Builder turns his clients' front door into a Covid check-in station for his team - complete with sanitiser, a QR code and instructions on social distancing
- An Aussie builder has turned his clients' front door into a Covid check-in station
- He scrawled instructions for his staff on the old door they plan to replace
- The sign includes limits on the number of workers who can be inside and outside
- It directs tradies to a QR code mounted on the front wall where they can sign in
A creative builder has turned his clients' front door into a Covid check-in station while his team renovates their house.
John Barnicoat, from Berowra, 38 kilometres north of Sydney CBD, took coronavirus safety measures into his own hands by scrawling instructions for his staff on the old door they plan to replace at the end of the job.
The sign was likely erected at some point after July 31, when construction work resumed on non-occupied building sites, provided a Covid-safe plan is in force.
Building works had been previously suspended from June 26, when the Harbour City was plunged into its first lockdown since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.
A creative builder has turned his clients' front door into a Covid check-in station (pictured) while his team renovates their house
Construction work has resumed but residents are still forbidden from leaving home except for five reasons: shopping for food, giving or receiving medical care, exercising, working if they cannot from home and getting vaccinated.
Mr Barnicoat's sign reads: 'Max 2 inside, max 5 outside.'
A message directing tradespeople to 'sign in' and 'sign out' is marked with an arrow towards a QR code mounted on the wall.
Beneath it, Mr Barnicoat fixed a plastic tray containing a bottle of hand sanitiser to the door.
Under that the sign continues: 'You must comply with government safety measures.'
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A photo of the DIY check-in zone was uploaded to Facebook by the owner of the house.
'This is our front door! (It's being replaced),' she wrote.
She added: 'I really love our builder!'
The clever idea, which has racked up 313 likes since it was shared online, drew widespread praise.
'Keeping it simple, love it,' one woman replied.
Another added: 'I'd keep it - it'll be a collector's item one day.'
Construction workers are seen on a construction site at Barangaroo Point in Sydney, Monday, August 2, 2021
Sydney's lockdown is unlikely to be lifted for some weeks, with NSW Police Minister David Elliott on Sunday predicting restrictions could ease around NRL Grand Final Day on October 3 if transmission rates decline.
'With the line of vaccination rates going up, and if transmission rates come down over the next fortnight it looks like they’ll meet at a satisfactory level before Grand Final Day,' he told The Sydney Morning Herald.
But Premier Gladys Berejiklian said she could loosen the lockdown as soon as August 28 - when Sydney's lockdown is set to expire - in suburbs with high vaccination rates and low rates of virus transmission.
She said health officials would look at 'where the concentration of cases are' when deciding what life would look like in Sydney from September onwards.
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