Day 18 - October 15th

Well it rained again this afternoon! But the good news is that most of the morning and half the afternoon it was dry. Stopped by the property this afternoon and the frame was on its way up! The kids were both very excited to get out and have a look!

Here are some photos (click on them to view them larger):

Here are two videos (got water on the lens halfway through - Silly buggers hadn't put the roof on the building just yet!):

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Part 2:

Got a reply from our site supervisor regarding a weekly progress report:

Hi Robert, 

As discussed at our site interview, I will be calling weekly to give you updates on progress, and regarding the inclement weather days, once the delay is over, and the site is dry enough to access, then I will fill out an extension of time, send it to Metricon head office where this is logged into our system and a letter sent to you.

Unfortunately with wet weather sometimes it is not possible to start back on site on the first dry day as we need time for drying out. 

To date, I will be claiming 3 days wet weather prior to the slab pour, and 9 days after slab pour prior to frame start for wet weather, drying days and rescheduling the frame crew, as they are delayed on the previous site they were working on. 

I am away on leave today but have been assured the framers will be on site today (weather permitting), and will take approximately 5-6 working days to complete. From there I will be scheduled fascia and gutter, roof and rough in's to happen, followed by windows and door install and brickwork commencing.  Hopefully the wet weather is behind us and we can get some action on your home

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If you have any further questions please feel free to call or email me.

Regards,

Looks like its all under control. Not sure that we agree on the number of days, but it may be that they count the day as wet, if the ground needs to dry out? When Redlands Earth moving came out to move the soil for us, they mentioned that builders can be fined up to $2000 if they get soil "leaking" from the site...this could come from a truck driving from the site onto the road. So this may be one of the reasons they don't work until the site has dried out?

  Our site supervisor has been very helpful thus far, but from what I have read in other blogs, it seems that a lot of the problems start once they get to the enclosed and fixing stages. I think reading all these other blogs, as well as my experience at work, puts me in a position where I know what to expect when things do go wrong, and how to get them corrected.

As for the forecast, it looks better each time I look at it (Might be able to work Monday and Tuesday if the rain holds off that long?