Not much actual building happened on the block this week, but we did have some crucial preparations for the next stage: site rubbish clean and delivery of roof timbers. That’s right, next week is roof week! So while we’re waiting for tomorrow to happen, I thought it would be interesting …
I was a little concerned that it would be a while before we could get the concreters back to do the foundations for the pillars, but luck appeared to be on our side and today we got the pillars for the portico and the alfresco. Here are some pictures. So …
The end of the week was supposed to signal the end of brickwork, but it didn’t quite work out that way. It’s all done bar the pillars for the portico and alfresco – and for that we need concrete. Hopefully that will happen soon. The exciting part of the week, …
Last Friday, our brickies snuck back on site and started doing some more work. Bricking never looked so good! It seems they liked being back so much, they decided to move in. It was interesting to see what they got done in the last couple of days. Here is a view …
Perth experienced quite a bit of rain last week, so we were a bit anxious this would mean that the Return of the Brickies would be delayed. But it also made for an interesting perspective of the build. All our wet areas were, actually, wet. And we appeared to have …
When bricking started, we were warned that about half way through the job our team would have to take off for a few days to work on another small job. It seems to have finally happened – when we drove past today it didn’t look like any work had been …
Truthfully, I did not expect the brickwork to start so soon after the bricks were delivered. Delivery on Saturday, bricking began on Tuesday! Quite impressed with their work so far, very tidy and quick. Here are some progress photos. And finally, in what I interpret to be a sign from …
I was pretty excited about the slab. After all, it was “concrete” evidence of our new house (pun intended, ha!). But delivery of the bricks makes it so much more real! I just had to share these photos with you all. We’ve been told that the brickwork should start some …
So I was bragging about having soakwells delivered to some of my peeps, only to be greeted with a mixture of joy at progress, and confusion about what they were. I thought it was just a thing everyone did, but apparently not. So I ended up doing a bit of …
FINALLY! We have – wait for it – a slab! They started the footings on Wednesday, and Thursday was the day of the Big Pour. I got up unreasonably early (which happens to be Mr T’s normal wakeup time) and hot-footed it down to the block both days. Wednesday was …
Eco Home Style is a blog about building a sustainable and stylish passive solar house in the inner city fringe of Perth, Western Australia.
It's my hope that by sharing this experience, you have some insight into the building process. As the build comes to an end, my focus will shift to what it's like to live in a passive solar house.
