This week is all about the upper flooring. It’s imperative that the wide yellow beams are exactly level – if not, as they build upwards, slight inaccuracies are amplified in the walls and roof.
Upper flooring
In the photo above on the right is a steel beam awaiting placement on top of the insulation that you can see to its left. This will be tricky as it’s very heavy and there’s no crane. The insulation was laid by us several years ago and we’re a bit worried that it’s a bit foul from possum poops but we were assured that it was fine… Also in the photo above there are brown timber strips running from left to right. A bathroom will go here so the floor needs to be temporarily raised until the tiler finishes his work.
Upper flooring
The photo above is at the front of the house where some of the roof structure (not the tiles) will remain. In the centre-back there is a gable (under cover) which will remain. The flooring that you can see is actually our existing attic floor upon which belongings were stored up to a few days ago. The upper floor is raised quite high above ceiling which is slightly unusual but required by the engineers to fit the steel beams.
Tomorrow the electrician and plumber should arrive to organise the flow of electrons and water to the upper floor.
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