Week 26 - we're nearly there

Another busy two weeks and we are nearly there... still a few loose ends which should hopefully be addressed by Carter Grange fairly promptly... but otherwise tiles & grout (almost) done (save for a couple of ensuite walls); sinks, taps & shower heads done (save for the handheld in the bathroom); baths & toilets installed (save for a couple of toilets to be swapped); timber floors & skirting to ground floor done; kitchen waterfall edge & glass splashback done; walk-in pantry, linen cupboard & laundry chute done; stairs glass balustrade & mirrors installed; balcony waterproofed & ready for tiling; external lights & render (almost) done; retaining wall done & we have a garage door!... carpet's next ☺

Monument garage door

black glass splashback

sink mixer &
vegie sprayer

waterfall edge

butler's sink

walk-in pantry

snippet of the timber floors before
they covered them up

Powder

Ensuite

Bathroom

bath

laundry trough

laundry chute

linen cupboard

balcony waterproofed

retaining wall

Week 24 - full steam ahead!

Trades on site again this Saturday morning, so managed to get in for a sneak peek and looks like it's been another busy couple of weeks...

The tiling has been laid and is almost done, with just the grouting to go. The correct kitchen drawers have been installed. All the benchtops have been put in, save for the waterfall edge (which probably goes in after the flooring). Most of the robes have been installed, save for the doors (probably after the carpet is laid). All the tapware was being installed this morning and will be finished today. The baths have been delivered to site. Fly screen, security system and termite protection also done.

And as we were leaving, our timber floor boards were being delivered to site, in time for the flooring apparently to start on Monday!... it's all happening ☺

Waterproofing inspection

The tiling inspection happened as scheduled and the report from Damien of Project Logic was that "... in general the waterproofing was very good with a thick consistent layer going right into all the joints."

Although he would have personally preferred the floor to be waterproofed throughout, in his opinion the joints in the tile underlay should be at least sealed with a polyurethane sealant. So, we were very pleased when our SS Nick offered to seal those joints himself with some polyurethane that he just happened to have in his truck, and we were happy with that ☺

Note that it is standard for Carter Grange to only waterproof those areas that are of course required under code and not the entire floor of wet areas, but I imagine that you could certainly add that to your contract if you wanted it done.