Big Hole Becomes Big Flat Bit

 

The big diggers have moved dozens of truckloads of sand to create the space for the new garage.

Hugo does "The Scoop"

I Wonder What's Through The Round Window

Here's what they left in the kitchen today

Another Big Day, Another Big Digger

Its been a big first day on the excavation of the new garage at Pinaster Place

It began with a big digger and
a lot of noise and progress

...and the sand began to pile up

...until we hit a bit of a water pipe

Hugo took on a bit of site management
(and wasn't sure about the location
of the new swimming pool)

The Water Corp guys worked into the night
to fix the mains

Thanks, gents.
(oh, and about the severed Telstra
phone cables...)

Site Meetings Start

Site meetings kicked off this morning, and everything is looking a lot cleaner and more organised than last week's rubble-strewn disiaster area!

What a clean building site!

Sarah is now in charge...

Ground floor plans

Rick's Ride

Tiles removed from the bathroom

The Soon-To-Be-Ex Front Wall

So this retaining wall is soon to be demolished, and replaced by a big old hole in the ground.

Electrical Thingies

The overhead electrical wire protector thingies are on today, so we should be able to start some heavy excavation action of the front slope (see next post). Hopefully not too much heavy rock or limestone outcrops!

Front Patio ... Gone #2

Front Patio Gone ... #1

No More Front Steps

I guess that's what you get when 2 earth-movers try to tiptoe down stairs.

4 October 2010: More Destruction

End of Monday, 4th October.

If Only We Could Live Without Roofs

Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?

"Stop telling me what to do, Dad"

Willing Worker

There's nothing wrong with child labour...

The Sky is Falling

What's left of the old house is hanging by a thread.

Site Visitor

What are you goanna do about it?

The Flight of the Bird Bath

I wonder what's happened to the lovely (and very heavy) Balinese bird bath that we thought was safe to leave in the garden of the construction site? I.E. NOT in this photo...

Through the round window...

It's bare in there!

Kabul?

Special Guest Digger

Big boy's toy ..... Dream on, Max.

Clean Your Room!

This is the cleanest Max's room has ever been. It took a bulldozer!

No more front wall

End of Day Report

End of day, 1st October, and it looks like a bomb has exploded at Pinaster Place! Much progress made.