First law of slabs [same as framing]....measure twice....cut once.

Specific to slabs....double check location of 'encased' plumbing...

...then check again.

THEN you can pour....

Well we now have a slab

Things are happening so fast, It's hard to keep up.

Curiously....the longer it now takes to finish the house to lockup the better.

I remember the time a friend's kitchen floor started to self-flood as water curing from the slab lifted the tiling....

The house was closed up too fast/soon to allow proper curing time for the slab...

The builders have given us a completion date of November 4th. Every week they go over that they have to pay us $500 lol. Plus the land was resurveyed and it turns out the back of the block from the middle to the left corner is smaller by 1.3 meters over what it should be, So who ever put up the fencing fracked up and gave the land behind us an extra meter. I don't think it's worth doing anything about but my partner is on the warpath and wants the original fencer to fix it lol. I am staying right out of this one.

There IS NO OPTION.

YOU MUST HAVE THE SITE BOUNDARIES CORRECTED.

If you don't the neighbour can [and guaranteed - will] claim adverse possession and you will never be able to restore/reclaim your rights.

I am with your partner.

DO IT.

If you don't you'll enjoy the added insult of the neighbour forcing a change of BOTH his and your titles...and guess who pays for yours?

Get a lawyer involved even.  Simply work out your title area and divide it into your purchase price for the land....and you will find out how much 'someone' stole from you.

If you do nothing else in this life...protect your property rights.

The framework being erected.

Prefab....

Now is the time you find out how good the concreter was...do they fit? ....

Lol. They should fit. Every week of delay will cost em $500 and if they have problems with the frameswork etc then they will not make the deadline

I had to stand over a concreter once to watch him extend the slab correctly so that the frame would fit....bits were about 300mm too short.

And yet it was set out by a real surveyor ...not some twit with a dumpy .... but the excavator kept knocking out the pegs and replacing them 'approximately'...

Not like the old days, eh... when you had REAL builders and REALl chippys.  My gradfather would roll over in his grave if he knew how houses were being built... thrown up these days.  Can't really call it building anymore, it's more like factory made and can assembled on-site by a not-too-skilled labourer and a handful of offsiders.

Oh well, that's how it's done these days, and if the house is sturdy and livable afterwards, that's all that really matters, hey!

Seriously, it is coming together nicely and beginning to take shape for you, Nimbin, though there's not nuch yard left now the slab's down.  Yeah, I know, you're gonna say "but all the less there is to mow and weed out, not to mention less expense on mower fuel and fertiliser.". 

Yup, I get you there!  I got no green thumb and I'm not one for gardening.  Frankly, if it were me, I'd have had the slab from fence to fence in both directions... then get some of that spray on grass for the left over bits once the house was up.

Again, Nimbin and partner, all the best with it and I hope it all keeps going according  to plan.

Hiya Starkers. Lol actually there will be absolutely no grass what so ever, the entire yard will be stone and rock garden. Grass is over rated i reckon

Over-rated ain't the word, what with all the blood, sweat and tears mowing it every week/once a fortnight, depending on the time of year.  And then there's all that petrol pollution... hence the concrete and spray on grass if a lawn was/is the option.

But then, your solution probably has the greater advantage.... NO noisy neighbourhood kids coming over to yours for a game of cricket/footy.

As for the rock garden, I've seen some very effective, not to mention attractive rock gardens of late.  It's truly amazing just how many great plants will thrive in a low-maintenance rock garden to give it colour and character.... all without the weeds.

Yeah, by the sounds of it, it's going to look great when done... and of course, you'll post the obligatory pics to show us all just how great it is..

May 22nd. Roof trusses to go on tomorrow morning.

Excellent, Nimbin...and think how the snakes will love the rock garden!  

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Excellent, Nimbin...and think how the snakes will love the rock garden!  

There's solar powered repellents for such unwelcomed guests.  Apparently they emit a frequency that snakes do not like, thus leaving the area of coverage snake free.

Now if only somebody'd invent solar powered repellents for religious doorknockers and door to door sales people.... cos apparently, we're not allowed to keep saltwater crocs in our driveways/front gardens.

Answer the door naked lol. Actually i answer the door fully clothed and they still run away throwing holy water over their shoulders

Hehe, it's amazing how religious canvassers never want to leave.... until you do something totally outrageous and/or obscene.  Answering the door naked usually works... asking for a drink of holy water might work as well, but offering them hands-on lessons in how to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh generally works well. 

I recall these two Mormon blokes scurrying for the hills when I introduced two women to them, one as my wife and the other as my live-in mistress.  However, that's not what had them wanting to flee faster than their stumpy little legs would carry them.  After about 10 minutes of telling them that I hired myself out to local women who needed to know what 'it' was supposed to feel like for them [grabbing one by the arm every time they indicated I was too much and wanted to leave] I asked if anyone in their congregation might be interested in availing themselves of my services. 

Even that wasn't what shocked them into wanting to flee with such haste.  No, it was when I suggested that the offer was open to both women AND men.  Hehe, with that they were down our front steps and halfway up the street quicker than a cat chased rat could disappear up a drainpipe. Didn't matter that none of it was true.  We knew it, but they didn't.  Did the trick, though!

We never saw them again... nor any others, for that matter.  Every 2nd or 3rd week, religious door knockers from one group or another would do the rounds of the neighbourhood, but they never again knocked on our door.  Word must've gotten around, eh!

Answer the door dressed up as an ISIS dude. They'll leave holes in the air behind them...

Not such a good idea, really.  Some kids not too far from us [silly teens lacking respect]decided it would be a funny prank to alarm neighbours and unwitting visitors by dressing as ISIS members. 

It backfired badly!  Somebody reported it to police.  Next thing the cops were smashing down their doors, turning the place upside down and arresting all who were on the premises.  They were all released the following day, but each was charged with offences under the enacted terrorism laws.  Not that they caused any actual harm to anyone, it still serves them right, given the fear ISIS instills around the globe... are there have been teens who've left Australia to go fight for  ISIS in Syria and Iraq, so people rightly have concerns about our youth.

Worse still for these kids, the rented house was extensively damaged during the raid, so not only are they up for a hugedamages bill, they are also homeless and have zero to fech all chances of ever being able to rent housing in Australia ever again.

Ah, the steep price of sheer stupidity.

Answer the door dressed as a Krishna....and ask them where THEY live........