Plumbing Rough-Ins & Cladding Completed - Lock Up Reached; Plasterboards Delivered

Soon after the completion of electrical rough-ins, the plumbing rough-ins were completed. 

The cladding (Scyon Linea weatherboard) on the front, side and rear sides on the first floor is completed too – you can see in the pictures below cladding details such as corners fixed with vertical timber pieces and metal capping.

With the completion of those activities, Metricon promptly sent us the lockup invoice, which is the biggest slice of the bill pie at 35% of total contract price. If you are wondering why the lock-up invoice isn't 25% that is the standard at Metricon, it is because we managed to successfully negotiate a middle-heavy rather than top-heavy progress payment schedule as required by our financial lenders. Our progress payment schedule consisted of 5% deposit at contract signing, 10% at Base Stage, 15% at Frame Stage, 35% at Enclosed (Lock-Up) stage, 25% at Fixing Stage, and 10% at Final Stage.

Although the Boral plaster boards were delivered mid-week, the wall insulation will need to be completed first before the plaster is hung. I hope the wait is not too long, as there no signs yet of insulation materials on site. 

Cladding Commenced

The pace slowly picked up last week with the completion of eaves and installation of metal capping on the balcony, after which the cladding (Scyon Linea weatherboard) were put up on part of front and south-east elevation. 

Cavity slider doors and the front entry door have been delivered on site and are waiting to be installed.

Apparently, the eaves will need to be painted before other activities could move forward; the painting is scheduled tomorrow (Monday). I seriously want the painting of eaves as well as the cladding to be completed on schedule, so that part of scaffolding can be removed to allow for the installation of ground floor roof trusses, followed by the installation of roof tiles.

On a lighter matter, Stocklands screened the family movie Wreck-It-Ralph in an open air cinema format yesterday at Brooks Reach lawns next to the Sales Office. Around 50 people, including us, watched the movie; and we enjoyed both the movie and the setting; it got cold though a bit….