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Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, July 3

July 3, 2001

Met the excavator on site early morning. The 20mm gravel I’d ordered yesterday had arrived and the plumber had put the 100m slot drain (with stocking) behind the retaining wall. Collected the GEOTEC waterproof fabric from the hardware. It was not quite what I expected and a much lighter fabric and not the one with [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, July 1

July 1, 2001

Second coat of Durum on walls. It was easier to apply this time.

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 30

June 30, 2001

There are probably better ways to spend the weekend that painting the waterproofing compound on the outside of the garage walls. The compound “Durum” is a polyurethane and has quite a smell…it’s also a black rubbery substance and is almost impossible to get off. And we needed to put two coats on!! We did take [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 26

June 26, 2001

Went to block. Front piers done. They look fabulous. Spaces left for bricklights but installed letterbox. Paid brickie for work done. Bagging should be finished tomorrow. At hardware, chased up waterproof membrane for behind the wall. They assured me it would be ready to pick up on the weekend. There are a few bricks left [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 23

June 23, 2001

Did a bit of clearing on the block and took rubbish to the tip. Mountain weather beautiful, especially in the sun. Dug the front driveway piers wider and deeper – rock a bit of a problem needed a bolster to cut it. Brickwork looks great and there’s not a lot of waste. Painted letterbox and [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 21

June 21, 2001

Met Jerry Tyrrell on site with the framemaker, Valley Timbers. Warren from Valley Timbers had come up to check measure for the frame off the almost completed brickwork. We also went through the window schedule together because since the original drawings there have been minor changes to the window sizes. Discussed the colour of the [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 17

June 17, 2001

Went to block to do some cleaning up and took another load to the tip…mainly the packaging from the bricks. Picked up lots of the broken bricks and put them aside because these will be used for the rubble. Started digging the hole for the piers at the front fence. It’s difficult to do without [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 15

June 15, 2001

Went to the block to see the brickies. It was quite exciting to see some real walls and to see the height. It will be quite a high house – which I knew of course, but it is always different in practice. Harvey Norman Lighting and bought some brick lights — these are simply shaped [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 12

June 12, 2001

Bricking to start today – very exciting. Met Jerry Tyrrell on site and he did all the set out – ie marked on the footings and slab exactly where the walls should go (checking square) and checking levels – marking where the windows go/stairs. This measuring stuff is not for the faint hearted. It took [...]

Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, June 8

June 8, 2001

Window quote arrived and I checked it – a couple of little things to clarify. Made a time to visit sales rep and showroom and went through it all and signed off. Rep still concerned about measurement for dining room bay window and wants to check on site. Went to look at doors at Doors [...]