Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 43Jan 02, 2009 12:39 pm Happy New Year Everybody!
Well this is what I've gotten done so far. Ive started ripping out the old gyprock that got damaged with the lift, (I had planed from the start to replace it all instead of trying to repair the old and but it up to the new.) so I could start putting in the frame work for the built ins. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I've also put in the beams that will support the roof now that a few walls have bee removed. (pitty my ceilings are so low as I would have perfered not to have the beams exposed but unfortunatly not a lot I can do about it!) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also I've gotten about half of the blueboard up ready for render. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I finished off the Northern gable so that the electritian could conect the Mains Power Box (the little black box on the left in the last two pics) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ have my meter box and fuse box fitted now I'm just waiting on the electrical company to come out and hook me up to the grid! (But its the Holidays so it may take a while) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My water tank was delivered but I havn't got the excavator in yet to dig the hole. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I've connected most of the plumbing up and it just needs to be inspected by my plumber when he comes to do the upstairs drainage. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I Did make a slight mistake with this pic the cold water (larger3/4" pipe) is ment to be on the right so when I noticed it (basicly when I took this Pic) I had already started connecting it upstairs so to fix it I just swaped the exits around. So it looks a little messy now but once the gyprocks on noone will know! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The space for the bi-fold doors has been cut out and the Lintel put in place. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The Bi-fold windows are just replacing the old sliding window. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now I'm just waiting on the hardware for the bi-fold doors to be delivered so I can start building them (for brand new bi-fold doors to fit it was going to be between $5K and $6K but I was able to pick up brand new doors that would fit for $200 without the glass, and the hardware will only cost $650 so depending on what locks I choose and the glazier should be able to come up with the bi-folds for less then half the price. And building them is really easy as they are like internal cavity sliding doors with hinges. Thou the bi-fold windows I'll probably get built but I dont look forward to getting them up on the deck. And I've started to finish the deck. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I just need my brother to help me out with the last of the framing for the deck so that I can finish off all of the roof at once. And the back door has been put on, as well as all the window locks and the back door lock. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and at today I have just finished making a fibreglass safe tray for the hot water tank and plumbing the drain outside. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ well thats me for now I think I'm about 60% there and still have about 10 months left on my permit so should be able to make it easily. Hopefully everyone elses build is going as well or better then mine. And may 09 be smooth sailing for everyone! Leif Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 44Jan 02, 2009 3:55 pm You've done so much work already. It's really coming along so well. 10 months left? should be plenty of time given the cracking pace you've set so far. Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 45Jan 07, 2009 7:59 pm looking great making real progress congrats.and thx for the clip info we now have 2 boxes of them ty Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 46Jan 10, 2009 6:19 pm bingoshelley looking great making real progress congrats.and thx for the clip info we now have 2 boxes of them ty No worries anything to help. First here is a pic of the frog mouth for the Hot Water Tank (HWT) safe tray discharge that I forgot to post last time. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Well I don't have many new pic's to put up cause I’ve spent the last week or so just going around and doing lots of the little things that aren’t all that impressive however do seem to take forever to actually do! Like spending a full day just doing a leak check then fixing them! But now all plumbing is completed and all leaks hve been fixed now I'm just waiting on the HWT to go in place but everything else is done such as the temperature regulating valve; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Pressure Relief Valve (before it gets to the HWT); Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And Isolating Valve for the HWT Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And I decided to finish of the storm water drains by putting on the grates that the down pipes discharge to; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The pipes to the left of this one are for where the underground water tanks pump control unit and the mains Pressure Regulating Valve will be going. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The underground tank will be going to the right of this grate and back towards the front patio a bit. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and putting the frog mouth in the gutter where the old clay one was on the street. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And Finally just finishing off some of the tie down rods that I had forgotten to put in, and that the engineer had picked up on his inspection. Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 47Feb 27, 2009 4:54 pm Ok everyone lots of pics for you with what I've been up to lately.
