Thread: Building progress shots

Still ticking along nicely...
Danita's robe is interesting, the style of it fits in well with the house me thinks. The lever set on the passage door in the 2nd pic, is that broken, not sure I've seen a lever at that angle

you guys do the roofing yourself, looks very good from a distance, closeup too(just found the zoom)

Hi Wayne,

The lever latches are french door ones that hang in the teardrop position (whatever you call it in building lingo?!) when closed - I'd just opened it and left it partly off centre by the looks of it.

We did the roofing ourselves (with a bit of help from a brother in law at times) - me only handing the iron up, Steve doing all the hard yakka.

Yeah, Danita's robe should look fine (well, wildly rough & rustic!) later on - once we get it finished~!

Thanks for replying!

Cheers,

Jill

I'm still in an extreme state of awe and envy!!! Coming along really nice (was never in doubt). If you want some turned finials for the gables, just yell - who am I kidding - one of you is probably an accomplished woodturner as well . Keep the progress reports coming - really look forward to them.

Hi TTIT!

Thanks for the offer of the finials...and no, neither of us have ever had access (yet) to a lathe, and we'd take years to get to your standard!! But I kind of feel finials would be a tad fancy for this house?

So, when are you starting yours?!! If we can do it, you could!

Cheers,

Jill

Originally Posted by Jill

Hi TTIT!

So, when are you starting yours?!! If we can do it, you could!

Cheers,

Jill

Afraid I went the other way Jill. Because it's just my son and I here, I went for the maintenance-free, nothing-left-to-do suburban Emerald option so I could spend all my time doing boy stuff with him. Now that he's at the age where you just don't do anything with your 'oldies', I get to spend all my time in the shed. Next time the coal prices slump and land prices drop, I might be tempted to grab a block near the dam and give it a go though...

Hi TTIT - that's understandable that you went that way with the low maintenance option, etc. in the circumstances. I'm glad you haven't let go of your dream entirely, though! Where are the dam blocks - I gather they are Em'd side of the dam? There were only a few built on last time we were there. Beautiful soil around Em'd (& in Qld. in general)!

Cheers,

Jill

Jill - The blocks along the western side of the Nogoa river between the the dam and Emerald are all built on now but there's talk of opening up the Eastern side. Failing that, a mate has 40 acres out there that he might divvy up yet - covered in she-oak, coolibah, red-gum, bimble box, etc etc - could just prune off what I need each day!

:eek:Wooow this is great i really like the use of these colours beautiful work.

Alistair

Thanks, Ikkyu! We'll be building for some time, yet - as you can see - I'm gonna lose my (slab) workshop when the walls go up!! But then we'll be closer to converting where we're living now, into our real workshop - ready for building the kitchen, etc.

Our windows are ordered, too! Going for colonial glazed aluminium ones with a decent profile on their colonial bars (3D, more like the same profile timber colonial bars have) - in a deep burgundy, to match the ones in the loft (colourwise, not the same bars). The budget just didn't make timber ones possible...and these will seal those cold Southerlies out really well. They will have big old jarrah sleepers as lintels, and decent sills, so hopefully that will help add more character to the 'eyes' of the home to make up for the lack of timber windows!

Cheers,

Jill

Originally Posted by Jill

Thanks, Ikkyu! We'll be building for some time, yet - as you can see - I'm gonna lose my (slab) workshop when the walls go up!! But then we'll be closer to converting where we're living now, into our real workshop - ready for building the kitchen, etc.

Our windows are ordered, too! Going for colonial glazed aluminium ones with a decent profile on their colonial bars (3D, more like the same profile timber colonial bars have) - in a deep burgundy, to match the ones in the loft (colourwise, not the same bars). The budget just didn't make timber ones possible...and these will seal those cold Southerlies out really well. They will have big old jarrah sleepers as lintels, and decent sills, so hopefully that will help add more character to the 'eyes' of the home to make up for the lack of timber windows!

Cheers,

Jill

Jill,
Sounds great can't wait too see more pics colonial glazed aluminium sounds interesting you'll have to post pics of it. Yep timber ain't cheap I paid $55 for a 1.5m bit of jarrah the other day. It looks like you have put alot of work into this with great results hope to see some more pics soon.

Alistair

Hi Jill, I have been looking at your work from time to time & I am always impressed. I had the very great pleasure of helping my Sister & Brother inlaw build their home out of Ciprus Pine about 22 odd years ago & I still have very fond memories. I knew nothing about woodwork then (& not a whole lot more now) but There was a great mob of us working on weekends, & I'm sure with the right hats, we would have looked a lot like a community of Quakers.

Great work mate

steve

Originally Posted by Jill

Going for aluminium ones

bugger, looks like Steve won
Timber is very pricey in comparison so I can't blame you, hell, even lousy pine is expensive. Adding a chunky timber head and sill will do wonders I think, should come up a treat.

Thanks Alistair - I'll keep adding to this thread as we get more done - thanks for your interest! The windows look like painted timber ones - esp. from a long way off!!!

Thanks Steve - lol - weren't you provided with the hats?!! You would've had clear sinuses with all that cypress!! I'm glad you enjoyed the experience...I love the permanence and the creativity of building a home. For me it's a big buzz.

Hi Wayne...lol - yep - but I could see the practicality, too & I'm not TOO stubborn!!! Definitely not a SWMBO! Here are some of the sleepers that will be used for the lintels, and we just bought another trailerload on Thurs. With a bit of planing they should look great.

Cheers,

Jill

Hi all,

After a 2.5 month wait for our limestone - it arr. today, lunchtime!!! Steve (hubby) spent a few hours trimming logs flat with the chainsaw for us to butt the bricks up against, and then we laid the first 30 odd blocks in a couple of hours tonight - with lights. I washed (high pressure) and carted & did the pointing, while Steve laid them, but I'm having a go laying them Monday - the only thing that worries me is the BIG angle grinder thingo that we're cutting them with! Yikes! Anyway - just wanted to share the celebratory moment - first blocks down....

Oh, and we've set up a big tank & all the pipework to it, etc. and I laid the deck last Sat. also. I'll post pics of it when Steve does the balustrades!

Cheers,

Jill