Front Door

01-09-2012 - We have been storing the front door so it wouldn't get damaged with the plaster installation. Now that the plaster is 99% finished we put the front door on, and installed the lock.

We went with a Hume Pivot door, Model XS24 in the Savoy range.. It wasn't the cheapest door and frame, but was custom made to suit the opening, and will come up really nice after its stained.

2400 high and 1800 wide

We are still looking for pull handle options.. I'm thinking the Polo at 900mm long.



More Plaster

19-08-2012 - Most of the Plaster has been hung, and stopped off. Square set cornice is 99% installed, just waiting on Boral Sydney 90mm cornice to show up.
Dennis and I finished putting in all the eave battens and hangers, and installed some eave sheets along the outdoor area.

Garage

Sqare set in the entrance

Kitchen/dining room

Hallway leading to the back bedrooms

Internal Switchboard in the linen closet

Ezy Cav installed

Ezy Cav Installed

Ezy Cav top rail

Eave Sheets



Eaves

Outdoor Area

Plaster Started

8-8-2012 - After a huge weekend getting all the insulation installed the plaster has started to be hung.
Also the long awaited Ezy Cav Clearview cavity slider units from Axiom showed up. These should give a nice hidden cavity slider look

Front with finished Bricks,

Master Bedroom

Back Lounge room

Back Lounge room

Back Lounge room



Front Hallway

Ensuite

Ezy Cav units.

Eaves Started & Garage Door Supports

07-08-2012 - Dennis and I battened out for the eaves around the front door and hung some sheets. We were fairly particular about getting the sheets symmetrical, which in turn made them incredibly hard to hang. The 4 sheets took about 2 hours, not the most efficient, but i think they turned out really well.

The plasters will hang plaster board in the middle section and finish off the corners.

 

 

We also put up some support for the B&D pannel lift door in the garage before the plaster was hung. This should make installation of the doors easier.

Insulation

6-08-2012 - All the brick laying has been completed and the plastering is starting this Tuesday.
Mum, my little sister and her boyfriend helped all weekend to get all the wall batts and also 2 meters ceiling batts around the external walls installed. All other bags of ceiling batts were put up in the roof area to make installation easier after the plaster is finished.

We ended up using rolls of Earthwool in the external walls instead of the standard size batts. Given the larger wall heights this made installation a lot easier as we could cut each insulation sheet to the correct height.

Cath having the time of her life

Back Bedroom - internal wall to the lounge with acoustic batts

Acoustic batts in the walk through robe between the Master bedroom and the ensuite.

Ensuite walls

Laundry

 

Master Bedroom - internal wall to the study with acoustic batts

Data Cabling

6-08-2012 - Three and half boxes of CAT6, (about 750 meters) was run through the house. I ran a cantenary wire to support the CAT6 as each run when from one end of the house to the other.

Collection of CAT6 above the man hole

Cantenary at the far end of the house

Looking back down the cantenary



Wall supports

4-08-2012 - Most of the day was spent putting in timber supports for TV brackets, frameless shower screens, shower heads, and toilet roll holders. We have also started putting in some wall insulation

Ducted Vacuum and Eaves

22-07-2012 - We installed an AstroVac ducted Vacuum system. A total of 5 outlets, 3 normal ones, 1 sweep pan in the kitchen and 1 in the garage for cleaning our cars.

The main unit will be located on the back wall of the Garage

Outlet in the hallway.

I picked up a heap of 900mm and 600mm eave sheets. Bunnings had stored these outside so I unpacked them so they could dry out before we started painting them..

600mm sheets



900mm sheets

We had a little extra Foilboard tape left over, so we also tapped up the joins on the inside of the sheets. There shouldn't be any drafts in the house.

Insulation

21-07-2012 - I picked up our Earthwool insulation from Bunnings. We are using R4 for the ceiling and R2.0 for the external walls. We have also got some R2.5 acoustic Batts for some internal walls, specifically between the lounge and dining rooms and bedrooms.

Doors and Hotwater

30-06-2012 - DLG came back and installed the glass doors for the two big sliders.

The plumbers also came back and installed the Apricus evacuated tube hot water service. We decided to go with the 30 tube system and a 315 litre storage tank.

James continued on with the brick around the south side of the house and the back of the garage.