Closing up

The last fortnight has seen more good progress, and many more things are being sorted out. The house is almost waterproof now, and we've picked up many of our lights. Still a lot to be selected/ordered though.

Apart from the skin, there are some gaps in the walls we still need to fill. Those that aren't windows are doors, and some of them (actually, almost all) are now in. Of course that means we have to pick door furniture like handles, locks, etc. Work, work, work...

Our front door (probably not in this primer colour, we can't remember what colour it will be)



The glass sliding door for the front foyer/airlock



Normal room doors (opaque for the truly shy...)



And even the garage door. This is the final colour it will be. The walls we think will be a different colour.



The outside skin on the old part of the house is now almost completely rendered, if not finished.




The wall cladding changes texture between the basement and normal house level. The basement is clad with styrofoam insulation, and will then be rendered. The normal level gets a mix of render and corrugated iron. Eventually. Once the basement section is rendered the remaining backfill will go in, and the house will be reconnected to the garden (what's left of it...)




Inside the plastering is moving ahead quickly. The skylight and the rest of the kitchen are now "sheeted" (technical term) , see below, and the plasterer has done a couple of coats on the corners and the gaps. Then come the cornices and skirting boards. After sanding, it then just needs to be painted... (Yes, we can't recall the inside colours either. But we're sure they were nice when we picked them!)



The stairwell is also nearly done, though it's barely visible through the scaffolding. The interesting light from the window is due to a large tarp draped over the tower. It's to keep the rabbits out. Sorry, keep the bees in. The bees have been busy swarming around Canberra this week, and one swarm decided to set up home in the roof of our tower. So when the guys arrived they found some nice honey waiting for them. And a large cloud of grumpy bees. One chemical treatment later and all is well again. Except for the bees. And any rabbits that were living up there as well.




A couple of other bits have come along too:

The flashing around, and the gullwing roof on, the skylight were installed. Yes, we did pick that red, and it is the final colour. It needs a bit of contrast.



And an interesting pile of metal landed in the corridor. It's the spiral stairs! They came nice and quickly. They will have timber treads added to them as they are installed. The scaffolding in the stairwell has to come out first, to make space for the landing construction, and that can't happen till the plasterer have done the stairwell. Soon, we hope.