Day 176: More plastering work done

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The plasterers cleaned and then applied the basecoat to some part of the plaster joins yesterday 05.07.2010 and today 06.07.2010 they taped up the joins in the corners and apply the base coat to it as well. In addition, they cut the cornices into the required lengths ready to be installed.

Day 171: Metallic edge strip to plaster installed

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More work was done with the partial installation of the metal strip to the edges of the plaster, I think this is to protect the edge of the plaster from chipping when something hits it. There's still a few spots that need the metallic strip so I think it would be completed tomorrow and maybe they will start installing the cornices.

Ensuite

Entrance hallway

Living room bulkhead

Feature wall niche

Kitchen

Day 170: Plasterboard installation completed

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The remaining areas that requires plasterboards was completed today, the wet areas such as bathroom, ensuite, and laundry was installed with Aquacheck plasterboard which is a moisture resistance plasterboard and the rest of the house has the standard. I'm not sure why they didn't install the Aquacheck plasterboards to the kitchen and the main toilet area as these places is considered as wet areas. Anyway hopefully they will install the cornices tomorrow.

Ensuite: The Aquacheck plasterboard colour is sort of bluey grey colour

The bulkheads to the living room.

The fridge space and pantry (short one)

Kitchen: Can you see the colour difference between the Aquacheck and the standard plasterboard, the standard one are creamy/white colour while the Aquacheck is the bluey/grey colour. You can see the colour difference between the spare Aquacheck plasterboard leaning against the wall with the standard plasterboard installed. I believe they are suppose to install the Aquacheck to the kitchen wall where the sink are which is the panel underneath the window.

Hallway leading to the bathroom, laundry, toilet, and smaller bedrooms

Bathroom

Toilet: I believe they are suppose to install the Aquacheck plasterboard instead of the standard one.

Day 169: Plasterboards partially installed

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Things are starting to pick up with the plasterboards installed to the garage ceiling, all internal house ceiling, alfresco ceiling, entrance hallway, master bedroom, walk in robe, living room, and family room wall adjoining the bathroom, and fridge space. The remaining places that needs to be plastered are thebulkheads, ensuite walls, kitchen walls, bathroom walls, and back half of the house. If they work tomorrow the plastering should be completed. In addition, the fibre optic cabinet box was also installed.

Fibre optic cable cabinet installed
Master bedroom window Walk In Robe

Entrance hallway viewing from family room hallway

Living room

One of the incomplete living room bulkhead

Feature niche wall separating the living room and meal room

Entrance hallway linen viewing from living room Meal room viewing from family room

Kitchen

Family room

Day 168: Insulation installed & plasterboard delivered

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Today the insulation batts were installed around all the external walls of the house. In addition, the plasterboards and cornices were delivered and are waiting to be installed. Other work completed today was the bobcat came to clear all the rubbish at the front of the house left by the site cleaners on Saturday.

Day 163 & 164: Duct heating vents installed and lock up inspection

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I had a pre-plaster inspection with my independent building inspector on the 23.06.2010 and there were a number of defects found some are cosmetic and some are structural, most of them are easily fixed. The serious ones are: some of the wall bracings had been cut therefore new ones need to be installed, in some places the truss is not sitting on studs therefore extra studs are added to the existing studs that are close by for support, missing noggings etc. Most of the other defects are acid stains to brick mortar, crack brick mortar in some places, acid stain to bricks, gaps between gutter barge and wall, eave corner was installed short. Also the heating guys were there installing the duct heating vents.

Today 24.06.2010 the carpenters came to fix the internal defects found at the lock-up inspection , the external defects hasn't been fixed yet but hopefully soon. A big thank you to my new site supervisor acknowledging and accepting to fix the defects without any hassles or complaints and for getting the carpenters in quickly to fix the defects.

Other works done were the electrician came back to re-install the alfresco powerpoint as it was to high, install electrical junction box above the kitchen side sliding door for future external light fitting.

Day 161: Install cement sheeting to eaves

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The cement sheeting was installed to the eaves around most of the house, the plasterers also installed metallic strips to the ceilings ready for the installation of plasterboard later on.
Below are photo's of the bricks after they have been washed.

Garage
Bedroom 2 window

Rear garage door

Alfresco

Living room sliding door

Rear of house

Bedroom 3