Week 5: Sunbaking Slab (24-31 May)

WEEK 5:  MAY 2015 SUNBAKING SLAB

  (24-31 May)

 

A quiet week at the site,slab basking in beautiful winter sunshine. 

Well, at least it was quiet until this noisy crew visited! 

A week of curing seems to be right on industry standard and we have had perfect not-too-hot days and not too dry nor too wet with just a little shower this morning. Hoping we've cured beautifully for a strong foundation and no cracking in the years ahead.

 A few oddities in the slab that we noted - this funny extra chunk of slab to fit our supersized slim line rain water tanks. Will need some creative planting ideas around this to disguise it with funny little garden spaces each side. It's east side and discreted in behind the facade fortunately.

Here is the rear alfresco (which feels remarkably small in the slab form, but I think it will become more proportionate once we have walls). The far edge is meant to be on the level with the ground, which gives you a sense of how much cutting in has been done. Another landscaping job to neaten that off so no one topples off!

 This is the eye level view from the east side (sunroom, guest room, play room). Our floor level is pretty much the top of the boundary fence! This gives a fair bit of overlook but I imagine we will be getting some nice views from upstairs. Might need some good window coverings for the guest and playroom!

 Here's hoping the week ahead this view from the fence will change dramatically. Next step is external drainage so they needed to wait for the slab to cure before machinery can drive on it. Hoping once that is done the excess fill will also be removed (and the rubbish!! every single snack packet from the concreters in the front yard. Yuck). I would love to think by end of the coming week we would be seeing frames going up. Watch this space!

It feels slow going, but already we have come a long way from an old house, to a field, to this...