--- Our House Gallery: Construction #3 ---
This page contains pictures of the progress of building our house, from the roof on to just before gibbing. The pictures are in reverse chronological order.
21 May 98: An example of the plumbing work; this is the shower mixer in the Ensuite:
21 May 98: The two bathroom vanities. In the foreground is the one for the Bathroom, a corner shape; in the background (kinda obscured) is the one for the Ensuite, in a pretty standard shape:
21 May 98: The pile of gib board in the gararge:
20 May 98: An example of the wall insulation:
20 May 98: The garage door and automatic opener, seen from the inside:
16 May 98: One of the gas pipes; this one goes outside to the patio, so we can connect a BBQ without needing a gas bottle. You can also see the drain pipe for the vanity:
16 May 98: A sample of the electrical pre-wiring; this is one of the switches above the bar in the kitchen:
16 May 98: The garden window is finally in place. The bricking is finished here:
16 May 98: A view of outside the lounge from the front, showing the bricking nearly completed:
10 May 98: The piles of our topsoil on our neighbour's section (nothing will be built there for a year or two, so it's okay):
8 May 98: The bricklaying underway:
1 May 98: A close-up of a brick. The style is called "Avalon"; it has a rumbled finished, with a creamy colour:
30 Apr 98: The dining ranchslider (a three-panel stacker; the left two panels both open) and other windows in place. The kitchen garden window is still missing. The guttering can also be seen:
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