Author Archives: ptandfrizz

The Cladding: The Agony Monday 3rd of October 2016 As described before, when Nino and Ash were framing the walls they took particular care to ensure the curve remained constant, and accurately followed the template (nicknamed Timothy) which was cut to … Continue reading →

Back on the Job: Monday 19th of September last week I travelled to Perth, (1100km round trip) left my ute there and drove a truckload of window and door frames back, unloaded them, then travelled back to Perth the next day in … Continue reading →

Cabinets & Blue Paper Monday 22nd – Friday 26 August Cabinet maker Keith Conner, of AOK  Design Service, accompanied by his wife arrived onsite with his caravan, and set about measuring for the manufacture of our cabinets. Having previously met with him to discuss and finalise our plans … Continue reading →

More of the Same Monday 15 August Nino and Ash were back at it again this week. Another brief respite in the terrible weather gave them a window to apply the roof flashing. However, as usual, it is not the normal cut for the … Continue reading →

Things That need to be done, get done. Monday 8th August: No builders onsite today as both took the time to attend to other matters. Ash having worked nearly non-stop for the past 10 weeks, and of course Nino is only back home … Continue reading →

Preamble: In the times between waiting for the box gutter to be manufactured, and the roof iron to be cut and delivered, the last few weeks have been spent fine tuning, straightening, bracing, aligning, forming around the protruding steel and inserting trimmers in the internal … Continue reading →

Monday 11th July The riggers came out on Monday to finish what they had started last week, completing the job by the middle of Wednesday. Now the build looks like a major industrial project suited to somewhere other than here. Embarrassing. The week … Continue reading →

  Construction Picks up: Monday 27th June. Ash arrives early Monday morning to help the crew, so we will now have four builders onsite when Nino arrives later this morning. The other two, Jared and Toby, are already onsite and … Continue reading →