Building Our Dream Home in Adelaide: Stoned

Been a while since my last post but we had some weather interruptions, my casement windows for the AlFresco took 5 weeks to make and there was some delay in getting the steel for the Alfresco brick bulkheads and garage.

90% of the brickwork has been completed which has been delayed now by a realisation that we were having bulkhead of bricks spanning the 5.4 metre sliding doors and the builder had not ordered a steel beam to support this brickwork. There was also a miscalculation in the ensuite and powder rooms that saw the vanity measurement being 100mm narrower than it should have been so we needed to move a couple of wall frames. In another small miscommunication our portico was built with a provision for a brick entrance however we are having limestone blocks so another 50mm needs to be added to the foundation and a refitting of the termimesh (its all about the plinth)

Alfresco with casement windows, bricks to go over sliding door when beam installed

Although these above elements should not have been missed we are happy tat our site Supervisor is putting in a great effort in minimising the delay and focussing on getting the best finish result with full disclosure of these oversights.

The good news is that the Limestone blocks that span the front of the house and are returned down the side a further 7 metres have were started this week. The Stone mason started laying the plinth which is comprised of a couple of courses and by Friday they had completed the plinth, 5 courses and half of the window frame features. Its looking great so far and we expect that once completed, cleaned and sealed it will look amazing.