Tag Archives: residential

January 28, 2013
6:24 pm
by: Marcus

What in hell is a BAL (assessment)?

With parts of Victoria and NSW currently in flames and parts of Queensland under water it can only be summer time in Australia. The fire season sadly always finds people poorly prepared to face the significant dangers created by  a … Continue reading →

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December 16, 2012
7:14 pm
by: Marcus

Roof pitches, roof iron and careless tradesmen

Rain water is like idle teenagers! Rainwater is like a teenager, if you let it stand around it will find a way to get into trouble. The answer is to keep it busy and the best way to keep it … Continue reading →

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November 8, 2012
4:35 pm
by: Marcus

Diary of a disaster

What do you reckon this bit of plastic cost? I just spent about $ 1000 on a button for a in wall toilet! The tale is like a Dr Seusss story We had recently fitted out an architectural bathroom. Above … Continue reading →

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June 5, 2012
10:04 am
by: Marcus

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#170dayHouse day128 wardrobes in bedrooms, ready for site painting http://t.co/Opgo6024

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April 27, 2012
6:50 am
by: Marcus

Weeks 12 and 13 of the #170 day House

We are documenting each day on the construction of an architectural home. This is the work from weeks 12 and 13 Aluminium windows are being fitted into the timber frame before bricklaying is done. The commercial aluminium frames are  are … Continue reading →

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April 13, 2012
5:08 pm
by: Marcus

Week 10 and 11 of the 170 day house

This is what we were working on during the tenth and eleventh weeks of our construction of an architectural home. Following completion of the roof frame our plumber measured all of his box gutters and roof sheets. The roofing will take … Continue reading →

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March 22, 2012
3:40 am
by: Marcus

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#170dayHouse day85 half way there! Plaster continuing. Window detail is a modern sharp edge look http://t.co/kj649eow

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March 21, 2012
1:39 am
by: Marcus

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#170dayHouse day84 Plaster work continues. in earnest. Fireplace stone nearly complete. Next items fix order, tile order and waterproofer

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March 20, 2012
3:28 am
by: Marcus

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#170dayHouse day83 plaster stopping. Stopping up all the board joints with compound. Easier with go go gadget legs http://t.co/r0cHHx05

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March 19, 2012
1:06 am
by: Marcus

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#170dayHouse day82 plaster hanging the moment of truth for all our wall straightening, pipelaying and cabling. http://t.co/hSEoM5nx

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