My Porter Davis Build Blog

My Pre Plaster Inspection was carried out by Branko from Building-Expert.net.au . I decided to switch from Houspect because I wasn't completely satisfied with the review process during the slab stage. I found that I wasn't really engaged, and it wasn't explained to me what the issues were, what fixes would be expected, etc. Essentially I paid the fee, got the report emailed to me and that was that.  With Branko, I organised to meet him on site so I could see get explanations on the spot on what the issues were. You will notice the photos are of a bit less than desirable quality. It is because his DSLR battery ran out and he had to revert to his iPhone camera. Such a bummer. For the brickwork, it wasn't washed yet and scaffolding was still up, so he couldn't report much except to say that it looked satisfactory. I happen to think the bricks were amazing but I guess satisfactory is good enough from his standpoint. He did note that expansion joints were all co...

My Slab was meant to be poured Friday 27th June. However, Victoria was hit by a 'weather bomb' , few days before hand and my site was absolutely drenched. According to my slab supervisor, a digger had to be dug out of another site. So all work stopped for the week and, needless to say, slab pour did not happen on Friday. Luckily the following few days only had light patches of rain and the subbies worked overtime on the weekend to prepare the site for slabbing.  After the rain stopped, they dug out the top soil and replaced it with crushed rock to keep the site dry. See the mountain of dirt at the back? Hope they remember to remove it! Here's the trenches for the strip footing by my front porch All the lines have been marked by this roll of string All boxed, waffle pods, steel in, and ready for pouring  Drove by at the crack of dawn, Tuesday 2nd July. The concreting was just about to begin.  Here's the finished product! All...

Received 30th May! Not long to go now. According to the HIA contract, site start must commence 21 days after the essential information from the Owner (eg. land title ownership, bank loan approval, etc) all necessary building permits and planning approvals payment of the deposit My Building Coordinator tells me site cut is scheduled for 16th June although this is just verbally over the phone.  The only other interesting note for the building permit is that this CBC company will need to come and inspect at various stages of construction. Piers, Pre Slab, Slab Steel, Frame, Re Frame, Garage Frame, and Final.