Metricon Cedar 32 - Frame Stage

After completion of the base stage, we were advised that there will be a 3-4 week delay on delivery of the steel frames and that we should consider doing work outside of the contract such as perimeter retaining walls. We decided against doing any work due to potential time constraints and not being sure what we really wanted. Temporary power was connected a week after base stage was completed.

Temporary Power

The steel frames finally arrived after a 4 week delay, and things started to move quite quickly after that. Our Site Supervisor (SS) decided to explore other opportunities and we were left with the Construction Manager looking after the build whilst a replacement SS was found. This didn't really impact progress.

Frames Prepared for Erection

Ground Floor Completed

After the ground floor frames were erected, the first level floor boards were delivered and installed to enable installation of the first floor frames. There was some concern around exposure of these floor boards to rain, but they are apparently delivered sealed and weather proof. We did have some rain, but there was no evidence of damage to these boards.

First Floor Progressing

The photo above shows the 6.8 x 4.0m outdoor room that we added on to the rear of the home, which we believe was a worthwhile addition.  There will be 4.8m wide bi-fold doors leading out to this room, which will open up this area and blend indoors with outdoors.

Fascias and Gutter Installation

After completion of the steel frame, fascias and gutters were installed, edge protection scaffolding was then erected around the edge of the roof to install the steel colourbond roof sections.
 

Upper Roof Section Completed

First Floor View of Roof

It was at this stage towards the end of October, 7 weeks after commencement, that "Frame Stage" was achieved and invoiced accordingly.  We could now see our home coming together and could clearly see the actual size of the home, both external and internal and were quite pleased with overall room sizes. We were still waiting for a new SS to be nominated and were keen to meet him to discuss some minor variations which we had considered (exhaust fans, gas, etc.) all of which will be covered in our next post.