We have doors and windows!

Don't they look fantastic!

The upper windows in this shot don't have the glass as these windows are electronically controlled to open and close as they are too high to reach.
These windows are to allow hot air out in summer, as you all know hot air rises so it needs somewhere to escape out of. The windows down the bottom will bring in cooler air all of it creating a circulation of air through the room and house.
The study and our bedroom both have verandahs on the front now. The verandahs are angled to allow the winter sun in but will exclude the summer sun and make sure that it does not drop down right outside the window, keeping the house cooler.

This is the wonderful view out of our main doors. I can't wait to be sitting in there soaking it all up!The back of the house. To the left is our ensuite bathroom, then our WIR that is almost a bedroom in itself LOL, then the kids 3 bedrooms, the main bathroom then laundry.
The windows in the kids rooms are full length to take in the view. They also have no glass in them at the moment due to the size of them. Each window has a casment window to the side which opens and allows air in top and bottom at the same time, helping create air flow and allowing hot air to escape in summer.

The bulkhead to our kitchen has gone in too! Due to the height of the ceiling we needed to do this so that the lighting is brought down to a good height and so that we can install our rangehood over the cooking aea in the centre of the room.

The roof trusses!

The roof trusses went on next, and wow what a difference it makes!
We are having a skillion roof, so it starts of lower at the back coming up high at the front.

It rained..........and the house got soggy

Yes it rained, and the house got very soggy.
Bloody rain!
This is the main bathroom, full as a goog!






BUT...look how green it got!

The Limestone Wall

The centre wall of our house is a Limestone feature wall. Not only will it look good, but it also acts as a thermal mass, absorbing heat in the winter (from the combustion heater we will put right in the middle of that big bit up there) and releasing it at night, keeping the house warm.
It works the same way as the cement will, absorbing heat in winter and releasing it.

In summer, there will be no direct sun into the house as we face true north, therefore in summer the cement and the limestone wall will stay cool, in return cooling the house.

The septic tank

They dug the hole at the same time as the wall frames were going up, the plumber did it though not the carpenters!
The hole is 3.3 metres deep, 3 metres square.



The tank itself went in a couple of week later.
It is a Ri- Treat anerobic system, so it's a nice eco friendly alternative which will end up pumping out beautiful clean water onto our garden :)

The walls begin.

They first laid out the walls frames, cutting them to length. Here there is the top and bottom plate.



Within a couple of days they had all the wall frames up! It was amazing really.
This is the view of the back of the house. The corner is the laundry, then three bedrooms run across the back, the far end is our ensuite.




The front of the house had to be put up by using a crane as it is that heavy.
The top edge at the front there is 5. something metres high!




Our hallway, looking for our bedroom door down to the door that leads to outside.
The kids called it their raceway. The hallway is 17 metres long!

View from the front