Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 261Dec 12, 2017 11:35 am Owner Builders in boot-shaped Yorke Peninsula : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=80264& Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 264Jan 15, 2018 4:59 am Owner Builders in boot-shaped Yorke Peninsula : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=80264& Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 271Feb 25, 2019 9:35 pm Omg haven’t been on here for ages. The view through those three windows are gorgeous!!! Anymore updates? <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 272Oct 11, 2020 4:18 pm Wow - where did the time go? I'm still alive and no...still haven't finished the house! Life keeps getting in the way. Most of 2019 I worked almost full time to refill the coffers and then the Xmas hols from school was going to be a whirlwind of activity. But then the fires struck. Not me but they got horribly close. I spent every day waiting for the fires to arrive sitting in dense smoke with a facemask on and buckets of water lined up on the deck. (Back deck and still exposed rood trusses faced the direction of the fires.) The huge Morton National Park ends across the road from me - and about 95% of it burnt. The fire was travelling at 10-14kms an hour with the fierce winds and came within a few kms of my place when on Jan 4th a sudden 180 deg wind change turned it back on itself and then went on to wreak havoc in Wingello and Tallong areas. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Pyrocumulous cloud over the hill: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The dam in January:Not a good time. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then when the rains came it was suddenly time to go back to paid work. So work on the house continues to be glacially slow. With teaching and being away at my partners for over 2 months of every year I put all my spare time on the house and land. Weed maintenance continues to take up a lot of time, but I've cut back on the veggy garden. It was taking too much time and energy. With the sub floor done there wasn't much more to do inside until I cladded the exterior and flashed the roof (as during heavy rain with strong wind, rain could still get blown under the tin roof, collect on the container roof and drip in through a few small gaps between containers) But Jan and Feb rains greened things up again: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I made a start on the front deck: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And I planned the deck boards to run parallel with the front of the house: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Big mistake as (though not obvious in this photo) a slight curve in the lines became apparent and it jarred with my OCD!! So undo and change direction: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then I decided to finish the wall on the back of the house. I am using double insulation both inside and outside. So the exterior walls are having an insulated foam inlaid between the studs. Interior walls are having regular f/glass batts. First was framing up the wall: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then I had a practice flashing my first window: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then the foam inlays: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Sorta mock tudor lol: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then I added the fibro: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Because fibro need battens to hide the joins I decided for this wall to be a little creative with them and make them a bit of a feature, so added a few more where they were not needed: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It currently has 2 undercoats and 1 of 2 topcoats. Next post - the other walls. Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 273Oct 11, 2020 4:30 pm Next I needed to cut out the door in the guest bedroom: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then I began framing the other walls: 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 ⋅ And I have also put in my first door (a nerve wracking exercise for a first timer!): Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And surprise...surprise...it works perfectly. Now it just need a coat of primer and 2 topcoats. I've just finished the 4 coats on the other 4 doors that are waiting to be fitted. I made a simple but very handy door pivot so I can paint all sides and edges at the same time: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All of the insulation panels have been cut individually to size and numbered for the outside walls. Lots of measuring! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also, after finishing the back wall I discovered a fibro with a deliberate shadow gap which I really like and so doesn't require battens. Hardie Easylap: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So the rest of the exterior walls will be covered with this. It's been ordered just waiting on delivery. And we've finally had some decent rain on September, and my dam is overflowing for the first time in about 4 years. : Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ That's about it for now - apart from some cladding and flashing I've been working at on the roof. ATM I'm spending hours attacking the spring weeds. (5 hours spot spraying yesterday and 3 today) Will try to be more regular with updates in future. Sorry for being neglectful!! Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 274Oct 11, 2020 5:47 pm Omg where do I start? I’m so glad you weren’t badly affected by the fires but can imagine how terrifying it would have been. The view from those windows!!!!! I love the shadow line fibro (although what you did with battens was cute) I just think the shadow line is a tad more sophisticated. It’s all looking gorgeous! <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 275Oct 12, 2020 6:03 am Thanks AKB - I agree about the shadowline fibro. I wish I had discovered it earlier. I may consider replacing the back wall with it at a later date as I was never really satisfied with having to use battens in the first place. But it's nice to have at least one exterior wall finished!! Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 276Oct 12, 2020 8:07 am ![]() Thanks AKB - I agree about the shadowline fibro. I wish I had discovered it earlier. I may consider replacing the back wall with it at a later date as I was never really satisfied with having to use battens in the first place. But it's nice to have at least one exterior wall finished!! Oh yeah don’t get me wrong I like the Batons I just think the sleekness of the shadow line with your build will be next level ![]() <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 277Oct 29, 2020 7:33 pm I've been waiting for the winds to die down for what seemed like weeks in order to put up the verandah cladding. While waiting, weed control still takes 2-3 hours daily to keep the numbers down - in this area, Cape Weed and Paterson's Curse has run rampant. But my efforts in previous years meant I had hardly any of these - but large numbers of Saffron Thistle are back on my property. I also was wondering how I was going to be able to lift the 2400 x 970mm cladding sheets myself to nail into position. Sometimes a redesign follows necessity. I decided to halve the sheet length from 2400 to 1200. Quite happy with the look as the squarish boards will echo the square cladding planned for the front of the house. Began last Friday lunchtime and managed to nail the last board just as the huge thunderstorm broke the following afternoon. Now I need a sunny day to dry the panels so I can paint them. And it's rained almost every day since! 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 ⋅ Now I want to do the verandah soffits (if that's what you call the verandah 'ceiling') - but despite my best efforts to keep them out, birds have managed to get into the roof and so now I have to wait until the 'kids leave home' before I can put up the soffits. Just bought some ... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So now ANOTHER skill I have to learn Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 278Oct 29, 2020 8:37 pm I love the cladding. It’s interesting you should mention Patterson’s Curse a friend of mine and I were discussing this on the weekend how you use to see it all the time but haven’t seen it running wild for years <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=62083">viewtopic.php?t=62083</a><!-- l --> Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 279Oct 30, 2020 6:25 am Paterson's curse is rampant here in Goulburn, also around Grenfell where my partner lives. Pastures full of it has looked quite beautiful alongside flowering canola in these regions. Over the past 5 -6 years at my property/my local area, I have seen usually one particular weed dominate each Spring - this year it is two - Cape Weed has also been extremely prolific. Last year for me was horse weed, the year before mullein (Verbascum thapsus) before that Saffron thistle (still rearing its ugly head!!) and when I first bought the property it was covered in serrated tussock. Weeds - a never-ending battle! Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 280Nov 15, 2020 6:26 pm A few small jobs finished. Weed killing is taking quite a lot of my time ATM being Spring and all the rain we've had. I painted 2 undercoats and 2 topcoats on the verandah facade as well as completing the capping. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also I welded 28 steel 'anchors' to the container walls and bolted the external timber frame to them. This will solidify the frame ready for the cladding panels (which weigh 44kgs each) After grinding off the paint, I welded the steel angle brackets (not the prettiest but it will do the job), cleaned up the weld and sprayed it with cold-gal. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Next I made 4 concrete reinforced pads for brick piers. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Today I finished making the 4 brick piers. Laying bricks was harder than you imagine. The guy on the youtube clip made it look so easy! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I was pleased that I got them level with each other. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It's greened up nicely down this way - this time last year it was brown...brown..brown!! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Next I need to install some door and window reveals before I can start putting up the cladding. 1 10489 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17628 hi guys. Please be nice. First time home builder in Qld. I would like some feedback please on whether I should build my granny flat first before my main house at the… 0 4597 |