Fluffy! Muddy!

Here's a bit of an image dump to show how we've progressed with the renovations. I took an annual leave day on Monday to be home to give some direction (read that as get in the way and ask annoying questions) to the insulation people and the electricians. Our insulation guys arrived pretty early in the morning to get started before the roof got too hot. Can't say I envy the job they had to do, it would have been scorching on a tin roof and it didn't sound like easy work.



While they were up on the roof banging our sheets away I was indoors pointing out where we wanted our fans, lights and new GPOs installed. The ceiling fan in the bedroom is an absolute treat and we're excited about getting some extra power points for use. Especially in the bathroom as we bought a new electric toothbrush on the weekend. :)

Most of the roof had to be lifted to stuff our glasswool batts in, though they just strung them up in the garage. They'll stay that way until our builder gets around to sheeting the room.



Our other big delivery was a huge skip for the concrete and earth to be ripped up on Tuesday. We made good use of it ourselves of course in the mean time, getting rid of some spare boxes and a huge mound of tree cuttings.



Tuesday morning was a very early start for the builders. So early in fact that I actually had to wave at one out the window when I woke up at 5:20am. Won't see me at work that early nosiree, but great for us. We just need to remember that the windows into the bathroom and toilet aren't nearly as opaque as we think.

I was biting my nails at work all day as the weather radar showed huge storms across Brisbane in the afternoon. I was fully expecting a mud pit in the yard and a flooded lounge room from misplaced roof sheets. It did turn out to be pretty muddy when we got home but not as bad as it could have been. Grateful that we bought a spare change of shoes to get through that slop though.



The backyard has had all the levels dropped and holes dug for reinforcing and posts. You can actually see on the left how far they've dug down to drop our ground level below the ant capping and for the slab to come. They also obviously got a start on the new utility room, starting to cut out the door frame. If all goes well then this whole area will be concrete by the weekend.



The other bonus we have from removing the earth is we got our ground levelled off in the back. A bunch of trees that we didn't want also fell victim to the digger and it's bizzare looking over so much space. There'll be heaps of room for the clothes line and garden beds to come.



Very exciting and not bad for Day 1. Expect more photos to follow.