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Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 7

October 7, 2001

Took a trip up to prepaint the skirtings before they are put on…but it snowed!! So spent the time filling nail holes prior to painting the outside and scraping the gyprock off the stairs. The floor looks fab. Local fence contractor came to measure up.He’s going to fax me with the final quote which includes [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 5

October 5, 2001

Bath installed. It will need to be bricked in. Hopefully the tiler can do this. The other alternative was to frame it up but Mick didn’t want to nail through the waterproof membrane. Picked up the balance of the floor tiles to take up on the weekend.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 4

October 4, 2001

Called the plumber to say that he could install the bath on Friday as planned. The tiler is starting Monday so it’s a little tight. Mick is finishing off the architraves in the bathrooms tomorrow so that the tiler can start. Hope the tiles are coming early Monday. Harvey Norman chasing up time for me.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 3

October 3, 2001

Arrived very very early because Harvey Norman were delivering the bathroom stuff…and they did exactly when they said they would be there.The timber floors are looking great. I had also bought a load of floor tiles up to the house so unpacked them into the garage. I need to remember to tell the tiler to [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 2

October 2, 2001

Valley Timbers came to pick up the sling of weatherboards that we had over…so I’m glad its gone…and I’ll get a bit of a credit. Mick the carpenter has been laying the flooring but it’s very dry hardwood (but beautiful). It blunts his saw and he needs more nails so he won’t be here tomorrow [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 28

September 28, 2001

Back up to the mountains very early to see the sander and painter. The spray painting is being done of all the ceilings and the first two coats on the walls. Then after the doors have been hung, the painter will come back and do the undercoat on the doors and roll the final coat [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 27

September 27, 2001

Carpenter still doing doors and door jambs, so its starting to take shape.The built ins are almost done. Although I forgot about the built-in in the bunkroom and the hall cupboard. This is a bit of a problem because the frame has to be made up and we’ve missed gyprocking it…oh well…more timber. I had [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 26

September 26, 2001

Garage door is now installed – it was a bit tricky because of the blocking needed on the ceiling to support the door mechanism, but fortunately carpenter helped out. Carpenter also put deadlock on the door into the garage, so now at least I can lock up the garage. Went to Harvey Norman to pay [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 25

September 25, 2001

Gas people (AGL) were very quick and efficient. One of their contractors who was digging the trench for the gas pipe had a little free time and helped me put the gyprock in the bin. It was a huge help. AGL subsidises the entire connection so it is quite reasonable. Plumber also there doing work [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 24

September 24, 2001

Plumber came to do/finish stack work for pipes under the house. Went to Keeler Hardware for door handles (on order) and bought a deadlock so that we can lock off the garage. Called the sander – he said that he would come this Friday. He will need to sand the entire floor, not just the [...]