Insulation and Plastering

By Friday afternoon most of the outside wall insulation had been installed with a reasonable amount of plastering too. All the ceiling is now plastered. Rooms are really taking some shape now.

Half way there

The bottom and side of the main water tank have now been installed. There is a few inches of water in it now due to the rain over the weekend. The tank won't actually be connected to the house until completion. If only it was ready a few days earlier we might of had a full tank from this rain!

Septic installed today! Its actually quite large as you can kind of see in the 2nd photo.

It's a big hole!

Water tank: You dig it, you put a tank in, then you fill it with water. We think the clouds got mixed up. They have tried to fill up the hole before the tank goes in! Oh well can blame it for trying!

Big toys and lining

Today we had a couple of deliveries to the house - more plaster board, cornices and a tonka truck! This means the plumbing passed its first inspection, and we should have a dirty big hole for our water tank in the next few days.

We have been advised that it usually takes a week to get the underground cement water tank done, so keep checking back to see the progress!

Electrical and Plumbing!

Alright, so its been over two weeks......

The electrical cables, water and gas plumbing have now been installed. Even the air-con is there. According to Steve a plumbing inspection is due this week after which (assuming it passes) the walls and ceiling insulation shall be installed followed by the plasterboard.

Today the batons for the ceilings where nailed in (sorry no photos of those yet). The cornices where also delivered. Soon will look like a house on the inside as well as the outside!

Finally - some new photos.

The roof and bricking is now complete. They also cleaned up most of the mess left around which is nice (still missing quite an amount mind you). Still not at lock up stage, but hopefully not far away.

The sliding doors rails were installed just before Christmas.

A spectacular view of the interior!

The interior of the garage.

A view looking at the south-east side of the house.

And the north-east view.