Week 18-23: The Three Little Pigs and the Neverending brick story (24 August - 2 October)

Week 18-23: The Three Little Pigs and the Neverending brick story (24 August - 2 October)

And so... at last the long awaited brick layers arrived. All ready for the big 3 days of teamwork and then our brick long saga would be behind us... it would be nice if that was how the story ended. 

Day one of the new team started well with a big crew there escorted in their chariots of lowered brightly coloured cars and utes.

5 weeks later and although there were days with patches of good progress, we now are left with just a few rows to go on the alfresco. Here are the progress photos...

First, the towering wall on the low side went up in a flash...

 Then work started at the front facade... until they got in trouble for forgetting the row of brick corbel. Then they stopped again out of protest!

And we waited, and waited and waited. They left their trusty tools on site but no sign of workers.

 Then finally returned to do the front... but left a few rows off the garage just so we knew they were unhappy!

Then they started on the rear of the house...

There was great weeping and gnashing of teeth when they were made to rip down a wall at the rear that was sub-standard. They left a big mess to let us know they were unhappy... and then a few rows missing off the alfresco and no windowsills so the job was not complete (still missing mid Nov! even though its only a few hours work!). This might explain why I call them the three little pigs... they left the place like a pig sty (this was after the carpenter swept it out).

 Punched a hole in a wall for us as a little goodbye gift?

With much lobbying from management they came back to "finish the work" but only did the missing strip around the garage, so at least we could measure up for the garage door... but the alfresco and sills remain unfinished. My poor site supervisor is pushing on with the next tasks regardless but he is very frustrated by it all.

The missing rows of garage bricks... and then finally completed and ready for check measure for the garage door.

In the meantime... this is what has happened:

• We sold our house and moved out to a rental on the 9th Sept

• The site was cleaned 11th Sept

• We went on holidays to Hamilton Island (complete with making some art for the upper living room)

• Downpipes were installed and roof sealer visited
• The upper bricks were cleaned on 24 Sept
• Carpenters installed eaves and facsia to the upper roof, and then the painter painted them on the 28th Sept.
• The scaffolding came down on 30th Sept and the build was revealed (except for around the columns).