Thread: how long to draw up plans??

latest photos, plumber has put in the water and gas pipes for the house, chamferboards are on the outside walls


and it's bloody raining of course...

bit more work done, chamferboards on the bathroom wall and a new doorway for the french doors put into the kitchen wall.

There was a delay in building due to somebody walking into the sawmill, spotting our chamferboards which were specially ordered for our house and deciding they'd like them, and of course the office bloke said sure! :mad: There was a 'few' swear words flying when I found out!

So our builder had to order some more...

Originally Posted by womble

...somebody walking into the sawmill, spotting our chamferboards which were specially ordered for our house and deciding they'd like them, and of course the office bloke said sure! ....

Low friends in high places will get that. :mad:

Finally got the outside part finished!! (once the new chamferboards turned up) Just have to slap some primer on the bare timber now

Not quite lock up stage, but close. The new french doors look good I think, but I also like our old silky oak ones. I'll have to take them down to finish sanding and put the glass in. Will probably replace the brass door hardware with chrome down the track too, match the rest of the doors.

They also repositioned the two top casements, dropped them down to the level of the others...don't know how they missed that one in the first place but anyway...we're pretty happy with the overall quality of work, despite the hiccups

So, its not finished as per the contract...whole lot was supposed to be done by 31 dec, but thats what happens when waiting for trusses, timber etc. The house wont be finished until next year now, including the front stairs and new chamferboards there too. So we're behind schedule but at least getting there after a bit of a shaky start!!! (thanks larry!)

The builder was supposed to be back this week but no sign of him yet...

We're in the time consuming stage of preparing for painting the insides. Today I'm scrubbing the walls with bleach to get rid of the mould and dirt on the walls from rain getting in when the house was moved.

Then I'll have to sand all the filler in the termite damage and cracks/holes, scrape all the peeling paint etc, and finally finish with scrubbing the walls again with sugar soap. Luckily the start of school is a few weeks away yet so hopefully we'll have at least the undercoat on by then...

Womble,
if the power isn't connected you might want to think about using a pressure cleaner (Gerni or similar) to do the bulk of the work. Will save you a lot of elbow grease. It should dry out pretty quickly afterwards at the moment.

Mick

I was thinking of that, might do it after the walls are sanded, cant run a lead to the house due to a backhoe working around it at the moment

Originally Posted by womble

I was thinking of that, might do it after the walls are sanded, cant run a lead to the house due to a backhoe working around it at the moment

You could use a petrol powered one. Heaps more grunt than the electric ones and will get the job dome in less time, just park it outside the door so you don't gas yourself.

Mick

some more progress on the house, the deck is finally finished off properly now with edging and the few missing boards added in...finally!

the railings are started, looking good so far. The missus wanted gecko feature boards but they werent available up here (bunnings have them in cairns though...) so we went with the gumnuts instead.

Taking shape now.... you seen the relocated one with the red roof just down the hill from Rankine Rd. on the way to Malanda?
It is looking good now too.

the internal walls are finished now too, the bathroom and laundry walls are sheeted, went with cement sheeting due to its waterproof qualities (plus it doesnt dent as easily as plasterboard)

windows, doors and ceiling edges have trim now too, couldnt really match the new window and door trim mouldings to the old ones but thats okay...

new vj's on the kitchen walls where there were gaps, almost a shame to paint them...

old doors were used in the bathroom and laundry, got an old timber slat door from the house when it was in cairns and put it on the outside entrance into the laundry...I 'was' thinking about stripping it back and making it into a rustic table as it is solid silky oak but theres more around...

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

Taking shape now.... you seen the relocated one with the red roof just down the hill from Rankine Rd. on the way to Malanda?
It is looking good now too.

yep, its owned by one of the rankine girls apparently.

We would have liked wraparound verandahs on ours but when you get a house for free you cant be choosy!

bit more done on the railings, not long before the back part is finished!

we've had some rain, lots of red tableland mud everywhere and the grass is growing again

back railings finished!

gutters on at the back, although the downpipe angles are a worry...

still raining, place a boghole