Week....10?

It's been a long time between drinks on the weekly updates, what with there not being much process since the first part of the foundation was laid.

However, that all changed last week! There are now bricks piled around the foot print of the house, which have hopefully now been laid onto the concrete that was poured like 6 weeks ago. Hopefully I'll manage to pop up and check it out tonight after work. To tide things over until then, I've got some pictures of the different steps that will happen before the slab gets poured.

This is our lot, resplendent with piles of bricks around it.

The next step involves putting up these pole things, which presumably aid in the brick laying. I hope they're not being used as a guide, because half of them are wonky. Maybe they're actually temporary clotheslines for more domestically inclined brickies. Who knows? Certainly not me.

After the "pole" stage, the bricks that were previously sitting around the footprint are..(drum roll please)...laid onto the footprint. My understanding is that the final floor level of the unit will be level with the top of the bricks you can see in the picture below.

Bonus brick laying shot!

The next step is for all the plumbing lines and I think the first bits and bobs of the electrical lines to be sunk into the earth that will be under the slab. My guess is that the bit with all the pipes sticking up in the picture below will be where the kitchen, laundry and at least one of the bathrooms will be.

After all the pipes are in, the ground inside is levelled off and topped with this grey gravel (I think it might be called gun metal or something). The units below have been finished to this stage for a while now while they wait for the rest of the units (including mine) to be completed so they can pour the concrete. I don't know how they stop the concrete from pouring straight off the edge of the unit as the gunmetal is flush with the top of the brick line, but I'm sure those zany builders have an answer for that.

So that's it. Hopefully there will be some more progress this week!

In other more interesting news, I'm going to Sydney for an extended long weekend next week, and catching Them Crooked Vultures play on Australia Day. I'm really looking forward to it, will be good to catch up with some Sydney peeps, hit the beach and play drink the beer (I'm going for the high score!).

To close, here's my fave TCV tune at the moment: