Colorbond Roof

22-8-15

Over the last week the 'Manor Red - 0.42mm' metal deck roof had been fixed. Capping, roof vents and fixings are mostly completed. Roof is fixed down to Topsan 40 (steel) battens spaced at 900 centers that span between the trusses. Fixing down screws to the battens are at 450 centers or so. I'm not sure about the fixings from batten to truss though. I would assume two screws at the intersection.

Anti-con blanket was visible from the under side, sitting in between the battens and roof sheeting. The blanket is simply a glass wool layer on top of a reflective foil.

Not too happy with the anti-con blanket installation. I don't think enough of an air-gap between the roof sheeting and blanket has been allowed for - thus significantly reducing its effectiveness.

Crisp lines of a Colorbond roof.

On a side note we had to re-select main bathroom wall tiles since the supplier discontinued that particular tile - the wife was furious. Also, received a letter from Allworth explaining a shortage in trades people, specifically brick layers and together with inclement weather delays have notified us of a 25 day delay in the construction time line.

Brickwork

16-8-15

Today the brickwork has been completed. The brickies did most of their work last week and to my surprise finished it off yesterday which was Saturday.

The brick tie spacing is adequate many still need to be nailed off, I hope they do this quickly. Termi-mesh has been installed correctly and under the flashing where there is no drop edge beam. Brickwork over the garage door also looks good.

All plumbing (that is hot & cold water and gas) I believed was done last week. The lines to the hot water system and rainwater tank are all in. Lines run above the ceiling, entering from the master bed room and go through to the kitchen, laundry and bathrooms.

The lines are a sort of slightly flexible PVC material which are about 3mm thick.

I checked many of the truss plates and nailed connections in the roof and walls as I was worried about the extended exposure of the timber to the elements, but they looked okay.

Not sure if I mentioned this earlier but underground charged stormwater lines are installed.

 East elevation of the house showing one of many articulation joints. At the moment the joint is just a foam backing rod the flexible sealant is yet to go in.

 The awesome wife with 1% of her family (she looks taller than she really is). Front elevation in the background - I feel the external colours compliment themselves enough so when the roof and garage door is installed there will be a good balance of colour.

As viewed from the master bedroom: Plumbing lines above the ceiling level. Yellow is gas. Green (the inside one) is sewerage and Black is cold water which gets split into hot and cold down the line.