A wet week

This week has been frustrating with plenty of rain slowing down progress. Most of the roof joists are now up, the bent steel rafter has returned from Christchurch and by the end of next week we should see the roof on and the weather boards starting to go up.

The LED lights have been selected along with the doors so things should start to hum shortly. Our landscaping starts next weekend (Labour weekend) with the bank above the retaining wall and the bank down to the road being planted.

The sheathing of the house has just started, with the whole house being wrapped before the weatherboards go up.

Here you can see the main beam in the family room, finally installed. The roof should go one fairly quickly next week.

Another shot of the rear wall starting to get covered in ready for weatherboards, roof and windows to be installed.

Here is a view from up Whitford Brown Road with the Elsdon hills in behind.

And here is the house looking up from Whitford Brown. The bank will get planted over Labour weekend and with an average spring should at least mean a good start to growth.

Baxters Knob behind the house.

Video Walk Through of the house

Here is a walk through of the house, a little messy given all the supporting wood etc... but does give you a feel for the layout.
This first one includes the entrance, the side hall and the bedrooms.

Back to the entrance way and down to the study on the left, the dining/family room and the lounge with the views across the harbour to Mana Island (not Kapiti).

The last one starts in the dining room looking toward the kitchen and the family room

Framing End of Week

Both wall framing and roof framing is well advanced with fascias and soffits starting to go in.

Front entrance with the two pillars installed.

Soffits and facsias going up at the street front.

The ranch slider gap for the dining room, and family room. Large beam and chapel ceiling structure/

Roof framing not complete in this corner as we wait for a steel beam for the chapel ceiling to come back from Christchurch. First one was bent in transport.!

Roof Trusses arrive

All of the roof trusses have now arrived on site and Jamie and Cody started to put them up Friday. They expect to be all up by middle of the coming week and then the roof and windows will go up.
Looking at the garage and then the back bedrooms.

The house quickly takes shape and you can start walking through rooms and seeing the shape that the final product will be like.
From the east looking at the master bedroom and the entrance to the family room, dining and lounge in back right.

Looking straight down the entrance way with the bedrooms on the right.

Framing Day 4

One of the sustainable features of the build is the extra wide footings on the outside of the home to allow for increased insulation and hence a better thermal seal in the building. The footings are 6 x 2 inches (140 x 45mm - sorry about the old style) compared with the standard 4 x 2.

Beautiful evening for photo's. Here you can see the height that will be in the kitchen, family room and dining room for the chapel ceilings which are a feature of the front of the house facing the all day sun.

The view from the Hollyford Place side showing the extra height achieved in the entrance way and with the chapel ceilings from the north side.

Framing day 2

Day two (Friday) and the rest of the framing starts to go up giving us a feel for the shape

Jamie at the top of the roof in the entrance way

looking down the entrance way from the front and the garage

Framing Day one

Day one as the framing goes up - taken about 11.30am

Back wall goes up. Note the protection over the areas of polished floor

Looking from the east into the family room and along the dining room

Main bedroom partially up

End of the first day and most of the framing up. Looking at the entrance way. Another day tomorrow

the back wall now complete with the two bedrooms and bathroom/toilet in the middle

Main bedroom and wall into the family room completed.