Frame is going up ...

They have started (Friday 12 march) to put the frame up!

That was nice to walk through the ground floor for the first time :-) and to actually see the dimensions of the rooms.

Ils ont commence a monter la structure de bois vendredi.

C'etait la premiere fois aujourd'hui qu'on a pu marcher au rez de chaussee, c'etait bien de pouvoir voir les dimensions des pieces en vrai...

I haven't found any major issue I suppose...

But this is what I've found so far that doesn't make it "perfect" !

Voila les petites erreurs de construction que j'ai pu relever pour l'instant:

Those 2 pictures above show a slab with a little belly! It seems that the pressure of the concrete on the slab frame has made the slab to inflate slightly on the left side of the house (unless the wood is not straight, but I don't think so)

I will go back with some measuring tools to investigate deeper...

Hopefully, that won't be a major issue for bricking.

Sur les photos du dessus, on dirait que la dalle a pris un peu du bide, puisque la structure de bois n'est pas en alignement (a moins que ce soient les bois qui ne soient pas droits)...Faudra que j'aille etudier ca de plus pret (et seul, parceque avec les 2 filles qui courent partout sur un chantier en construction c'est pas facile!!!)

J'espere que y'aura pas de problemes pour le montage des briques.

The 2 pictures above show the back of the house, where the frame goes just over the slab...

A little accident happened there...ooppsss

Delivery of the timber frame

Timber frame delivered!

La structure en bois est livree (c'est pas encore monte, la maison dans le fond c'est un voisin)!

Waiting for the frame...

Well ...the water drainage is now covered, and we have a temporary fence around the block.
I was hopping to see some wooden frame today, but it's gonna be for later, hopefully this week!

At least the pile of rubbish has disappeared! Another mystery... I don't know how it got there, I don't know who took it away! Well, I can't complain! :-)


En francais un peu maintenant: Pas grand chose de plus depuis la semaine derniere, juste une barriere temporaire et ils ont recouvert les tuyaux.
J'esperais voir la structure en bois aujourd'hui...ca sera pour plus tard!

On avait trouve un beau tas de detritus devant notre terrain la semaine derniere, et ca a disparu! Mystere, on sait pas comment c'est venu, on sait pas comment c'est parti!! :-)

Nice delivery...

There are some very nice people in the area, who knew that I needed some broken ugly roof tiles and other crap...so they just dumped that on my land (actually, just in front...).

So thank to them!

If anybody knows a neighbour who just finished to clean up his mess in The Ponds - Kellyville Ridge area, with this same type of roof tiles (quite unusual actually), please let me know :-)

Ohh...a clue ! The dumper might be someone who loves rice according to the big bag they've used to pack their rubbish! lol

I wish Wisdom was doing that "dob a dumper reward" too...I would have taken the time to drive around longer to find them!! ah ah ah

Piping around the house...

Wisdom... keep it up!

It's nice to see that the work gets done, and that some progress are made day after day.

We now have some piping all around the house, and a nice little tap...by itself!

The girls seem to enjoy their new house!

Petit a petit, ca progresse! On a maintenant des tuyaux un peu partout autour de la maison...

J'ai pris quelques photos avant qu'ils ne soient enteres pour un bon petit bout de temps!

Les filles semblent aimer leur nouvelle maison!

The Slab...La Dalle

A nice weather (lots of clouds but no rain and not too hot!) for our new baby, the slab was poured this morning...no delay for that stage (since the start of the construction)! Well done Frank and Wisdom!

La dalle a ete coulee aujourd'hui, beaucoup de nuages mais pas de pluie...pas trop chaud, un temps parfait pour le sechage de la dalle.

A START !!!!!

Yes, after a long wait, the construction has started.....

Here are a few pics...

Ca y'est!! Ca demarre enfin apres une longue attente.....

Voila quelques photos....