Biography of a Build CH.12/DECEMBER 23, 2021

23 Dec

Well that’s a wrap for 2021! One year on from breaking ground and look at us FLYING along…

It’s been a full on year juggling working in Architecture and with Healthabitat, trying to build a house on site 4 days a week and trying to keep up with the washing pile. We can both say it sure has been filled with lots of lessons, headaches, heartaches, splinters, questions, sore thumbs as we learn to use hammers… and cake!

Thankfully we got our roof on just before the torrential and persistent rain November and December brought, and with drenched rain jackets day after day working under the drip line, we managed to get the 2 layers of our Fyrcheck Flame Zone (highest bushfire rating) wall system up! We have learnt that Flame Zone means lots of layers of products and lots of tubes of gunk to make sure there are no gaps bigger than 2mm…crazy!

Having the walls closed in means you really can start to understand the form of the house in its place and what the openings capture. As more bits go on and up, although clunky and chunky in parts… we think we got the important moves pretty spot on.

We are looking forward to the home stretch.. quite literally, 2022 will bring!