turn up the base.......

so our rammed earth walls were completed around 10 days ago and they look great. a lot of the other r.e. walls around the joint are much lighter and already looked a little washed out (we benefited from viewing others walls before building ours). our walls have a little more red in them making them a lovely terricota colour. they will lighten as they slowly cure so we will get a little colour change over time. remember these are internal walls seperating the living and sleeping areas.
bring on the base. I thought the house looked a little small before the steel footings and joists went up. The darker coloured wood is all recyled - i believe it formed part of a roof structure in its past life. Pat (our builder) and I are standing in what will be bedroom 3... to the left of us, just past the wall, is the kitchen and you can also see one of our smaller tanks sitting under the bow deck . just behind pat and I you will notice a flattened area at ground area where another two tanks will be placed.. each tank will hold 22,500 ltrs of water each (sh*tloads). we will end up having four tanks around the place which will amount to a 57,000 water storage capacity.
sally is standing in the master bedroom. to the right is the ensuite and bedrooms as you go back. to the left is the living room. the gradient we are on will allow us to look over the top of the houses in front of us affording some pretty wicked views of the valley.
pat and sal below. we feel pretty lucky to have this dude working on our house. he's a top bloke who has an awesome rep around the place. everytime I ring up a supplier they always mention that he is good and gets the job done.. phew as it would have been a nightmare otherwise.... he is also a self confessed beer pig which i respect. I have a good feeling that we will get on it before house completion.

so we should have something to show around the time a lot of people are up Mt Tamborine. quite exciting... lads my latest purchase is a toliet with a soft close seat which means you can just drop the lid and it slowly closes shut.... you gotta love that..