well first off I got the hole for my water tank dug. and crusher dust in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ then the tank went in Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ followed by some concrete to hold it down. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and a little went to making a base for the pump control unit out the back. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Power got hooked to the house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ some pics of my new meter box. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The downstairs toilet is mostly in (it will have to come out again for the tileing to be done but putting it in now ment I had some where to go onsite). and some of the sheeting was put up for privacy but the engineer has to see the tie down rod at the back. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ HWT is back inplace. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and with pipes hooked up. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and now with all power hooked up as well. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ first lot of electrical cables being run for lower floor power points. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ inplace for washing mashine and dryer. (the scorch marks around the pipes is where I messed up by putting the taps in the wrong spot.) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Front Door finished and inplace. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ half finished the south gable. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and painted. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ but it started raining before I got the barge board up. so that will be this weekend. and since it started raining the week I was leaving the concrete around the tank to dry and was raining for a few weeks I didnt get to back fill the water tank with crusher dust so this is what it looks like now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm going to have to hire a pump when I go to dig it all out I'm just hopeing that the 5 days it got to dry where enough. but before it rained i got the posts in for the deck roof. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And during the rain I got the framing up for the bi-fold doors. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ cleared out the wall and put the bearer in for B3 walkin robe. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Got more of the electrical cables run through the walls. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now all cables are run for Lower Floor (LF) power points (PP), the cable from the fuse box to the first PP in the Theatre room, the second PP for the Garage, and first PP for the Kitchen, and the cable is run for the Stove as well as the first 2 Upper Floor (UF) PP. Finished getting the bearer in for the master bedroom floor. (this was actually really fun hoisting into place with my brothers help! ) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then the joists went in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and last week and up to yesterday was putting flooring in to the master bedroom 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 ⋅ Then I ran out of flooring. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So quick trip to the Hardware and ordered more floring and a few other bits and peices to be delivered. And while I waited for the delivery I got into some of the little things I'd been putting of like the retaining wall. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ well thats it for now back to work! Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 48Feb 27, 2009 6:45 pm wow great progress absolutely love the front door. its going to be a right palace when you finish well done. Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 49Jul 02, 2009 1:55 am Ok another update... with pics! so after the masterbed room flooring was finished on with the ensuit and WIR framing. 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 also the built in wardrobes framing. 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 the framing on the East wall going out to the deck. 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 ⋅ So after the walls had been finished on with the decks roof. 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 ⋅ Then it was time for some guttering. 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 ⋅ Then the tiles went on. 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 is what it looks like from the street so far. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And then I ran out of tiles so time to order more and move on to some other work while I waited for more to turn up. which was to make sure the water tank was all plumbed in and back filled. 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 ⋅ Unfortunatly I forgot to take a few pics of the rest of the plumbing around the tank... sorry I also haven't taken any pics of the electrical cables that have gone in...yet.. but all of the upper floor PP and light cables have gone in and the cables for the 2 upper floor smoke alarms (all the smoke alarms are hardwired into the electrical system with its own safety switch as well as that they are all conected to each other so if one goes off they all do.) Now since its getting into winter and being all the way up in the Qld Alps it's starting to get a bit cold so I thought I had better get the Bifold door in to stop the chilly breeze! 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 the last thing I've been up to was the get the ensuit knocked over so I could rip out the old bathroom and still have somewhere to clean up at the end of the day! 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 ⋅ My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 51Jul 14, 2009 5:52 pm The plumber turned up and I've now go all of my drainage for the ensuite done now. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I'm going to put a false ceiling in downstairs so that it will be the same height as the upstair ceilings so most of the pipes will be hidden except for the bend in the next picture where the pipe goes into the wall but I'll just box around in so when it's all finished it will just be a baulkhead. Just a look at the floor before it gets the wetseal done. we had to move the floor waste over so that the pipes stayed in the ceiling cavity. The white flanges are where the tiled waste grates clip in. (I'm going with the Bermuda Square because it's solid brass [chromed] while the others are plastic and it is also $20 cheaper then the plastic "Smart Tile" This is what it looks like before it goes in and without the Tile inserted in the middle. The wetseal dude is to turn up tomorrow. Then I should be able to bed the floor this weekend and then I just have to wait for my the rest of my tiles to turn up in a few weeks! I've already got the feature tile I'm just waiting on my mail tiles... Oh and I've got to order my lights (nearly forgot ) My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 52Jul 25, 2009 1:14 am Ok well the wetseal dude came round and this is what it looked like when he went home! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And then today I mixed up some mud and mage the sloped floor. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Also I found the photos from when I sheeted the garage so that I could lock the house up. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ This is the laundry wall to give the downstairs toilet some privacy till the walls are all up! