Roof on....sort of!

The tap was fixed last week fairly promptly.

The roof tiles, guttering and sarking went on this week because the weather has been wet in Sydney and is expected to continue. There is still some brickwork outstanding though. Some window sills and the pillars for the front facade, particularly the front porch, are still outstanding and these things should be done early in the new year. Hoepfully, some of the brickwork issues shown in the following pictures will be fixed as well:

Alfresco area - the guttering is Dune colour

The front facade - the "lighter" bricks will be rendered over.

I've never seen this before. The weepholes go up the wall and then across.

Some misaligned bricks above the alfresco - to be fair these bricks were done quickly to avoid more weather delays so the roof could go on. However, it is still unacceptable. We'll be employing an inspector to formalise this issue as well as inspect the rest of the home.

This picture shows a missing brick in the bottom right hand corner of the wall near where the the stormwater pipe is. I assume this brick will be replaced!!

Brickwork about 85% complete, but with a leaking tap

This week, it was clear the brickwork is nearing completion. The brickie said he still had to do the window sills, the pillars at the front for the entry and southern side and to finish the fireplace.

Unfortunately, we have a leaking tap - leaking for the last two weeks. We've left messages and emails with Eden Brae (who were re-locating last week), but the leak is still there. We'll see what happens this week.

Here are some photos:

The front walls are almost complete

The southern wall is now complete apart from the window sills

The top on the fireplace still needs to be done.


The leaking tap (with the hose attached). It's hard to see in the picture but it's dripping at the rate of a drop every 2 seconds. The pool of water is related to both the leak and a savage storm the day before.

A little bit of progress

There was a day or so of rain this week so only a bit of progress was made on the brickwork. Most of the progress was on the Southern and front walls:

Front elevation - the wall with the two windows will be rendered.


It's difficult to tell but most of the Sourthern wall is complete to the rear of the laundry door.