DAY 29 - Roofing begins...

Today the upper roof was put on - these guys are fast!  Tomorrow the solar panels and solar hot water should be installed and next week the lower roof will be added.  I think this is so the trades working on the upper roof (tomorrow) don't damage the lower roof whilst they are climbing up and down.  But then they have scaffold up top, so maybe I don't really know what I'm talking about and there's another reason all together?  The roofers were friendly so I'll ask them if I see them next week.

The tiles look darker on the roof than the do on the ground.  It looks like a big hat on the top of our frame :)  More house-like...

9am - the sarking is on and the tiles being ferried up on the really cool $10k machine.

I'm sure these guys wish they could do it the old fashioned way & carry them up by hand!

3.30pm - the workers are long gone and the roof is done.  And looking very stylish I think :)

I took a few rushed pics this afternoon (forgot the flash) as I was running late to meet Daniel at the lighting shop.  The funniest thing happened though.  I had got 2 new tyres on the car this morning and asked to keep the old ones for the garden.  As I was getting them out of the 4x4, the first one bounced and then fell over, as expected.  The second one bounced and kept on going!  I was in a skirt and thongs so not real practical for chasing a tyre.  I thought it would go a couple of metres and then fall over... but it kept on rolling and I was stuck in place watching it roll and bounce down our hill!  It went all the way down, through the fence and into the gully on the next block over.  It was so funny - wish I had of recorded it!  So when I am wearing more practical atire, I will venture down into the gully to retrieve the rogue tyre and somehow wheel it uphill :)

After about 3 hours at lighting stores this morning, and another 1 1/2 hrs with Daniel & the kids after work and the tyre incident, we may just have figured out all our internal & external lighting & fans for our house.  Because our access will be limited downstairs after it's all complete, we really want to get it done properly now with good quality fittings that are energy efficient and we won't need to replace or upgrade in the time we're in the house (we hope).  It seems that noone ever sticks to their budget where lighting is concerned.  We're waiting on the quote so we'll see...


another day down...

169 days to go