Building Our New Home - Mentone3850 through Burbank: May 2014

Friday 30 May 2014

Caesarstone Bench, Sink, Door IN- WK 21

Week 21

Mon 26th May - Sun 01 Jun 2014

We had a good run this week, managed to see my kitchen caesarstone benches, sinks go in at the start of the week. And we also had one Carpenter come and spend all his week at the house (doing the architraves and skirting and putting on the internal doors).

Here what we had for the week:-
- Caesarstone stone kitchen bench installed
- Kitchen/Butley Pantry Sink delivered and installed
- Kitchen/Vanity Cabinet handles installed
- Ground Floor bricks cleaned
- Internal Door Hung
- Architraves done (ground floor)
- Skirting done (ground floor)
- Garage Roof Trusses re-fitted

Mon 26 May - Caesarstone Bench, Sink Installed - Day 101
Delivery: Kitchen and Vanity Sink (replacement) , Kitchen Benches
Today the cabinet makers were on sight to fit the Kitchen, Butler Pantry, Vanity Sink, Cabinet handles....
Also they managed to install the Kitchen and Pantry caesarstone benches (including the waterfall ends ::cheerleader::

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Now just waiting for the glass splashback and I can see all the colours come together.

Tue 27 May - Ground Floor Brick Cleaned, architraves continues - Day 102
Delivery: Front Door Lock and Handles
At long last the remainder of our brick work (ground floor) were cleaned today. Now we can actually see the brick/mortar work in more detail. Will be taking notes where mortar is either missed / coming off or even has a rough finish and will raise to SS when we have our fixing walk through in a few weeks.

Also the Carpenter finally showed up to resume working on the architraves that he started and left in week (19).

Wed 28 May - Internal Doors Hung - Day 103
The Carpenters returned and manged to finish off the architraves to ground floor and even hung all internal doors.

Thu 29 May - Architraves and Skirting - Day 104
The Carpenters was there nice and early (8:00am) to finish off on the architraves to ground floor and made a start on the ground floor skirting. Good thing I was working from home today so managed to drop by and he was kind enough to let me in and take some photo ::cheerleader::

He told me that painters cannot come in until he finishes... so thinking sometime after mid next week we'll see a start of painting preparation.

Fri 30 May - Architraves and Skirting - Day 105
Skirting and architraves to ground floor is now fully complete. Just the top floor to do now.
Also they worked on fixing and putting some of the garage roof trusses since some where taken off due to the scattfold going up. I think this so they can get people working on putting on the roof tiles next week???

Weekly Contract Admin status update:-
Paint preparation will commence in whilst carpenter is still finish off the skirting and architraves. SS has not mentioned when garage roof is scheduled to go in.

Anyway here the photo overload for the week

400mm caesarstone kitchen bench
White on white -Does it look ok ???

400mm caesarstone waterfall to Kitchen Island

Master Ensuite Double Vanity
Toilet (LHS) Shower (RHS)

Bed 2 Ensuite Vanity
Should have upgraded to have cabinet drawers!!

Main Bathroom Vanity
Should have upgrade to longer Vanity + Drawers !!

Power room Vanity
Room (no window) - will be dark without light on!!!

Master Bedroom Door Hung
No more tight squeezes getting furniture in

Laundry Internal Door hung
Laundry taps fixed - centered??

Bathroom Door hung

So yes bit of activity this week but YET again another week of disappointment as the Garage roof did not happen.

Saturday 24 May 2014

Cornices And Bathroom Waterproofing - WK 20

Week 20

Mon 19th May - Sun 25 May 2014

Now that we are at Fixing stage of the build we don't see much progress from the outside. Specially when your locked up and most of the work carried on is to the first floor. But I am sure there were tradies on sight for an hour or so a day doing something.

Here what most visible for week:-
- Shower Recess Waterproofing
- Cornices
- Front Door Delivered

Mon 19 May - Plumbing - Day 96
Today the plumbers were back to re-position the drain pipes for En suite 1 & 2 vanity cabinets as they were slightly out of measurement (out by 20 cm) hence the vanity couldn't installed.

Tue 20 May - Shower Recess Waterproofing - Day 97
We had a trade man ( Tiler????) come to do preparation work for the shower recess.
He applied some black waterproof coating to the shower walls.

Wed 21 May - Cornices - Day 98
Drive pass the house and notice there were some cornices off cuts thrown into the sight cage hence I presumed the cornices may have been installed. Wasnt able to take any photo as it was quiet dark. Will try take some picture by end of the week as it was a little dark

Thu 22 May - Shower Recess Waterproofing (2nd coat) - Day 99
My Neighbor said the same Ute was parked outside the house today so I assume he was there to apply perhaps a second coat for the shower area.

