Kitchen

The kitchen units were installed today and you can see Mark familiarising himself with the kitchen sink

The painting begins

The plastering was finished on Tuesday so we are now able to begin painting. With Mark being in Wellington Wednesday and Thursday and June being on Jury service we weren't able to get as much done as we would have liked during the week, but this weekend is going to be extremely busy. The kitchen is being installed on Tuesday so we would like to have the family/dining/kitchen area undercoated. Last weekend Mark took 3 trailer loads of rubbish to the tip (approx one tonne), so the site is looking a lot tidier.

This photo shows the framing above the doorway into the living area. This will have louvres that can be adjusted to allow either hot air escape up through the skylight in summer or closed to keep the warm air in the living rooms in winter. At this stage we haven't decided if the louvres will be timber or glass.

The car can now be parked in the garage !!!!!!!!

View from the lounge through to the dining room

The sewerage system went in today.

The main concrete tank is in the fore ground with the scoria covered sand filter behind. The 460m of driplines are on the bush covered hillside behind.

Now the plumber can do the final piping from the house.

Google Maps have been updated!

The google maps aerial photography have just been updated courtesy of Waikato District Council. Google is amazing.

Our guess is the photos date from around May this year. I have attached a selection of screen shots. The site works have been completed and the back lawn is just coming through. The tractor can be seen near the container.

Its all happening.....

But there is not a lot of changes to see.

The kitchen is under construction, the flooring has been ordered, the plasterer is well under way and the garage door has been installed.
The house should be lockable by the weekend.
The painter (me) is still filling nail holes and sanding.

Getting ready to install the Sewage Treatment System

Hugh and Mark laid 465 metres of driplines on steep bush clad hillside north of the stream to be connected to the Reflection Sewage Treatment System that will be installed in the next couple of weeks. Gregory created steps up the banks to give access to the driplines so they can be regularly inspected. If you look carefully to the left of the steps you can see the rising main that connects to the driplines.

The following is a link to the Web site for the treatment system and some of the features that were important to us in regards to protecting our beautiful surroundings

• Uses up to 85% less power than other systems on the market
• produces high quality renovated outflow that exceeds New Zealand Council guidelines and can be used for irrigation
• operates passively with least noise and smell, using the same biological processes that occur naturally in the soil
• produces fewer impurities or contaminants, and therefore protects the environment

http://www.septic.co.nz/Residential/ISF/How-It-Works/default.aspx