The house looked so different this trip! There is actually plasterboard up in all the old section of the house. But let’s get to some photos:
We Also Have Walls!
My father-in-law has been busy framing up the wall between the hall and what is now the master bedroom:
There was also the first layer of plasterboard around all of the walls in the three bedrooms.
The boxed out section in the above photo is for the air conditioner ducting to be able to cross into the back part of the house.
Wet Areas
At the moment, the wet areas are… well, you can see for yourself.
All the old concrete was jack hammered and holes dug for the new plumbing. Typical of this house, there was foundation under the foundation under the foundation.
Cladding
The cladding was too difficult to handle by one person so my father-in-law waited for my husband to be there to help put it up. They got one wall done before I arrived:
We did the back of the house the day I was there. It took us all day, partly because it involved cutting so many pieces for the piping and windows, and partly because it kept raining. It was also a challenge to even get the cladding on the frame. Once we got near the back door, we were working over a trench. A heavy afternoon shower then meant the trench had water in it and the edges tended to crumble if you stood too close.
The Verandah Has Arrived!
The transport company called to say they would be delivering the verandah and carport. We will need to construct that in the coming months to make it easier to paint the cladding along the rear of the house and the side portion that will be under the carport. Trying to paint a house exterior in winter is not the best idea but we will need to do as much of it as we can.
Last Job of the Day
We had a little time left in the day so we put up two of the higher sheets of plasterboard in the master bedroom. They had already been cut but even so, the dark set in before we got them up. Consequently these photos are taken with the aid of a handy battery power work light.
That was all we had time for on the one day I was there. The house is finally looking a bit more like a house and less like a ruin (well, until you step out the old back door into the wet area). Thank you for following our project and until next time, adios!
