External work Vs Rain

So seems like theres a battle going on with the rain and the external work that needs to get done! The weather has been terrible.. on and off rain throughout the whole day since the weekend! Such bad timing especially when we are so close to getting started on internals.. yet we cant get started because of some small things that need to happen on the outside...

Yesterday they took down the scaffold and it really opens up the house and we get a proper feel of how the house.. its very exciting to see it coming together.. its pretty tall...tomorrow we should get the alfresco and garage roof done tomorrow and thats it! external will be over and time to get started inside.. and that will mean no worry about weather.. it can rain, hail or shine but work better happen!!!

External work

Its nearly been a week since i blogged.. there has been some progress but not a lot of great photos available to show the progress..the weather has been terrible and not as much progress as expected but still more for the weather we're experiencing... its like when they are ready to work the weather doesn't want us to move along..

Anyways they have done the brick cleaning for the first floor and it looks terrible! The bricklaying work is bad and they haven't done any better at the cleaning process.. we haven't said anything to our SS yet because the ground floor still needs to be cleaned and maybe they will fix up the first floor while they are at it.. but it looks terrible! We asked for flushed joints.. thats not what we've got! we've got jagged and all sorts of joints!

apparently my husband heard that they are not offer flushed joints anymore to clients.. interesting isn't it? i wonder why...?

Other than that they have done the eaves which is good and they have started on the balcony..i don't have any photos yet but will get some this weekend..

We have been informed by our SS that the joint sealant is expected to be applied today and the eaves painted tomorrow.. todays weather has been alright.. but tomorrow is another story...hopefully they can get some work done..

The fascia's and removal of scaffolds are booked in for next week and then ground floor roof tiling after.. weather isn't looking good for next week either..just have to hope and cross our fingers..

Brick day 51 & 52 - Final day

There has been work happening everyday this week which has been great news for us! 

They finished bricks yesterday! It has been such a long wait! Its soo good the hear it! It seemed like we were never going to finish! The bricklayers have some window sills to do on the ground floor but due to the scaffold being there, they will come later to do it. 

They finished off the alfresco pillars at the back and that was it! its all over for bricks!!


Today they delivered the eaves so they can start on monday... but the weather this weekend and the during the week seems terrible! Mind you thats what we thought about this week and it held out. The weather forecast for this weekend is def rain and it seems like its going to continue into the week too :(
We have been given a run down of all the things happening next week and I'm looking forward to the cleaning of bricks and windows because it looks so terrible! 
So next week will be very exciting and lots of changes happening if the weather holds out. 
Fingers crossed!!!

Brick day 46, 47, 48, 49 & 50 - Finish line...?

So its nearly been a week since i blogged.. its not because theres been no work..i've had some problems with my computer.. but its all good now..
so surprisingly there has been work every day this week including the Saturday that went by. .

Today very unexpectedly the brickies worked with the rain sprinkling here and there..we could see that they created a make shift cover for them to complete the main pillar and the side pillars..

Also the gutters have been installed!! Our colours are coming together and the main brick is starting to take shape.. even with the all the mess the brickies have created..

Its back to watching the weather like a hawk again as this week is forecasted for rain and all.. hopefully it doesn't come this week..

If weather holds out roof tiles might go on this week.. fingers crossed! if that happens then a whole lot of other things can get started!

Brick day 45 - One step at a time..

Today the brick layers were on site...seems like they are slowly making progress.. at least they are coming.. but it seems like they are taking their time to finish this job.. they were supposed to be finished by today but thats not happening.. hopefully by this week.. but theres still soo much left to do!

They finished up the rest of the first floor on the left right hand side.. then a little bit more around the front door and some on the side of the house.. its hard to tell what else they have done.. nothing has moved with our front pillars.. i dont know when they are going to get that done.. since they are split bricks it will take longer..

Brick day 38,39,40,41,42,43 &44 - Finishing soon?

There has been some progress in the bricklaying process..last week was wasted with the bricklayers only moving bricks onto scaffolds on Friday.. that was the only work they did all week! even though the bricks had arrived on Tuesday...

This week seems promising as there has been some movement.. the front scaffolds went up on Monday which was a start and also some bricklaying occurred on the side of the house..

Today they did some the some bricklaying to the front of the house.. finally the front! it actually feels like brickwork is happening! The tilers have been booked in the week with the carpenters to finish off the roofing.. Also more brick has come in.. so bricklayers can keep going without using pathetic excuses!

The bricklayers have left their wheelbarrows and things behind so i'm guessing that means they will be back.. but last time that happened they didn't come back for the third day and following week! 

We have been told that the brickwork should finish up by Thursday so fingers crossed that its not going be another broken promise.