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Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 7

admin — Sun, 07 Oct 2001 08:59:38 +0000

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 taking away the old fence. Also spoke to neighbour on

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 5

admin — Fri, 05 Oct 2001 08:59:16 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 04 Oct 2001 08:58:55 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 03 Oct 2001 08:58:37 +0000

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 choose randomly from 6 different boxes when laying the floor tiles so that I get a good mix. Called the window people about the repairs – that’s not happening until next week so I’ll ask Mick the carpenter to put the windows in.

Called the builder I hope will be doing the wire balustrade. He’s got the plans and I’m going to meet him next week and look at a couple of the jobs he’s done.

Also called a couple of asphalt driveway people just so I can get an idea of the cost. Jerry said he’d come up in a couple of weeks and help me with the final shaping of the driveway and the other parts of the block. I’ll need to call Ashley the excavator to help.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, October 2

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:58:08 +0000

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 until he can get more supplies.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 28

admin — Fri, 28 Sep 2001 08:57:42 +0000

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 on the walls. Have chosen ‘white birch’ as the colour for the walls. Hope it is OK? Did some cleaning up. Bins ready to be picked up again on Tuesday.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 27

admin — Thu, 27 Sep 2001 08:57:14 +0000

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 saved a little gyprock so we won’t need to buy it.

Had council inspection of the wet areas – I need to send them a certificate for the bunkroom bathroom, just to say that it complies with the Aust standard. Otherwise all ok. I asked whether I could move in without the driveway being done and was told I needed an interim certificate.

Fellow doing the sanding arrived, but his power cord, which is a jumbo one, didn’t reach from the power box to the house. Unfortunately he has to come back tomorrow which complicates things a little because I have the painter coming at 7am. Called the sander back and asked him to come earlier. That’s fine. Called another local fencing crowd because the first contractor never returned. Have decided to go with a 1.8 metre fence because any higher requires council approval and (after phone call to them) they said that even with the parties agreeing it could take 4 weeks plus. I don’t want my neighbours to have to wait that long…and nor do I.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 26

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2001 08:49:44 +0000

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 for the bathroom, tiles, fittings and fixtures…there’s slight a hitch re delivery but they are doing what they can to deliver them next week.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 25

admin — Tue, 25 Sep 2001 08:48:35 +0000

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 under the house – he’ll be back again next week to install the bath. Called Harvey Norman to arrange delivery of the bathroom fittings. Called the fencing contractor to ask about quote, but no success. Does he want the job? I did a little cleaning up on the roadway to remove any dirt and replaced a little gravel. Missing window panels have been delivered. But we still need to install them

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, September 24

admin — Mon, 24 Sep 2001 08:48:07 +0000

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 seams so that it is perfectly smooth for the recycled flooring. The revised kitchen plan arrived. It looks good