Verandah posts and bearers

The verandah posts are going up and coming along nicely.

Here's the posts on the northern (driveway) side... (Note the existing front landing that you can see here with the wrought iron work will be removed at some point soon.)

We're starting to form up the garden bed outlines in front of the verandah. 

Sanding timber bearers before painting with primer...

Looking towards the driveway from behind one of the bearers...

We started assembling some of the bearers last weekend...

Just a final photo of the gorgeous afternoon light on Sunday. Love that warm yellow light at this time of year. 

Verandah post bases - concrete poured

An update from last week's progress...

The concrete truck came late last week and poured the verandah post bases. It is much easier now to see exactly how the verandah bases will look. 

It was a satisfying job over the long weekend to remove all the form-work and shift piles of soil back to prepare for new garden beds once the verandah is done.

Northern verandah showing corner post base

North western verandah

This is where I'd like to put the adirondack chairs once the verandah is built. 

Old tank stand brick bases

We have decided to re-use the beautiful old brick bases from the tank stand as a feature in the new garden bed which will be planted along the batons of the front verandah. Such a special little piece of history being retained (and also very practical, as they will protect the water pipe below the garden from being dug up!)

Looking straight on at the (existing) front of house

You can see here the bases of the new front steps which will be built in the centre of the house front.

... And here's a little sneak peek of how this front of the house will look when the renovation is complete. 

Southern side of house (looking towards the front)

You can see the extension footings here on the southern side of the house. The closest area here will end up being part of the living/lounge area, then the drying deck will be built further towards the front, followed by an ensuite and walk-in-robe. 

Verandah post bases - Framing

Dad has been busy preparing the verandah post bases which will support the new verandah on the northern and western sides of the house. It has been a fiddly and big job to get these prepared, but they will provide a really nice, solid looking base to tie in with the character of the newly styled house. 

(Another blog post will follow in the next few days, as the concrete truck came today to fill the formed-up post bases, so there has been more progress today!)

Northern side of the house which will house new verandah

The below photo shows how far the new verandah will extend. The current strip of lawn will become a new garden bed. 

Southern (front) side of house which will house new verandah

You can see the (former) front carport here which will end up being removed to make way for the new front verandah and central front steps. The existing steps you can see on the left of the photo will be removed to allow for the new verandah to extend around the northern side of the house. 

Southern side of house which will house extension

The beautiful established macadamia tree will remain on the front south western corner of the yard. It provides such a lovely shady spot in summer. You can just see some of the branches on the right of this photo. 

Close-up view of corner support for verandah base

Dad has custom-built these timber supports which will each sit above a formed-up concrete base (which was poured today).