Slab completed

The concrete was poured early Monday morning (26th July - Traceys birthday). At lunch, the concreters were buffing the surface just over where the media room will be.

We dropped by for a closer inspection yesterday afternoon (Saturday 31st). Some thoughts:

* It was nice feeling, walking on the slab that will become home.

* The edges were very rough, chipped in many places. Looking at next doors slab, they also have an element of chipping, but just didnt seem to be as bad. Who knows if this really matters in the end or not?

* Where the slab drops off from garage to laundry, it looks as though someone has had a go with it with a pic axe. Definitely something to ask the site supervisor about. Not a great photo, I will try and get a better one later. The puddles of water would also suggest the slab is not level.  

* Some concrete has been laid for where the air conditioning unit will sit. This was a nice surprise.

* We knew the alfresco wasnt going to be apart of the slab (it will be a stenciled concrete later). But this is not something we really knew too much about when the contract was signed. Seeing it now, we would have liked for it to be part of the slab. Definitely something to discuss in your plan and design phase.

* Looking at our neighbours, we can see where the sewer line is, it leaves no room for a pool unfortunately.

Keeping a close eye on progress feels like Im learning how to build a house. As we progress, Im looking up Google and learning lots. Who knows, I might even put this into practice one day in the future (kids cubby house, a man shed, who knows haha).

My guess is the lower edging is where the bricks will start to be laid. I'm curious to understand about the flashing and weep holes, on the high side the slab finishes at the same height as the land, but there is currently an 80cm gutter (full of water at present from the rain). I would like to fill it all in with dirt, but I'm not sure how high I can go until I see where the flashing and weep holes finish up.