Wednesday 26 September 2007

[Progress.051] Not much progress in the past few days because...

There wasn't much progress after roof trusses been completed last Wednesday (19/09). I checked again yesterday and found that the last piece of sliding door windows for alfresco left at the front has been installed. And as shown below, I was quite happy to see 2 smaller steel beams been installed to support the much bigger one above the garage.

We also noticed some pipes been connected. This photo taken near the water tank will be located. My understanding is, green pipes are for rain water and black ones are for normal tap water. But don't know why it's joined together, may be it will be split/cut into 2 when water tank been installed??

This one near the edge of garage, which I think these pipes are for the gas connection. One of them actually goes all the way around the edge of the house to the other end where the kitchen is located.

I found something unusual from the alfresco frames/roof trusses. As shown in photos below, looks like the orange steel beam wasn't long enough and they have to join another smaller piece at the end. Is this the right way to do it? If steel beams are used for supporting the structure, it surely won't be as strong as if it's in one piece isn't it?

This one from different angle. The more I look at it the more I suspect someone made a mistake in delivering/ordering the wrong length and then have to do it like this... The smaller piece is in different color and looks like rusted as well, not very impressed...

We finally have the answer for why there wasn't much progress for the past few beautiful sunny days today... yes, some of you might have it, it's payment time! We received the next payment notice today and as usual, it has to be paid within 5 days. But wouldn't it be better customer service if someone can contact us in advance, instead of us checking the site and emailing them for status update every few days?? Brick stage is one of the slowest ones, so we definitely don't want to see any delay due to late payment...

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