Fri 23 May - No Work - Day 100
Delivery: Front Door
My Neighbor told me that there was truck that rocked up to the house at 6:30am and to ONLY discovere just delivering "MY FRONT DOOR' .. Hmm why so early????

Heres some Photos to share with you all

Front Door Delivered

(yet to be painted in ColourBond June)

Cornices To Alfresco Area

Shower Area Waterproofing - Main Bathroom

Shower Area Waterproofing - Ensuite 2

Laundry Sink TAPS
Does it look center to you??

So Not a very exciting week this week
SS said he will organise for the Garage Roof to go on next week. Hmm lets see

Friday 16 May 2014

Cabinetry & a start on Architraves - WK 19

Week 19

Mon 12th May - Sun 18 May 2014

We are officially now locked out of our house so just cant rock up anytime to check out the house without tradies on sight. But there were days I managed to catch them after work to snap up some photos and see how the house was processing. ::lol::

Heres whats been happening for week:-
- Internal Garage door access hung
- Electrical Outlet and recess light plaster cutouts
- Painting preparation
- Cabinetry installed
- A start on Architraves
- Sight Clean

Mon 12 May No Work - Day 91

Tue 13 May - Recess light and Electrical outlets cut outs - Day 92
One of the most frustration and time consuming part of fixing the plasterboard is cutting the holes for electrical outlets and light fittings so this is left to the professions, therefore eletricians were back and on sight cutting out all the recesses for the downlights and electrical outlets.

AND .......................................................We are officially now LOCKED OUT !!!!!! ::sad::

As the broken glass to one of the Alfresco panel sliding door has now been replaced and a door has ALSO been hung to the internal garage door access.

Wed 14 May - Kitchen, Pantry AND Laundry cabinetry - Day 93
Today was another busy day at the house, we had plasterer come back to do some sanding in preparation for the painting. Where others were making a start of the windows architraves to ground floor and finally but not least ....................OUR cabinets are in ::cheerleader::

Yes finally I get to see my Kitchen, Butler Pantry and also the Laundry cabinets go in :z:

. I don't know if anyone was excited when theirs were fitted but surely I was today::lol::
Cabinet maker were still there when I dropped by after work and he'd told me he was going to be back tomorrow to finish off the cabinet in the fridge recess and the rest of the Power, ensuite and bathroom cabinets.

Also, someone has came in and taken my Kitchen / Pantry Under mount sinks and the vanity basins ::angry::

(If I knew this would happen I would have taken them and kept them in a safe place when they were delivered last Friday along with the cabinets)
Now I wonder if this going to delay things as they have to re-order ????

Thu 15 May - Power, En suite and Bathroom cabinetry - Day 94
As I'm now official locked out I wasn't able to see the Power , En-suite and Bathroom cabinet go in as they are all on the top floor but the cabinet marker told me it was going to be completed by noon today. So I peeped through the Alfresco window and notice the cabinet in the fridge recess were fitted so I guess so.

Yah, so besides the cabinet maker finishing off the job, it was a quiet one at the house today..would have thought tradies came back to finish off the architraves

Weekly Contract Admin status update:-
Stairs, Cabinets have been completed. Next week, they make a start on paint preparation and arrange for the garage roof to be tiled

I just cant wait to see the garage roof tiled.. As we starting to see the roof trusses starting to get dis-co loured due to being exposed to the wet weather for the last 3 months (since 15 Feb 2014). ::frown::

Fri 16 May -Sight Clean - Day 95
Neighbors saw a couple of cars at the house today but I couldn't exactly see what they did but I guess anything they do makes us one step closer ::lol::

AND at long last we have another sight clean. This marks the (2) sight clean since SLAB been down.

Hers some photo for you all

Recess light cut out to Hallway Bulk head

Kitchen Cabinets

Pantry Cabinets

Laundry Cabinets

Internal Door Hung to internal Garage access

Sight clean

Another week of great progress

Heres to next week to see a start of the cornices and finish off the architraves next week.. Also lets hope we see the Garage Roof on. Until next week happy building to you all ::lol::

One of the most frustrating and time-consuming parts of fixing plasterboard is cutting holes for electrical outlets and light fittings - See more at: http://www.readersdigest.com.au/cutting-holes-in-plasterboard#sthash.jeVQcPrR.dpuf

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