I'm pleased to say progress is being made once again. The exterior cladding is being installed.
Being a steel frame I have to install a thermal break on all the metal components before the cladding can be installed, as this is going to convert to a self contained place at a later date. Mind you I must not have explained myself to the carpenters well enough as they are only putting the thermal break on the studs and not the noggings, dammit. Then again I just counted the remaining studs to have the thermal break installed and there would not have been enough to do the noggings . Like how bloody hard is it to count the studs and do a lineal meter for the nogging etc, the supplier a major one here did the full take off and supply of the materials and its been more hassles than its worth. Another trip to the supplier on Tuesday. Of course the fun is starting I have started sending stuff back as they send well in excess of what I required and the roof sheeting was short by 150 mm. I getting a credit for the returned sheets however they only credited 19 sheets not the 23 they sent out as per there documentation. I said I've paid for 23 and I expect a credit for 23, not only that looks like they are hitting me with a restocking fee. I accept that if it was my fault but not when they sent way in excess of what the job required, like 5 boxes of roofing screws and I only needed two. Of course the final insult, I'm expecting a credit back from the amount of stuff I've sent back and they invoice me for an extra $1100 dollars to finalise the account.
Ho hum deep breath :) looks like i'll have to chill the beers and put a BBQ on and invite the family around and slide in the thermal breaks in over the noggings etc after the cladding is installed. It not a hard job, just another one I could do without.
Anyway at least they are here and I hold them till there part is fully complete, will not be accepting any away time now.
Figure its time to pack the ute up and go do some 4x4 driving this afternoon with the daughters and friends.
I would post some photos however there seems to be a glitch with my phone and sending photos, once sorted will upload a couple of shots.