Day 44 - 25th of March 2012. The roof tiles were delivered on Tuesday and the scaffolding went up on Wednesday. The Roof tilers were on site Thursday/Friday and finished the roof. The front balcony has been framed in addition to most of the windows installed on the ground floor along with foil wrapping.  We met with our site supervisor on Friday who was really helpful and took the time to explain the building process and our time line of expected completion. He knew his stuff and picked up on a few issues that Mainvue will rectify; this gave us confidence that he was on top of things. We have been told the bricks should be delivered on site next week and the brickies are due to move in for about 3 weeks. This means we should be at lock up by the end of April.

Day 36 - 17th of March 2012. The roof trusses were delivered on Tuesday and put up the next day, the framers are close to finishing their part with the plumbers moving in on Friday. Speaking to Mainvue on Thursday we have been advised that the roof tiles should be up next week. The only issue this week has been the rain with quite a bit falling. Our timber windows and timber sliders were left on the garage floor and are full of water. Given the timber is untreated, we hope this does not affect them too much. We have our first meet and great with the site supervisor on Friday.

Day 29 - 10th of March 2012. The second floor frame has been completed and several windows have been delivered to site. We visited the site on Friday and briefly spoke to the tradesmen; according to them the roof trusses will be delivered on Tuesday next week and should take a day to install. We are starting to panic a bit now, as we realise how much work we are going to have when we move in. Mainvue's communication has been been great so far and our coordinator is very responsive to questions and e-mails.

Close up of frame being constructed
on site

 


Day22 - 3rd of March 2012. Delivery of timber and steel beams happened on Tuesday with the crew on site a couple of days later. We expected there would delays in getting the frame up due to the heavy rain over the past week; however, the boys were on site Friday and Saturday working away under the rain, most impressive! We have been advised that the framing process takes approximately 2 weeks after which we get to meet our site supervisor for the first time for a walk through.
We can now see the house finally taking on shape. Pictures have been taken from the footpath, as we have been advised not to enter the site due to OHS.