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  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 21

    August 21, 2001

    Went to block for concrete pour. This was not as difficult as I thought it would be. I had asked however for a small mixer, but a huge one arrived. Anyway they put a chute on the end of the mixer and just poured the concrete directly into two of the holes. Then I just [...]

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 20

    August 20, 2001

    Made a lot of phone calls to plumber, timber yard (rest of weatherboard coming this Friday), door manufacturer for mold around doors and window (coming Wednesday). Called the carpenter. It’s very windy still. He’s doing the eave lining today while waiting for the timber molds.

  • Owner Builder Diary – Year 3, August 18

    August 18, 2001

    Bin arrived and almost filled it. Felt happy cleaning up the site. Moved some of the weatherboards onto the covered deck on to a tarpaulin. Shall paint from up here. Had some labouring help to dug the holes for the stair posts. Ordered some concrete for Tuesday. Called the engineer to check up on how [...]

  • 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.

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