Building A Home

You may have noticed that the "ceiling" under the roof of the porch has changed colour - it's green, which is villaboard, a water resistant wall covering. Being an outdoor area, even though under cover, is a good reason to use that sort of material. And now the gyprock crew are sealing it up - that is, putting the finish on the joints. Clearing the way for painting. But that's another argument. Garry is to left and mixing a little cement - another brick was required in the western courtyard, where there was enough space for some birds to create a mansion. That's now sealed. And one of the gyprock crew is finsihing off the beam which supports the roof.

Another view of the porch, showing the underside of the ceiling, and the goo (called 'mud' in the US) used to seal the joints (along with paper tape - not the computer type of decades ago) and result in a smooth finish.

The view from the south west of the dining room, looking towards the kitchen. The sealing operation is much more obvious here.

The hall from kitchen to front door and bedrooms. Also nicely sealed up.

Ryan is adding the finishing touch to the eaves - a piece of wood to push the fibre board eave finish into its correct position, and also hide the small gap along the top of the bricks. The gap comes from having the eaves follow along the beams which support the roof. You'll note that this is not what happens above the front door. To maintain a decent roof line, the guttering does not detour in for the door area. So there is much more eave just there. The eave follows the angled peice from the edge up to where the brick wall would be if there was no door recess. Then the fibre board continues horizontally in to the brick wall above the door. This has the benefit of allowing room for a downlight in front of the door.

Smoothing It Out