Building A Home

The rain from Friday/Saturday has gone, although you might not think so judging from the sky. Rainfall over Sydney varied quite a bit, and for once the water supply dam's catchment areas received even more rain than Sydney. Rainfall near my current abode was 52mm (or 2 inches for the metrically challenged). It may have been a little less here. Obviously Friday was not the day to be pouring concrete. The pour has been scheduled for this Wednesday; the forecast for which is possible afternoon showers! [But that has been changing every day for the last few days.]

Evidence of the rain shows here around the drain which is at the end of the driveway remote from the house, and where there was a pool of water when I left last Friday. But at least the drain is known to work!

The bricks have been washed, and have scrubbed up well.

Looking north from the lounge room door, without driveway, but with nice clean bricks!

Floors

The finished floor in bedroom 2. It looks really nice. Now it's time to choose a colour for the walls. The finish on the floor has darkened the wood rather nicely, so the light colours I have been looking at work quite well.

Bob grouted the lounge room floor this morning, and was starting to move up the corridor to bedrooms 3 and 4 when I left.

The bathroom floor and walls have their finish coat of sealer on them, so Bob will not be delayed when he reaches this area.

Painters

And the other good news is that painting has started. Here, Robert Houston, from The Finishing Touch Painting and Decorating and co-painter (and whistler) John are discussing some of the finer points of the job. And one reason I needed to visit this morning was to go over the colour selection with Robert. All but the internal wall colours have been chosen; the wall colour has been narrowed down to a very light yellow, tending towards cream.

But the first part of the painting job is outdoors, and here you can see Robert's handiwork on the north west corner of the porch, where the sealer for the eaves is being applied. And John was working on the eaves around the southern side (and I suspect eastern, but I didn't look there).

While Robert is working on the outdoor painting, Chris is preparing to finish off the detail work in the big room. But scaffolding will be needed, as part of it is around the big beam.

Finishes

Floors

Painters