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Day 62 to 66 – 7 to 11 December 2020

Posted on December 11, 2020September 17, 2021 by admin

Ad like that it’s done! Well, almost. The week starts with the mad rush to clean everything to allow the floor sander full access.  By Monday afternoon he has sanded once. The two man team makes quick work of the 130 square metres. By Tuesday they have a sealer coat and one coat of polyurethane. The …

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Day 52 to 56 – 23 to 27 November 2020

Posted on November 27, 2020November 28, 2020 by admin

Another Sunday night of thunderstorms as spring slowly moves to summer. Overnight storm after storm rolled through. Loud claps of thunder scared our pets and lightning lit the sky for most of the night. A heavy humidity hung in the air as the team arrived. The morning briefing suggested a busy week of painting, finishing …

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Day 37 to 41– 2 to 6 November 2020

Posted on November 6, 2020November 16, 2020 by admin

As they say on the TV show The Block, kitchen are the heart of the house. Well this week is kitchen week, although our kitchen week has been going for almost 40 days, with another 30 or so to go. In a sense though, it is kitchen week, our custom cupboards have arrived and were …

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Day 32 to 36 – 26 to 30 October 2020

Posted on October 30, 2020November 2, 2020 by admin

If this week proved anything, it proved that beautiful looking finishes are both time consuming and require a lot of skill. We all look at houses from time to time and gorgeous finishes; whether it is on a fast paced TV show that is less about building and more about in fighting, to a weekend …

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Day 18 to 23 – 6 to 13 October 2020

Posted on October 13, 2020October 17, 2020 by admin

After a glorious weekend in Canberra, heavy cloud cover, storms and rain rolled in over night. Although the heavy rain didn’t dampen the spirits of the five builders who arrived promptly at 7.00am. They quickly got to work readying our space to install our new hard wood floors. They were ready to go as the …

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Day 13 – 28 September 2020

Posted on September 25, 2020October 1, 2020 by admin

A glorious but freezing Canberra morning greets us all. The nail guns are in full swing by 7.00am as work continues. Today’s task is battening. Battening assists keep the roof beams straight, can be used by the electrician to lay and attach electrical cable to and also holds insulation in place. It is long thin …

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Day 12 – 25 September 2020

Posted on September 25, 2020October 5, 2020 by admin

All quiet on site in the AM. We were presented with a bitterly cold Spring Canberra day, heavy cloud cover, persistent rain. Chris had told us not much would happen at the end of this week, yesterday and today. Following the electrical rough in, there is little to do now until the flooring goes in. …

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Day 10 – 23 September 2020

Posted on September 23, 2020October 1, 2020 by admin

We met with the electrician this morning.  Winter has returned to Canberra as a cold southerly blew as we walked around working out where lights, switches and power points would go. Spaghetti junction above our heads bared witness to 50 years of electrical decisions. A mixture of original cabling, coupled with works we had done in …

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Weekend one – 12 and 13 September 2020

Posted on September 12, 2020September 30, 2020 by admin

The house is eerie this morning. The noise of hammers, drills and saws is replaced with a stillness as the naked entrails of our house are on show. It reminds me of looking at a T-Rex‘s skeleton at the Museum of Natural History in New York. The old bones of our house giving hints at …

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Day 2 – 11 September 2020

Posted on September 11, 2020September 30, 2020 by admin

We are up at 6.00am, builders arrive at 7.00am. The morning routine is a bit ramshackle as we try and work out the best way to feed and medicate cats and Dahlia, get ready for work, and sort ourselves out with a cup of tea. Countless trips from the back of the house to the …

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