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The plans for this week are too build the doorway for the WIR now that I don't have to get a wheelbarrow in. also have some blueboard to go on the back wall now that I've got all the pipes in and don't need access to both sides anymore. and I'll try and get the internal garage door in and if my tiles turnu p then I'll get them in as well! My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 53Aug 03, 2009 6:30 pm Well my plans got changed slightly over the weekend with my roofers turning up mid-week to put the edge guards up (this was done by the roofing guys that live across the road not by the one that was doing the job which I thought was amusing) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Personnaly I wouldn't want to fall against it cause it probably would come down, but it covers OH&S requirments. so Chris and his boys got the rest of the tiles up and in place and the bedding of the ridge caps done Friday/Satarday. 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 ⋅ There was only one little stuff up on my part , obviously Í got the angle wrong when I put the barge board on but since you cant see it unless you are on the roof I'm not going to worry about it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Other then the roofing I got the pastering on the ensuit ceiling done and it turned out quite well, even if it did take me a while to get it smooth. 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 ⋅ After which I got the insulation (for the ensuite) knocked over, Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and the painting started. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ These are just the pics of the undercoat. And I gotthe vent pipe for the downstairs toilet hooked up to the vent tile. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Today the roofers where giving the roof a clean and tomorrow they will do the pointing. Tonight when I get home I'll finish the painting and start marking out for the tiles to go in in the next few days. My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 54Aug 05, 2009 8:19 pm Ok I finished off the painting (Which has been getting done after midnight when I get home) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The paints I'm useing for the house are Solver, the colours for the bathroom/ensuite ceilings and cornice are Silver Water (White) and Charcoal (Gray). Then I started on the wall tiles. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ but after a coat of paint and a row of tiles I decided to go to bed. I found that the roofers didn't quite finish yesterday like expected so came back this morning (A little to early for my liking when I'm on nightshift ) and finished off the roof. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ As you can see they washed the whole roof before doing the pointing but I'm not going to get them back to paint the roof for probably 6-12 months (since having a nicely painted roof isn't part of the building permit it will be done last) and while the scaffolding was getting taken down I continued with last nights work and got the tiles that needed cutting done and a second row of tiles got put in place. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I know not much but I was going very slow with having the guys that where taking the edge protection down, keep asking me for tools! so glad I didn't have them doing the main job! My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 55Aug 31, 2009 8:03 pm So here are the pictures of the tileing... 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 ⋅ Then it was on to the grouting... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Then fitting out the shower... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Still waiting on the vanity, mirror, Vanity light and the shower screen/door. So then it was on to finish the doorway for the WIR. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Now I'm just waiting for the engineer to inspect the framing tomorrow and then it will be on with the sheeting! yay My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 56Mar 21, 2010 12:19 am Ok it's been a while since my last update. So the framing inspection went well so got the go ahead to go on with the sheeting. while I was waiting for that I installed the last of the cabling for multimidia throughout the house; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I also got the gov solar system installed; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and at the end of Feb they came and changed my metre box so I could put power back to the grid... although it's been raining most of the time since they changed it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ the old new one incase you can't remember. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and built the vanity for the ensuit; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Stained it all up; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ got the top in and put the mirror and vanity light up. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ then the doors; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ All Finished; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ then I had some problems with work getting in the way so decided to take some time off to finish the house. So it started with sheeting the upstairs ceiling; 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 is the manhole waiting for the folding staircase to go in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ then started on sheeting the upstairs walls, I also decided to insulate all intenal and external walls to help with temp and sound proofing. 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 ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and the stair lights got installed; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ hallway light transformers installed; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ started on the plastering; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ While that was happening my last 2 windows turned up for the deck so they got installed, stained and painted; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and the glass on the bifolds I built got installed. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ the multimidia cables/cutouts got installed for upstairs; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and the now I'm just putting up the cornice; Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ and waiting for my kitchen to turn up cause I'm sooooo over BBQs!!!!! lol My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 57Mar 21, 2010 1:22 pm WOW!! That's a lot of hard work!! Loving the flooring & can't believe you made that bathroom vanity, it's fab. Bifold's look so classy, I wan't them but worried about not having flyscreen doors with bugs etc. But yeah, very well done. "A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality" -John Lennon Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 58Mar 21, 2010 1:55 pm serialstyler WOW!! That's a lot of hard work!! Loving the flooring & can't believe you made that bathroom vanity, it's fab. Bifold's look so classy, I wan't them but worried about not having flyscreen doors with bugs etc. But yeah, very well done. thanks, I can't wait till it's all polished! but I have to finishe the plastering and painting before that..... you can get flyscreens for them they're like a roller blind so when the do is closed the case looks like part of the architrave but when you want the flyscreen you just pull it out and lock it in place. the big problems with them are that; 1. People walk through them, which knocks them out of the guides; 2. you have to hold it if you open the screen to walk through otherwise it rolls back up which can be a pain. My Owner still Building thread viewtopic.php?t=9026 Re: My New...ish house in Toowoomba build story 60Oct 04, 2010 10:49 pm This is so great. I have only just stumbled on this thread but would love to know how its all going. Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 8476 We bought land in Tallawong Schofields NSW size 30m X 12.5m and planning to get double story house build around 350 sqm. We are thinking about having premium inclusions… 0 4087 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 17602 |