Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Nathan & Lisa's Renovation - Pouring of Footings R.2 6Mar 23, 2010 6:15 pm Never argue with an idiot they drag you down to their level & then beat you with experience - Dilbert View Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=19733 Contract signed 14Sept Slab 30Sept Bricks laid 1Dec Lock up 26Feb Keys 10Jun Re: Re: Nathan & Lisa's Renovation - Updated 20/5/10 14Jun 09, 2010 11:13 am Wow, you are doing SO much - it's great! I'm off to inspect your plans closely - I love looking at plans then seeing the house come together through the pics. Thanks for posting these. Re: Nathan & Lisa's Renovation - Updated 20/5/10 15Jun 09, 2010 11:26 am WOW is right when I first saw the original little blue house I said ... to myself "oh, that's so cute" but it won't look like that at all will it there's a lot of work there Nathan it's going to look fabulous and I can't wait to see it. Re: Re: Nathan & Lisa's Renovation - Updated 20/5/10 16Jun 09, 2010 11:32 am No problem, I really need to do a new update, quite a lot has been done. *Colonnades have been brought to full height of around 5M, concrete formwork beam has been poured just yesterday. It will take 1 week before they can rip off the boxing to see the finish. I'm not worried, every other piece of concrete they have formed for us has been nearly perfect. *Laundry has been framed, also our en-suite has been framed (it sits above the laundry). *Ordered my heated towel rail for the ensuite: DC Short Lava (see below), baths and toilets. Hidden cistern in main bathroom due to size limits. All are of the fowler seido range. *We had to get rid of a window in the laundry bathroom, the plans show a window that due to us building a bulkhead in the garden room for the rangehood, would only have left that window at half height, so we decided to scrap it. *Roof beams are up in the bedroom. They were framing the window in the top corner up for it Monday. *Last Friday they laid 800 blocks for the front terrace in one day! I thought that was a pretty good go. * Were the foundations were dug for the terrace it caused the neighbours blockwork knee high wall to collapse into our property, this was after some vicious rain loosened the soil. Each section of wall needed to be removed by hand! Only because they could not get a digger onto the neighbours driveway, that may have snapped off and fallen in aswell. Luck for us the neighbour does not mind and is currently away from their home. I'll try get some more pics up, so much going on. Nearly time for the electrical rough in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Nathan & Lisa's Renovation - Updated 20/5/10 17Jun 09, 2010 11:38 am Now THAT is a nice towel rail and the hidden cistern.....if only I had checked the size of one of our toilets I would have done the same, the architect made it so you can JUST open the door but then one has to move to side of the loo before shutting it if only I had checked Re: Re: Nathan & Lisa's Reno - More blocks & framing at last 19Jun 16, 2010 5:07 pm Ok, it's been a while. Bedroom/Ensuite framing done. Waiting on roof. Kitchen living framing 90%. Waiting on roof. Roofs to go in next week. Terrace is blocked up. 800 blocks in one day. Slabs under terrace (terrace is the store room below) to be done soon. (hurry up digital door locks I need the parts!) Neighbours wall taken down. Colonnades blocked, filled and beam boarded up and poured. Another few tons of concrete there. Here are some pics. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking down from house to the pool. Through the colonnades. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking down at laundry/bathroom. You walk through the laundry to get to a shower and toilet, mainly used for pool use. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking down at laundry. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ View from ensuite. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Don't be shy boys! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Under the laundry, this is where the ducted AC and instant how water will be, gated front. Wall yet to be built on the far side. Both pics below show another storage area under the stadium seating. I'll make up some gates for them. Later on they will have nice fancy wood doors, that is when we decide to build in underneath the exiting house. Note: All plumbing and electrical will accommodate future work. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Exit to backyard from store. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Store entrance. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Getting ready for slab pour. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Drainage ditch where neighbours wall used to be. Collapsed in the rain. Front of house, terrace on left. Under the terrace is store room, for mowers and what not. Where my steel post is there is a corner of a landing. That will be boarded up and a slab laid on top, then more blocks on top to make a wall/seat. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Looking at the stars from the house to the laundry down below and the master bedroom up top. 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