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Completing A Few Major Projects
The last couple of weeks have seen the completion of a few major projects. PC was pleased to finally begin and complete roofing the portico. He was rather surprised to discover it didn’t take as long as expected. Rain no longer comes into the front room:) Cladding the exterior of the house, begun weeks ago was finally completed too. A few boards are still to be nailed at the front. These will be added when the two houses are joined. Last week PC and I bought our front door! Hanging doors isn’t always the simplest project to tackle, so PC was very happy when all ran smoothly. We rather surprised…
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Children Move In
Tuesday the long awaited day arrived, the children moved in!! Koala has the first bedroom. As the rooms have yet to be plastered and painted they have only taken over the basics. For Koala this means not only a bed but a bookcase too. She is very pleased to have her own room after three years of sharing with her younger sisters. The younger girls are in the next room. Later this room will actually be the smaller boys room. They are so excited to have such a big space. The boys are in the third room. This is actually our room. They are enjoying the view, later they will…
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Gyprocking Commences!
Over the weekend we began gyprocking the bedrooms. The children contributed with a great team effort. They threaded the battens up through the ceiling cavities. Marking and laying out, they then screwed the battens on. It was rather a time consuming job, meanwhile PC and I began the gyprocking. Each sheet had to be measured and cut and then glued and screwed into place. Prior to this we lined each wall with insulation. Our efforts were concentrated on these three bedrooms. We had hired a gyprock hoist to help with the ceiling sheets, making the job so much easier. Three bedrooms are now completed!! So very exciting:) Stay tuned for…
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Gyprock Arrives!
All of our gyprock(drywall) and bats arrived today!:) Very, very exciting:) Gyprock doesn’t take long to glue and screw to the walls and ceilings. So in a very short time we will have rooms!!
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Roof Finished, Milling Decking
I’ve been rather quiet on updating progress, but we have still been working. Sarking has been nailed on, this is the sight out of my kitchen window. This weekend we were determined to finish the roof, so many ‘not quite finished’ jobs were burdensome. We, well PC and Koala finished the end of the hip roof! And they screwed down the ridge capping! Note the sarking has been done on this end of the house too, courtesy of PC and Princess. This photo doesn’t do the ridge capping justice, but it looks great! Not as great as this young lady though:) The majority of our time has been spent milling…
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One Wall Completed!
Hard work has paid off. Cladding on the north wall is completed!! Very, very exciting:) *Progress is being made in other areas, we shall reveal soon.
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Cladding & Milling
Since I last posted most of our building time has been taken up with milling, lots of milling. It is hot, hard work and takes 2 to 1.5hours to mill an ironbark log. PC and offsiders are working early in the morning before work and late in the evening after work. PC is very excited to report he has finished all his joists and only has a couple of bearers to go! Then they will start the decking. 1.5 kilomters of decking! It will certainly be easier weight though for his offsiders to manage. The timber stack is growing and growing:) And for a break PC finished installing all the…
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Taking Shape
Being a builder’s assistant doesn’t mean one can’t dress prettily. It doesn’t hinder the ability to work at all:) Due to rain progress on roofing the end section has slowed. Although we did manage to nail down the sarking and battens. (It’s currently covered with a tarp and I forgot to take photos beforehand) We took the opportunity to turn our attention to installing the rest of the windows. Big windows, letting in lots of light and air I can see I’ll be spending alot of time just looking at the view:) I believe I provided my boys with lots of amusement over my nervousness of dropping one of these…
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We Have Some Windows!
Another busy housebuilding weekend. PC spent one morning trimming the ends of the trusses to a standard size for eaves. I foresee more slow progress with the hip roof ahead. Progress of a much faster nature were the windows. Bathroom window with frosted glass. Toilet window is also in. The girls bedroom window. The two younger girls that is, Koala is going to be having her own room again. Taking shape, looking more and more ‘houselike.’ Some cutie’s who visited on a break from their cafe. Don’t the entwined arms just make you smile.
