FIXING STAGE PART 1- PLASTER UP
Sunday, October 11, 2015We were pleasantly surprised yet again to see so much progress.
- The house is all plastered on ground and upper floor
- Eaves have been put into place (still needs to be finished off) and
- First coat of render applied to 75% of the house
Plastering
By my calculations the plastering has only taken them a couple of days, I was on site 2 days ago and the plasterers were a no show so it looks like they rocked up the next day and worked through a Saturday to have been able to achieve so much. As usual our build seems to be going full steam ahead.
With the plastering up it felt so good to walk in and get a sense of space. I personally felt that the space looked smaller than it did pre-plaster but that will most likely change once it's painted as the lighter colour will make any space appear bigger.
From a plastering perspective the cornices will go up next, it's so good to see your house start to show some personality with our world of style selections starting to be realised.
From a plastering perspective the cornices will go up next, it's so good to see your house start to show some personality with our world of style selections starting to be realised.
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| Front Entrance |
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| View of Kitchen |
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| View of Family and Dining room from the Kitchen |
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| Family Room |
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| Pantry (Left) and Galley (Right) - does the Pantry door look narrow to you by comparison? |
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| Energy drinks seem to be the drink of choice for our tradies |
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| You'll notice markings or notations either spray painted or written on the concrete slab this is mark where the electrical are so the electrician can do his/her thang once the plaster is up. |
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| Our downstairs shower |
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| Upstairs games room -Awning Cathedral windows due to overlooking issue. |
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| One of the rear bedrooms (Can't remember which one) |
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| Downstairs bathroom - If you have chosen to tile all the way up to the bathroom ceiling as we have the cornices will be put on after the tiles have been laid. |
Rendering
With the rendering is anyone able to tell me how many coats are applied? And when does the color start to come through? When we first drove up I yelled 'hey the rendering is up... Oh hang on that's not the dulux champigion colour I selected' Bahaaa. So my guess is that this is just a base coat will a couple more layers to come?
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| We were going to add a transom above our entry doors to make use of our norther light aspect but just as well we couldn't because the balcony would have prevented any natural light coming in. |
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| First coat of render done to 3/4 of the home. |
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| Top half is first coat of render. Bottom half is hebel. |
Eaves
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| Eaves in progress. |
Whats next?
So this coming week we should see
- Eaves completed
- Rendering to 75% of the house completed - looking forward to seeing the render colour,
- Cornices installed
- Stairs will be put in the week after
- Cabinetry - don't have any idea as to when to expect this yet. I'll ask in my next chat/update with our BC or SS later this week.
5 comments
So happy for you Chi!You will probably be in your house before Christmas!!They have started the bricks on our house and been working during saturdays and sundays too.so hopefully we'll be at lockup stage soon.
ReplyDeleteThanks Karen. Good to hear that your brick work has started. I'm really keen to see how your build progresses. Have your stairs been installed? I recall you saying that they were already delivered.
DeleteHello, just wondering if you remember the cost to upgrade from cat 1 to verona mist? For the kitchen. Im debating with myself to spend that money there or just go with cat 2 and spend the money out doors.
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