Work continued (slowly) with the ICF blocks. It was surprising how much additional equipment was required with the ICF system. Mainly wall braces which keep the walls square during the concrete pour and also provide platforms to make the process of filling the walls straight forward.
Work continued with the fireplace
The alfresco - fireplace is nearly complete, of course it rains before the grout is dry so it had to be covered.
The internal fireplace started with the heater in position. The fire insert was sourced from Euro Fireplace based in Mansifield (http://www.eurofireplaces.com.au/) They source the units from Europe and we have been very impressed with the quality of the build. The inside fire is in the lounge room and while will be used for heating, it is mainly aesthetic. From a Passive House perspective it was important that the fire was extremely well sealed to meet the airtightness requirements. to achieve this, the fire gets all of its combustion air from the outside of the building envelope.
Both fireplaces complete!
One of the water tanks arrived today. A single 45,000 litre fiberglass tank. The only problem was that the trailer was so low it was impossible to get the trailer down the driveway. Luckily the bricklayers were willing to help with rolling the 800kg tank down the 40m long, 11m drop driveway. We had 7 tyres which had to be moved from back to front all the way down the driveway so the edge flange was not damaged. After, a certain amount of scepticism from me and a great deal of experience from the delivery driver the tank was safely down the hill ready to be craned into its final position in the coming weeks.
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