Well, we have a roof now too! I was thinking that the roof would take a while to put up, what with carrying around all those tiles, but obviously it only took a couple of days.

Some framing has appeared on the outside of the house as well, ready for the weatherboards to be put in place.

From the left, picture from the road and one from the back yard. A close up of the roof and what happens when you drop roofing tiles!

Next week work is supposed to start on the interior floor. There is also a house show this weekend, so we will be on the lookout for some nice kitchens and bathrooms amongst other things.

Didn’t manage to get to the section during the week, but did make it at last on Saturday. We were expecting to have lots to clean up again, but when we arrived there was actually nothing to do!

So we spent a couple of hours taking pictures and picking up loose nails and bits of insulation fluff.

Anyway, a few changes from last week. The windows are all in place, although not all seemed to be fixed permanently yet. And the roof tiles have turned up as well. The forecast for the next few days is quite good, so hopefully that can go up as well. Although I’m not sure of the schedule for those things at the moment. All the interior insulation has been done, including the ceiling. The whole lot has been covered by plastic film.

A couple of pictures from Saturday. On the left, the roof tiles on their palates. On the right, the house from the back yard. A bit of snow/sleet during the week, so things are a little more frozen than last weekend. Everything is definitely thawing out still though. Today the temperature was up to about 7 degrees or so and it is quite hot out in the sun.

The current state of the interior. All insulation in place and covered by plastic and held in place by batons.

The spring thaw has started during the last week. Rain off and on as well. So at the moment we have the water from the melting snow and the rain. Both make for lots of mud, especially around the back of the house where all the dirt and clay has been dug up. Driveway has quite a lot of loose sand as well that is quite wet, so hopefully no one gets stuck there.

Things have been happening quite fast since Thursday. The exterior of the house has already been covered in the sheeting (which really is the same as gib board) and all exterior wall insulation is in place! It’s starting to look like a real house now. The roofing isn’t in place yet, although the material covering the roof at the moment is a paper/plastic sheeting and is quite waterproof, so the interior is dry.

Spent Sunday picking up all the off-cuts and other bits of wood lying around. Also cleaned up other bits of rubbish, plastic wrapping, etc as well. It was nice not having to clear snow away, but the mud soon took the shine off that. Plus of course it started snowing again tonight :-).

Some pictures of work so far starting with a big one of the outside from the back of the house. And by the way, if you have noticed that the house looks a bit bent and curved at times the reason is the panorama software for the digital camera. The automatic Olympus software doesn’t seem to do such a good job at it. If I get around to it I’ll probably find something better.

From the left, looking from the road. The joys of mud. And the attic space marked in red.

A shot of the whole interior with the insulation in place.

More deliveries this week. The insulation and some Gyproc sheeting (gib board) have turned up, so went to the section yesterday to see what was happening.

Apart from the deliveries there is a lot more of the framing in place now, including the roof and window frames.

A couple of pictures. The left is around the back with the back porch. The right is the western end of the house. All the stuff inside is the packs of insulation.

Went out to the section today, but not much to do. Cleaned up the off cuts of wood and other bits and pieces lying around. Weather is supposed to be getting worse for the next few days, but no sign of it today apart from some cloud. Should still be warmish — relatively speaking though, it will be about 2 degrees 🙂 — but some rain or sleet.

Not so obvious differences in the house since Wednesday, but a lot of smaller work going on. The beginnings of the roof are up as well. Not so many pictures today, just an outside view and the current state of the roof from the inside.

As it turns out we did have to go to the section again after work. Pia got a call that the exterior doors would be delivered after 5pm and they wanted someone there to take receipt. Don’t know why since everyone else delivered stuff without needing anyone there. But anyway, it is a good reason to go there and take more pictures!

Three panoramas today, outside and two inside looking west and east.

Looking west.

Looking east.

Building has started!

The builder started on Monday and has done quite a lot already. We went to the section after work today to see what was going on and took a few pictures. Pia got a call this morning to say that the well has been drilled as well, so everything is happening now.

We had a chat to the builder since he was still working there at 5 tonight (its even still light at that time now too) and he said the roof trusses will go up tomorrow, so we might have to have another look after work then.

The well seems to have gone okay too. They had to drill only 60m and they said we have enough water that we could sell some to the fire brigade as well (could have been something like 3500 litres an hour water flow).

Anyway, some pictures starting with a small panorama.