Washout

Everyone was there and rearing to go on Monday morning this week but the the weather had other ideas. So all we could do is sit back and wait.

However, the gyprocker was able to get the stud walls underway and the window guy came and measured up for the downstairs windows. He gave us some advice about having a serving hatch through the kitchen window to the back. The advice was 'don't do it'. Because there is no planned (at this stage) roof structure for the back patio, the window will be open to the elements and there would undoubtedly be leakage. Fair enough. So three weeks today he'll be ready to install. But will the walls be built? If the rain keeps up, then no! He'll be back next week, or when we have some flooring to measure upstairs.

On Thursday the rain finally cleared so a last minute decision was made to dig extra footings, so that brickie can work all the way around the house. The driveway is also compacted with gravel to allow deliveries and work etc. Next week we'll be getting 20,000 bricks!

We also have both floors laid now (basic boards, not finished ones). which means the structure finally looks like a house! The top picture is the second storey, covered in plastic.

Hoping to get the roof on over this weekend but the weatehr forecast doesn't look good. More rain apparently.