Happy New Year

How early is too early to make noise on New Years Day?  We arrived on site at 6.40am, probably a bit early for the revelers out there.  Technically our noise restrictions lift at 7am  but again how early is too early to start the saws up on New Years Day.  We figured 9am, we lasted till 8.30am before Brett couldn't wait anymore and started the saws.

With the end it site for the veranda a big day was required and it was a careful juggling act between the neighbors hangovers and progress.  Progress won out and thankfully none of the neighbors were nursing major hangovers.  It's like the U2 song "All is quiet on New Years Day"  unless you live near the block.

All the veranda structure had been completed over the last few days and today was about finishing adding the battens for the roof sheets to screw into.  We started from the back of the house and once we were around the corner and onto the veranda along the front of the house it was like a horse on the final straight in the Melbourne cup racing for the line.

While Brett was walking around on top of the veranda putting on Battens  Melinda and Thomas started putting on the sarking foil (moisture barrier) which is essentially like wrapping a big Christmas present.

The next few days should see more sarking, some windows going in maybe even a bit of cladding going on the walls and the most important job the carport/ alfresco at Nan's end of the house being built (which is part of the main roof line and needs to be in place for the roof sheeters for the 9th of January).

Happy New Year.

Veranda without battens

Veranda with Battens

Forming a Valley (where 2 roof lines meet)

 On the home straight, time to get the whip out

The finished product + some sarking