Gyprock complete!

28/07/2012

Sitting room awning windows

Sitting room

Entry

Entry

Powder room

Laundry

Looking from the laundry into the Butler's pantry

Butler's pantry

Looking from the kitchen into the butler's pantry.

Kitchen. We upgraded to square set cornices for the entire ground floor. 

Family room

Family room sliding doors

Study and the window we should have changed as it's too low for our liking. Doesn't matter how many hours you spend looking over a plan, there are always things you will miss.

Garage

Bedroom 1

Bedroom 1 balcony double doors

Bedroom 1 alcove

 Bedroom 1 robe (4.6m wide) on the right and the alcove on the left

Bedroom 1 entry

Ensuite

Ensuite shower with tiled recess

Bathroom

Bathroom

Manhole in bathroom

 Bedroom 5 fixed windows

Bedroom 5 privacy window

Bedroom 5 robe (2.4m wide)

 Bedroom 4 privacy windows

Bedroom 4 robe (2.5m wide), in the original plan there is a void on the right, we asked it to be deleted so we got more rob space, so it's the widest robe of all bedrooms, excluding the main bedroom of course.

Bedroom 3 we added an awning window to overlook the backyard. The Grand outdoor roof obscures a bit of the view, but it's still good to be able to see what's happening in the back yard.

Bedroom 3 privacy window

Bedroom 3 robe (1.7m wide) is smaller than bedroom 4 and 5. 

 Bedroom 2 privacy window

Bedroom 2 robe (1.7m wide)

Looking from the outdoor room into the dining/kitchen room

Family room aluminium bi-parting sliding doors

External drain pipes complete in rumpus and outdoor room

 Looking out bedroom 3 window at the outdoor room tiling.

Photo from bedroom 3

Photo from bedroom 3

More floorboard shopping

28/07/2012

It was a long day but it proved to be very productive. First visit of the day was to Sydney Flooring in Chipping North. A long story short, their prices we got verbally quoted all seemed RRP and labour installation was ridiculous. We found a laminate we liked which costed approx $45 sqm supplied and another $45 sqm for installation, so in total $90 installed. Ignoring the supply cost I think labour isn't in touch with the market rates, or either they just weren't interested in our business. We left there very disappointed. 

Our next visit was supposed to be Timberland Flooring in Alexandria but we decided to drop into Floorworld in Casula since it was only 10 mins away. We've been there before so this would be our second visit. We found the exact same laminate Quick Step Classic QSM035 Brown oiled oak that we saw at Sydney Flooring with one major different, is was quoted $50 sqm supply and installed! A strong candidate for the first floor. The Spoilt for Choice Promotional includes carpeting upstairs but we prefer not to have carpet due to dust and allergies, so it'll be our own expense unfortunately.

Sample image of QSM035 from the quick step website during the day

Same floorboards at night

QSM035 taken with iphone so colours are a bit off

We found another set of floorboards we liked, Quick Step Wood Palazzo Mocca Oak Matt PAL1348, it was new in the shop so there was no pricing available. We'll need to wait for them to contact the supplier to check the costs. Salesperson was only guessing but it probably might sell for $90 sqm supplied, it's very unlikely given it's real wood and 190mm wide!

PAL 1348 floorboard sample placed against the Ice Snow ceaser stone and Architech Bone tile. Floorboard looks a tinge yellow due to the lighting in the room. The other half likes darkish floorboards so the plan is this will be used on the ground floor. The other photo on the right is the same floorboard taken with Monarch Tones Liberty Pure Wool carpet. We'll have to wait next week for the pricing for the PAL1348.

Our next stop was then to Timberland Flooring in Alexandria, we saw a brand call Armstrong in single strip Oak Coffee, initially we were told that it would $170 sqm installed, but we misheard due to his accent, it's actually $135 sqm. Still way too expensive, so we'll be busy the next few weekends until we can settle the on the colour and price for downstairs.

 Oak coffee on the right and a random sample on the left.

Ceiling, wall and acoustic insulation installed

21/07/2012
Blog is a bit out of order, this post should have occurred before the last post.

Dropped onsite to find that all ceiling, wall and acoustic insulation installed in preparation for gyrocking.

Gyprock in the garage

Front door frame installed

The yellow wall insulation is what comes standard with the house, however since we have hebel panel walls, we have R1.5 in lieu of R2.0. I was told it's R1.5 as R2.0 will be too thick. 

Looking from the sitting room into the entry. Since the garage is north facing it's going to be very toasty in summer, so I'm counting on this insulation to do it's job.

This green stuff on the ceiling is an upgrade, we got R2.5 rockwool soundscreeen acoustic insulation between the first and the ground floor.

Cavity sliding doors installed in the study.

Cut outs for the four light points and centre air con duct in the study.

Powder room

Photo from the laundry, the cavity sliding door for the butler's pantry

Looking from the butler's pantry into the kitchen

Looking the other way

Kitchen insulation

Ground floor ceiling acoustic insulation, square holes cut out for light points to be installed after gyprock.

Cavity for the sliding door between the kitchen and entry. This should contain most of the noise and kitchen smells from the kitchen/living areas.

More green stuff in the family room, the other side of the wall is the study, but I just realised the cavity slide door frame will leave an acoustic insulation gap! Oh well what can you do, at least most of the wall is insulated.

Looking from the rumpus room where the TV should be, cavity doors to the right. One thing we forgot to get is acoustic sound insulation between the rumpus and living!

Ensuite with a pile of gyrock sitting there, not sure how this was carried into this room?

Acoustic insulation between the ensuite bathroom and bedroom 2.

Acoustic insulation between the bathroom and bedroom 4

Anyone know why no insulation is installed between the bathroom tub and the rumpus room roof?

Acoustic insulation between the bathroom/water closet and bedroom 3. Cavity door installed in the water closet as we opted to install a Liano Hand Wall Basin in there.

Photo from Bedroom 3. I was surprised to see acoustic insulation installed in the robe between bedroom 2 and bedroom 3 as this wasn't indicated in the plan. Who know's maybe they quoted me for this but forgot to put it in the plan, either way I'm happy as clothes hangers and robes can be a very noisy combination.

R4.0 ceiling insulation comes standard with this house.

Photo from bedroom 5, originally this was a sitting room, however we really didn't want another sitting room, another couch, another TV, so an extra room just for storage is most welcomed. One thing that still bugs me is that I should have changed the front two windows to non fixed to allow for cross ventilation.