AO2: In Situ FIRST VISIT
A ladder sits in place of sairs to the second level at this stage due to the current point of construction.
My site is situated in Avonsliegh on a relatively large isolated block. The new build is a residential house consisting of two stories. The foundations that the building is being constructed on is prodominantly clay with a mixture of gravel. A concrete slab has been layed over these foundations to create the supporting footings for the structrue. The slab will also become the base of the floor. Apon this base is the wooden frame that creates the form and structural support for both the walls and the roof. The depth of the wood allows insulation and Because it is a two story waterproofing to be added into the house the wooden walls of the building. beams arent strong enough to support the weight bearing down on them from above so this steel meamber had been addea along the roofline and down pillars in the wall to support the wood allowing it to become tensile and compressive in supporting the weight from above.
Wooded trusses make up the roofing system in the house. They affectively create the pitched roof while the use of triangles supports the weight of the roof and the loads that it will have to withstand. The long beams or ceiling joists are strung across two points while smaller wooden segments known as struts are attached between the lengths of wood and joined wit gang nail plates distributing the weight to multiple points of the truss.
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AO2: In Situ SECOND VISIT
When coming back for my second visit my first impression was that the site had changed quite a bit with some much more refined materials being added to the structure. The roof had mojority of the tiles creating the defined roofline and guttering systems for drainage and runoff. The tiles selected were ceramic roof tiles meaning the weight load on the roof was increased significantly.
The windows and wooden triming had also been fitted and were in the process of being sanded during my visit. The windows are quite large and take up a substantial amound of the wall space that the structure has on its exterior facing walls. The weather boards had also being put up on the second story creating a more refined and finished exterior.
Despite the external changes that were noticable on the second visit, the inside of the building hadnt changed a lot at all. There were a few small changes or instalations that were new however the actual structrure itself was not changed. A bath had been built into the structure using another wooden fram form support and stability. Another addition was a two sided Conara fireplace at the centre of the wall between the living room and the dining room. The fireplace is made up of brickwork using standard red bricks which surround and support the prebuild metal Conara inside. A steel funnel also extends up out of the building creating the chimney. Looking at the brickwork of the fireplace you can begin to get an understanding of the style and aesthetic quality that the design has adopted.
Glen George
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AO2: In Situ SUMMARY
During the first visit the structure was little more then a skeleton of what it will become. The footings, flooring, walls, and roof had all been structurally assembled to some extent with the frame completely in place. On the second visit all the obvious differences were on the exterior as apose to the interior in order to water proof the house before inside works began. Roof tiling, weatherboarding and window fittings had been done which made a massive dofference to the aesthetic appearance of the building.
REFERENCES Ching, F, 2008, building construction illustrated, 4th edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Unit Care, 2013, Roof Structures, Viewed 27 August 2013, < http://www.unitcare. com.au/pdfs/roof_structures_explained.pdf>
Glen George
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