Not much has happened on the house since the render went on. We’ve been working on getting the stable roof finished so that we can have our framing inspection of all three buildings done by the council. The council is coming out on Tuesday to do this inspection.
The weather hasn’t been that great for working on the roof though. We think it actually snowed on Sunday night fortnight ago but it just wasn’t settling. It was certainly cold enough so it should’ve been snowing. Sunday morning we were sure that the fog had actually rolled to inside the shed - or maybe it was just our blurry eyes from spending that Saturday night at the pub watching Australia beat New Zealand in the Bledisloe Cup! Pity the game last weekend was such a wipe out!!
It did actually snow last Friday what a way to welcome the first day of the last month of winter. Tracey came home to find that Chad had jumped the fence and was in the machinery shed eating all the grain! After putting him back in the paddock and walking back to the shed, the temperature just suddenly plummeted. It then hailed, then rained and then snowed. As you can see from the photos, this time it did actually settle! It was gone the next morning though but it was still pretty at the time.
We now have the solar hot water system which is an evacuated tube system - using solar tubes instead of solar panels. James has put the brackets for it up on the roof, however, the rest of the system won’t be installed until all the pipes are connected. And speaking of which, we’ve pressure tested the plumbing lines and so far everything liquid’ish is staying IN the pipes which is a good thing!
We’re currently getting quotes on the gyprock for the walls and ceiling INSIDE the house which is very exciting. Once we’ve finished the stable roof, we’ll move back onto the house and start doing the wet areas (ie, the bathroom, ensuite and laundry) as our next and second last inspection is the wet area inspection. After that, is the final inspection once it’s all finished - which is exciting because that means we’ll be finished!
So, still not in the house yet as we had planned but we’re certain we’ll be in by Christmas - this Christmas that is! Definitely! For sure! Absolutely! That’s right!
