After the wettest 3 months on record in Tasmania the weather allowed some more framing to go up and this morning at first light the whole top floor structure glowed in the first sunlight, wiping off a lot of accumulated frustration. The continuous narrow high level windows to the east and west walls will result in a light and sunny home, even though the living areas are all to the southern end.
Privacy, usually only achieved with curtains or blinds in the suburbs is protected by using the 1700 mm high external walls with larger windows only towards the South and East, This opens the home towards the outside only where it is really important to us. The 'two spin off ' windows in the kitchen and above the window seat in the bedroom can now be seen in the external curved wall framing to the East, breaking the continuous 2m. high ribbon of vertical external timber lining on the upper floor.
Nearly all the internal walls are up, as well as the ceiling / roof framing of the living areas and with a bit of imagination this gives a good idea of how these rooms will look when lined. We are much looking forward to seeing the roofing in place which will stop the rain from further drenching the framing timbers and saturating the flooring. We are also glad to have chosen plywood for this, because any other flooring material would have been severely damaged by now.
