Browse Forums Building A New House Re: netadelle's build 5Nov 25, 2009 3:19 pm Blog:http://tamdaz-themajestic.blogspot.com The Majestic - Henley - Adelaide Thread:https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=20635 Day 200 23-4-10 Re: netadelle's build 9Nov 26, 2009 9:13 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: netadelle's build 10Nov 26, 2009 9:25 pm Im still not totally sold on the roof with the bricks, I am waiting until the guttering gets painted! I figure the roof will fade a bit to... I am however really starting to worry about the whooping great big red door that is going to be the garage!! I think people will be to busy looking at that to notice the bricks! I should take pictures of other houses on the street, they are all cream brick with black roofs! Re: netadelle's build 11Nov 26, 2009 9:47 pm It's always nice to be the house that stands out in the street Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: netadelle's build - internal insulation 12Dec 02, 2009 10:39 am I went up to the house on Thursday and noticed that all the electrical wiring had been done. I rang the SS and asked when the gyprocking was happening his reply was "They should be there now" *eek* I was at work, and freaking out because we hadn't done the data cabling or put in the extra sound insulation that we wanted. There was no action at the built site as I headed home. So Sunday we got the Jim's Antenna guy out and we cabled the whole house up with data cables. Two points in each room of the house. We have them terminating in the WIR in our room. Hubby says he can buy a switch and we can choose if the points are data points or phone points. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So rang the SS again, "yep definitely that are starting Wednesday" So that gives me Tuesday, my day off to organise the extra insulation that we want. Monday at work I rang a few places and worked out the cheapest place to buy it. Tuesday I asked my Dad to meet me at the store I had chosen, with his van. There where 21 bags of insulation total. We had to do it in two trips. Halfway back to the house on the 2nd trip my Dad’s van engine blew up! Smoke pouring out everywhere, here we were on Main South Rd, with a van full of insulation! Dad was following me, he pulls out like this chicken wire and says “You can tow me!” WHAT!!! with this little piece of wire!!! Luckily this guy in a courier van saw what was going on and lent us his tow rope. Thank God. Well sort of not really, I only have a little Hyundai – it’s sole purpose in life is to drive me to around the city nothing as insane as towing this massive van. I have to turn the air-con off to go up a hill! Scariest 15 mins of my life towing the van. I totally blew a red light, because I just wasn’t stopping, it took so much effort to get the car moving, the smell! I can only imagine the damage I’ve done to the gear box. My tow bar is now an extra 15cm out from the car. But at least we got the insulation to the new house. I took Dad home, then went home and had dinner. Mum and Dad met us back at the house at 7pm and we worked until it was to dark to see. It was as surprisingly easy as everyone says it is. I bought a cheap knife from Big W, and the batts just ‘sat’ inside the frame we didn’t need to secure it with anything. It was to dark to take photos, I will take some later today. We didn’t quite finish it, I figured I would go up there today and try asking the gyprockers into doing it for me. I get a phone call from my Mum at 7am this morning. “Get dressed and meet us at the house”. So we finished it all off this morning. I’ve just rang the SS and he tells me they have been delayed and won’t be doing it until next week now I just hope all the stuff doesn’t blow out before then As the bricking isn’t finished and one whole wall is exposed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: netadelle's build 13Dec 02, 2009 11:23 am that's a funny story netadelle!! Although I'm sure not so hilarious at the time, I love a bit of chaos The house looks great, it will look fantastic with the black details. Hope your insulation stays dry and ...there. Your Mum and Dad are champs buzz Re: netadelle's build - plastered! 14Dec 03, 2009 8:19 pm The plasterers put up the external wall insulation yesterday, and didn’t do the garage! So now I have to contact the builder to discuss the finer detail of the contract and what they define ‘external’ walls as. I went up to the house early this morning on my way to work, to make sure they didn’t plaster the garage wall. The guy I spoke to said they would be doing it on Monday. The client liaison wasn’t in the office today, so tomorrow I will have to discuss it with her. When I went to the house to see there progress this afternoon I noticed they had done the pantry, but then I was walking around thinking “They haven't done anything, a whole day and they haven't done anything.” Then I looked up. We have a ceiling! So here are some pictures of our wall insulation and some ceilings. Before Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ After Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yes cutting out all those pieces was like some sort of demented jigsaw puzzle! Some massive fat ceiling batts Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The pantry, where my bits of insulation have started falling out. I hope the gyprockers put it back in Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The beginnings of a ceiling Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: netadelle's build - I had a WIN!! of sorts 15Dec 04, 2009 2:16 pm The contractors didn't put insulation in the external garage wall, so I rang the builder and asked why not. Apparantly the garage external wall isn't classed as an external wall! Even though it is attached to the house etc. So no insulation in the garage wall. I sent an email, and rang, nope they say no insulation in the garage wall. So I asked them to define what the 'external' walls where. Apparantly the kitchen wall and the dining/living room wall adjoining the garage is an external wall. You see the walls in the photos above that I put insulation in. Yepp they where going to do it!! don't tell my hubby that or I will be in for it. So I argued that since I had already put the insulation in those two walls could they not do the garage wall? as I had saved them having to use more insulation then they would have to do those two walls. I've just got a phone call to say that they are going to put insulation in the garage wall for me *yay* Re: netadelle's build - gee I Love my SS 16Dec 08, 2009 2:02 pm We got a letter from the builder last week notifying us of there Christmas shutdown from 22nd December to 11 Jan. I just rang our SS to find out if and when things are being done over Christmas. He gave me this run down. We will be locked up on the 14th. Our bath goes in on the 15th Kitchen goes in on the 21st. Tiling and Painting will both be done through the Christmas period. And I can email him any time if I have any concerns End of January is looking do-able! Oh oh and the brickies should be finished this afternoon I am going to pile the boys into the car and go have a look now Here is hoping they are a 'bit slow' getting the bill for the bricking out, so we don't have to pay before Christmas. Ok pictures More Sand and bricks have arrived http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/netadelle/Build/IMG_0497.jpg The unfinished insulated wall http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/netadelle/Build/IMG_0514.jpg The cutouts for the Home Theatre room - somehow they looked better in my head http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee153/netadelle/Build/IMG_0510.jpg Re: netadelle's build 18Dec 08, 2009 2:23 pm Elli I hope so, my Dad did point out that they are just holes and can easily be covered over. Re: netadelle's build 20Dec 08, 2009 7:13 pm TamDaz Pleased to see your own thread. Now you just have to catch up with those bricking pics too, given they are extremely close to finishing if not already done. Let your kids use the nails for hammering into scraps of wood. I too collected nails and off cuts of timber, which I will take to school (I'm a teacher) for the kids to 'play' with. Recycling My Dad is a tech studies teacher at a public school. He took the nails in for them to use! Elli That is true, you could also make a feature out of them and put those plantation shutters in them, some others on here have done that with their house and it looks fantastic You hit it on the head! that is exactly what I was planning to do And have bi-fold plantation shutter type doors to close it off. Mind you since we are going for the whole Japanese rock garden theme maybe we could go with paper doors. I wonder where you would get those from?? Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. 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