Brickwork

The roof was completed on December 11 and following a meeting between our site supervisor and the bricklayer, the decision was made to commence brickwork prior to christmas. Brickwork started on December 15 and some incredibly hot days followed over the week leading up to Christmas. The brickies worked very hard and we tried to look after them with morning iceblocks and a case of beer before they knocked-off for the holiday season. They worked on Saturday December 23 and were back again on January 4 for the last two days of work.

The only incident was that they made a decision to lower the splashback window in the kitchen from 960mm to 920 above the slab thinking the framers had made an error. If they would have checked with either Troy or site supervisor or us, they would have been told that we require a 40mm allowance for strip hardwood flooring – hence the extra height of the window as per the construction drawings. To say they were disappointed in their mistake is an understatement – plenty of colourful language. As a result, they will need to return to fix it in the weeks ahead.

We have a large number of bricks left over (both commons and face brick) which we are looking at using in our landscaping.

We have a roof!

The roof went up very quickly – two days.

What become immediately obvious was that not a lot of roof would be visible from the street.

Facade and exterior palette

The facade is a modified version of the Long Island. The exterior will be brick on the ground floor and weatherboard on the first floor. The entire front facade will be rendered and painted the same colour as the weatherboard (see palette below).

Finishes and palette

Render & weatherboard: Taubman's 'Miss Molly'
Exposed brick (sides and rear): Truffle from PGH (this is an upgrade from standard range)
Roof tiles: Monier Horizon Sambuca
Windows: Colorbond® Surfmist
Gutters and Facia: Colorbond® Monument