's installed to the grid via Meridian Energy.

You can also see the piping for the water solar system which will be installed later on once the digital system is installed. Once its on the roof it will start generating hot water.

Here you get a good visual of the front of the house, with all the uPVC windows and doors, the roof and the pv solar panels. The uPVC windows and doors have come from Dunedin and are from Weathertight Windows and Doors Limited. - more info on the special page for the uPVC system.

The exterior painting of the house will start this week, weatherboards are Rakaia. Good view of the stacker door onto the side deck.

Insulation in the dining and family room all completed. The rest will be finished Monday and the gibbing also starts tomorrow. The house should be gibbed by middle of the week and then the plastering begins.

 Front of the house with garage and front door with temporary security. This week will see the security system wiring, the outside plumbing and drains, concrete floors polished inside, painting outside, gibbing and plastering. A busy week, but at least the site is now water proof......

Windows and Door frames in

Steady progress made all week with the roof nearly finished (held up by the wind) and weatherboards nearing completion.

All of the uPVC window and door frames have now been installed, but loo and behold the glass doesn't arrive until next week!

Next week will see plenty of action from the electrician, insulation, roof finished, glass in and internal cladding starting.

Outside the drain will be in and the building will start to see total closure.

Here you can see the ranch slider from the dining room/family room area looking across the harbour.

A view of the family room/kitchen area with the chapel ceiling.
The shot below gives you a feel for the height that will exist in the family/dining room with the kitchen being in the background.