Don't get your hopes up ....

Just because one side is fiinished really lets them get started on the other side. This should be scaffolded tomorrow but the balcony outside the dining room has gone with an old steel beam removed today. Repairs to the floor here should see work started soon on removing the roof from this side.

The indentations in the garden outside the front wall have been appearing of late. It seems they are caused by the toes of people's shoes as they stand on the edge of the garden to peek over the wall to see what is going on. Curiouser and curioser!!

Roof half on ....

This morning the roofers installed half of the roof. Pretty impressive to watch I gather as they used our neighbours drive (the little old house that used to be owned by Thelma Ellis) and a crane and hoisted the roofing iron over the driveway. They were done in under a couple of hours and Alison our neighbour was pleased with the colour. The back is now starting to look a little like a house. Scaffolding is now going to be placed over the driveway to complete the western side of the house so exterior photos may be a little difficult to take whilst the house is surrounded by scaffolding until the remainder of the roof is fitted.

Week seven

This week has seen settled weather although windy and the roof has all but gone from the Eastern side of the house. We expect the new roof to be fitted next week with the exception of about a 20 foot strip down the Western side of the house. Our first accident on site yesterday - Dan dropped his brand new chisel from his carpenter's pouch slicing his lower leg ... needing six stiches to hold it together. He will be off for a few days as they are afraid if the stiches burst they will not be able to suture again.

Radical surgery

Well - they've finally done it. The top is coming off the kitchen area. This was the scene this morning (no one actually working as it was their tea break). The weather forecast is for deteriorating weather over the next couple of days so that will limit progress on actually removing the roof. Plan is to progress enough so they can retain covers over the area and the cladding will be stripped around to the front balcony for another building inspection so work can commence there.

Consent!!

Only one picture with this one - we finally got building consent last evening. I am off to pay the $4,952.72 bill right now so we can pick up the piece of paper. The builders are anxious to get an inspection done as they have some concrete to pour on a couple of supports for the upstairs balcony. That work will go on through next week as they work anti-clockwise around the house.