My Porter Davis Build Blog

My framing started Friday July 4th. I thought this was way too soon since my slab was only poured on Tuesday! Turned out though that it only meant my frames were delivered on that day Then they spent a couple of days marking lines out on the slab. It wasn't until Tuesday 8th July that they actually started laying the frames on - a whole week after slab pour. That's about as much gap between pour and frame that I could have hoped for from a volume builder.  Within 3 days, my whole first floor was practically done! By Friday 18th July, the second storey was almost complete. The Roof trusses would be done on Monday and that would complete the frame stage... Monday came and went and no work was done. Tuesday came and went and no one was on site. What happened was that the OH&S guys put a stop to work on the second storey as they were working too close to power lines... Oops! Here's a pic of the issue: The scaffolding and platform to ...

My demolition has commenced... Here's our old house. Was rented our for just under two years so not quite emotionally attached to it as if it was a place I've lived in.  It was a good house. 3 bedrooms, 2 living areas, deck, underground cellar / storage. Could quite easily have renovated it to live in but we decided a knock down rebuild was the best course for us. Can't wait to live in a brand spanking new house! The kids were excited to see the excavator roll in. Sadly, the kids only got to see it roll in and park there. They were supposed to start demolishing 2:30pm on a Thursday. My wife took the kids there to watch but they must have been busy at another site because there was no action that day. By the time we went to have a look again the next day, it had already been knocked down. They must have started very early in the morning! Poor neighbours. The demolition is expected to finish this week. Everything is to be removed. All in all, it wi...