This is what happened on the first week.
Monday 26 Nov 2012: Nothing Happening................
Well decided to take a trip out to see if anything has been going on out at the block...nothing new, last time I went to the block there were some pegs (about 3-4 weeks back) that I had no idea about and I was told by my friend that the pegs are put in place for the tradies to measure of for the cut and fill and then the peiring and slab pour.
Wednesday 28 Nov 2012 : Cut and Fill
Got the call from my site supervisor today who introduced himself and to my surprise told me that they have begun excavation and will be laying the slab in the next few days!!! WOW that is quick.
A big Tonka truck spotted on our land and we are just about ready for our slab now.
Thursday 29 Nov 2012: Marking and Piers
There are slight progresses. Now we have piers and some markings on the site where the house will be placed. You can see the big upslope in our yard - hopefully we can flatten this later.
Friday 30 Nov 2012: Fenced and Plumbing work on
Sorry for the delay for all the post. Has been quite busy lately with work. Anyway, it has been taking quite a bit of time since the site was scraped. We were waiting, but seems nothing much happened. We were informed that there was a delay due to the weather. It took around 9 days to have the fence
Today the pipes have been placed on the block, it looks like the pipes are there for the internal piping as well as the down pipes, it also looks like they have placed our gas connection in ready to be connected to the natural gas when we reach lockup. They have also put our power box in place, everything is starting to come together for our slab pour next week
There are more activities spoted this week. Looks like we might be getting a slab very soon.
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The waffle pods are officially here and well placed. Beams are also all done. I guess this will be the last time we will see them...
As you can see the builders, once again have suprised us with more additions. In the last 2 days the framework for the slab has gone down & ready for the concrete to be poured. Going by todays weather they might hold off until tomorrow. Will have to check again tonight to make sure.
Now this is going to be tricky... The fall from the slab base to the fence is roughly 3 - 4 ft over a 4 meter distance. Maybe we can level it out with the retaining wall below the level of the slab?? (if at all possible). Will worry about it when I have to.
Any suggestions will be appreciated...
It was pretty cool seeing how the house would fit on our Land.
