Yeah!! Pods down and slab being poured!!

Our recent visit was quite a surprise...we arrived on Sunday afternoon, 31 May 09, to find that the waffle pods had been laid with the steel reinforcing positioned on top, and the plumbing pipes were popping up out of the ground - we have progress!!

As you can see, the Hunter has had quite a bit of rain of late...its a little muddy underfoot!

The trenches have been dug out, ready for the drains. It looks like a moat at present!

Monday 1 June 2009, 8.00am meeting with the site construction manager, Gary...

View of all the action...The boys working hard...

One of the many concrete trucks.... they reckon it was going to take about 10 concreting trucks to lay the slab!!

Leveling out the garage floor...

The garage floor completed!!

And another truck arrives - watch our car!

Gary advised us that the drains will be laid this week and the framing will be delivered on Friday.

Once the framing is up, the bricklayer then lays the bricks around the bottom part of the house. Then the scaffolding is erected part way up and they clad around the top part, another level of scaffolding is added, then the roof goes on, and so on.

We have also solved the blade wall issue...after going backwards and forwards with emails, with our options, the building company have come back with an option that we both agree upon. They are going to pitch the garage roof slightly and add a supporting beam from the front entrance of the garage to the back wall. Everyone is happy!!

Until the next update.