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  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 17

    August 17, 2001

    Jerry Tyrrell visited the site again and checked over the frame prior to the Council inspection. There is about a day’s work for the carpenter to do…to put in some more support for one of the beams, etc. Carpenter doing external stairs and some of the concrete holes are not in the right place. Need [...]

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 16

    August 16, 2001

    Got quote from Harvey Norman for the kitchen. I’ll need to make some adjustments to reduce the price. Called Wideline to request windows and doors to be installed/hung and triangle window in lounge to be measured.

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 14

    August 14, 2001

    More running around getting hardware for the frame carpenters. This is their last day here.They did the frame for the wardrobe and stair walls and the window in the lounge (which had been an oversight). They’ve been pretty good and very pleasant to deal with. Did some more painting of the boards. Tried a top [...]

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 13

    August 13, 2001

    Called Harvey Norman kitchens and made appointment with designer for tomorrow. Also discussed stainless steel benchtops. This will add approx $5,000. Roof is on and looks good. It is a little lighter than the swatch but still quite a nice colour. Not that the swatch is wrong it is just that a large expanse looks [...]

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 11

    August 11, 2001

    Carpenters working today to put up eave lining in places that are inaccessible once the roof is on. The delay in the roof has in some regards been a benefit. I painted the eaves boards, some prepainted, as these will be hard to access. Not quite sure whether I have the colour right. Might need [...]

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 10

    August 10, 2001

    Went to block, more painting. On the way back I popped in to Harvey Norman showroom at Auburn to look at kitchens. It is quite an impressive place.

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 8

    August 8, 2001

    Roof supposed to go on today but it is too windy.

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 7

    August 7, 2001

    Jerry came to site and talked through the plumbing with the plumber for the rough in. I needed to work out where the taps go, etc. Plumber needed diagram for the spa bath…he actually would have liked the bath installed, but that wasn’t possible, so I got the bath specifications from the supplier and faxed [...]

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 6

    August 6, 2001

    Called firm that make doors and moldings. Representative will come up to the house tomorrow to quote. This will be a good comparison with the prefab ones, so I will be interested.

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 3

    August 3, 2001

    Went to site primarily to paint the weatherboards, cyprus pine. These need to be painted on both sides, but before that the knots need to be separately primed with a special sealer to prevent them bleeding through the timber. Contacted Dulux to find out what kind. Had help from a labourer. This is not a [...]

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