Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum 1 Apr 29, 2013 10:59 am Hi all,
I'm well into my Owner Build house extension with me doing alot of the work myself. I'm originally in a cabling trade, now office bound so very handy with pulling bulding apart and using tools. Combined with me being a tight ar&e and hate paying for trades. I do most stuff myself. Our first kid came along Feb 2012 which kicked us into gear as our 3 bedroom Californian Bungalow was to small. I designed the build so easy for me, had a draftsman do the plans, plans lodged Jan 2012, DA approved in March 2012, CC approved in May 2012 after resoving some small points. We had moved out of the house for 6 months to save some cash and moved back in Oct 2012. 1st Step was to get the rear sewer main encased as we were building over it. Oct 2012 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stump pulling with the GU today Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Clearing done ready for geotech fencing for silt control Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 2Apr 29, 2013 11:01 am December 2012 Swerve Well still working on the house (many more months of this) Finished doing the geotech fabric fence for silt managment. So this meant I could get offical start approval from council this week. Project offically starts Friday 7th Dec 12. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Have now sorted quotes to get the abestos sheeting removed from the garage, this will happen the 12th Dec. Will in teh new year chainsaw most supports, tie a BlueG60 to it and pull it down, will no doubt have mates on hand drinking beer and watching Also about to start bringing down rear balcony awning. Once Garage is down, will also get trees lopped in back yard, as one is 80ft high, and another (pine) is in the way of the house. Have also bought a demo saw to start slicing up teh rear balcony slab. Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 3Apr 29, 2013 11:03 am 12th Dec 2012 - Asbestos removal today. BEFORE- Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ AFTER Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 4Apr 29, 2013 11:04 am 4th Jan 2013, Back from Brisbane Wednesday night. Into reno Thursday. Yesterday pulled the last 2m off the garage Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Today pulled the whole garage down, took all internal supports out, pre cut the rear supports and pulled out with the troll. Also started rear deck removal today as well. Chained up, also had backup chains in place to stop any sling shot at the troll Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All down, front was much more exciting, but no video of front Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Video of the rear going down http://youtu.be/cM4ZMtNrRWk Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 8Apr 29, 2013 11:14 am 7th March 2013 Well been stuffed around by concreters this week. Been trying to arrange a tradie to do the steel fixing and concreting for the strip footings, pads, and slab for rumpus and garage. Have had about 10 parties come out, but you never hear back and get no quotes. So called a concreter friend of my draftsperson, responded on Tuesday with $14k !!!!! that’s excluding concrete, pumps and steel. Seriously I fell of my chair. Ontop of this I also have $1500 excavation, $1300 soil removal, Steel supplies $1500-2000, Concrete $7000 approx, Concrete pumps around $700 a pour, brickwork $1000 approx. So $14000 on top farken hell. Anyhow that night one of the quote I have been waiting on for 3 weeks came in !!!!!! $6000 including two concrete pumps ( 2 pours), so around $4500 I labour compared to the $14000 , much happier. So know I have my excavation tradie lined up, now my concreter lined up, just need to get the rear balcony removed, clean the site, mark out the footings and all systems go. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 10Apr 29, 2013 11:18 am 4th April 2013 Hi all, House reno is my life, spent all 4 day long weekend working. Sleeping was hard as every muscle ached and just plain hurt. Any how needed everything gone for this weekend to mark teh footings out, dig up my sewer connection, as footings were starting next monday. As it turns out under the last section of slab I have a asbestos (fibro) dump site. Have to wait now untill next Wednesday to get that removed at a bonus expense of $2100 GREAT So this week have now had to move excavators, concretor, steel delivery, waterboard inspector, council inspector, engineer, triple call, coordinate time slots and all that jaz. In short now asbestos cleanup on Wednesday, Excatvators Thursday / friday. Concretors monday tuesday. Some shots from teh weekend Oversize Wheelbarrow Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Workhorse pulling slab off, I had actually cut teh small peice, but as it was about 150mm thick, pulled teh whole slab off. Surprise all the rubble is fibro/ beer cans/ dirt x 4 layers. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Has now been raining last 2 days and my whole yard is mud, welcome to construction. need to now build a front fence as just to hard letting Winston in the rear yard. Another job I dont need. Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 11Apr 29, 2013 11:20 am 10th April 2013 Worked untill 11pm setting up hurdles and string lines, squaring it all up last night. Today the abestos was removed, steel delivered, then started marking out all the internall walls for footings. A mate turned up to help and we took all afternoon loading HP with at least 2 ton (kg) of bricks and marking all breick piers and other things. I then cleared the site and down at 6:30pm Excavators arrive tomorrow at 7am to start digging all footings, earth removed on Friday, steelwork goes in Monday, concrete arranged for Tuesday 8am. 16m3 of the stuff. Busy busy busy Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 12Apr 29, 2013 11:21 am 11th April 2013 Excavation has started Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This was so cool, very fast and stable Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Busted sewer connection, temp fix but will need moving as through two brick pier bases Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension 13Apr 29, 2013 11:21 am 16th April 13- My morning view and very wet start, plastic saved my job site overnight, pump ready to go, trench was half full of water Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 16th April 13- First concrete hitting the trenches Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 16th April 13 - Wet morning after I sheeted the trenches last night and it was pi$$ing down, concreter was pleased as I saved many cave in's Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ 16th April 13 - 2nd load of concrete, ended up with 4 loads, total 18m3 Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All done Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension - Photo heavy 14Apr 29, 2013 8:34 pm 29th April 13 - 10 Pallets of bricks, 4ton sand, 40 bags cement arrived for the brickie tomorrow. Double brick up to floor height, then bearers and joists on main room, slab for garage and rumpus. All walling single stud walls with rendered blueboard exterior. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension - Brick subfloor 17May 03, 2013 3:09 pm That's pretty impressive stuff - looks like it's starting to take shape. You must be very pleased after all your hard work ... hope it all goes well!! For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: Southern Sydney Rear and Side extension - Brick subfloor 18Aug 21, 2013 11:01 am Well just finished spreading 12,500kg of crushed concrete/ bricks as a base under the concrete slab on the games room and garage. Concretors start formwork Thursday, pour monday week (9 days away). Same time needed the plumber to fix some sewerage vents under the garage slab, so I cracked the whip and dug a sewer conection trench so the plumber can reconnect the sewer connection whilst doing the garage sewerage vent. As the concrete pour is monday week (9 days away), needed this other plumbing work completed so while teh concrete pump is here with $hit loads of concrete, they can also fill my new additional piers as i changed my mind on a few things More digging tomorrow and clean up for the plumber, termite spray to go under the slabs as a council requirement and concretors next week. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Jimbo73 I would use heaps of adhesive on each sheet and screw rather than nail. use as many as you like cheers Simeon 1 4046 XCEM Alpha flooring seems to relatively new and I could not found any reviews. Have you or someone you know have used it and would recommend over other subfloor options?… 2 7578 Would also like an opinion from anyone that has used xcem over hebel for floors. Thanks 1 13277 |