It's really coming along and looking great!! Sad to hear your little angle grinder died, I have been through a range of grinders over the years, still have a few I got a plasma cutter a while back and it has opened up a world of wonder to me :-) They are amazing tools, they make controlled lighting!...

I have sent you a PM Jaben and Heidi.

Terry, yes this pavilion is feeling fairly straight forward, dare I say 'easy'. It is going together a lot quicker when I do have to chance to spend time on the tools, I do not need to reasearch how to do each step or learn a bunch of new skills or tool up for it. It is a lot smaller too, so each st...

Ever so slow.... but I have finished the sub floor structure, fitted the bathroom flooring and have started putting up the roof beams and wall frames. In between making a living and having a life I think I need a good 5 day run of fine weather to get the roof structure finished and the roof sheets o...

Place is looking fantastic, well done, lots of energy and effort have gone into it and it shows. Love the recycled pallet work, great textures and forms, very nice, great level of finish, just shows what can be done with imagination and a heap of bloody hard work, love it, so well done !! :-) Steve

Not much happening at the moment as the focus is on making a few dollars over the busy summer season and wet weather has really limited work on the few days here and there that I have had to get on the tools. Still...slowly moving ahead, got the bulk of the floor joists in, sub floor cross bracing w...

Giday Paul I faced the same problem with my place :-) It is not that difficult, but you do need two people and you need to step down your hurdles (an extra mid way hurdle with the two heights on it). The step hurdle needs two timbers (top and bottom), you simply put your string line nail in the same...

Slow and steady progress as always, we got held up waiting for the 6 large long (up to 7.5m) posts for this pavilion to be milled from telegraph posts but they finally arrived http://i480.photobucket.com/albums/rr164/Fishdejour/IMG_1370_zps0050b205.jpg With help of my neighbour and his fancy fork li...

Thanks yet again for the positive feedback, great to see some of the regulars hanging in here :-) Lorri, I'll see what I can dig out about the lights, it's been a while :oops: Steve

Ahh Terry, nice to see you progressing on your place too :-) Steve

My, my, my it has been a while but I am finally back to building again, having changed jobs, then started a new business, saved some dollars and found the balance of time and money to my favour...... In the last few weeks I set out the next pavilion, dug the pad footing holes, formed them up and pou...

Nice sleepers, I have some the same @ 250 x 150 which i am ripping down for posts, they are blood heavy but should see you out :-) Steve

Good one, I love the roo fence, very nice indeed.

Bugger, very sorry to hear that has occured :-( Hope it works out for you.

Veseli, I note from a lot of your previous respones on other threads that you troll these boards offering your services as a builder after trying to talk down owner building and project builders, perhaps you need to declare your vested intrest a little more clearly?

You are telling yourself Steve that you saved money, and you did your research, well done, but i bet if i had a look at the prices you paid and the quality you got i would find 1000 of mistakes that you made on an average project. Im a builder and i have gone through all that long time ago, even af...

Your place is looking great, a credit ot your persistance and ability :-)

Owner Builder or Owner Project Manager? Most people get these two mixed up which creates confusion and creates many of the misconceptions about saving money. Owner builders can save a heap of money. Owner Project Managers will most likely cost themselves a lot of money. Saving money is probably the ...

Tough question as there are so many variables, I think the base price is about $1000 to $2500 per meter. I have friends that have built beach shack style houses for a fraction of that, my place is around the middle but it is an unusual design that required certain timbers etc. If you can source salv...