Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Jun 29, 2014 6:21 pm Hey Guys Thought i would share with you the first video from our "Small Space Big Build Project" which is a time laps video showing our site being set up ready for construction. The video is on my blog below - http://www.ourbuildhandyman.com.au/intr ... blishment/ or the direct video link can be seen here - http://youtu.be/maZz57FHp2g I cover some of the tips involved with the site establishment process and go over a checklist of some of the items worth considering. I will be documenting and filming the whole project from start to finish so i will add the videos from each stage for you to check out. The next video will be the demolition stage which should be up next week, followed by the carpentry, brickwork, etc, etc. The videos will be about 6 weeks behind the actual progress on site as at the moment i am completing the roof framing, it just takes me a little while to edit the videos. Anyway i hope you enjoy following us on our project. James Mason. Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 2Jun 30, 2014 7:11 am Best of luck, I look forward to seeing the transformation. steve@everlastpatios.com.au www.everlastpatios.com.au Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 3Jun 30, 2014 7:16 am SteveD Best of luck, I look forward to seeing the transformation. Thanks Steve! Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 5Jul 01, 2014 5:53 am qebtel A well made video. Thanks qebtel, i will be posting the next video for the demolition of the roof soon, be sure to check it out and let me know what you think. All the best, James. Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 6Jul 06, 2014 10:57 pm Hi Gang After completing the site establishment we then went on to perform our demolition works, which consisted of pulling off our roof to make way for the new second story. The video of the demolition works being carried out can be viewed here - http://youtu.be/8eosf9iyZ_k Hope you enjoy the cool time lapse video, the next one in the series will be for our carpentry framing which shows the floor joists and steel beams being installed. All in all the progress on site is coming along nicely and its been a very rewarding experience to be so hands on with renovating our own property. Hope everyone else is having a great time building or renovating! All the best, James Mason. Btw - The full details and some extra info surrounding the demolition stage can be seen on my latest blog post as well - http://bit.ly/1qLcgRO Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 7Aug 12, 2014 10:11 pm Hi Guys I have finally made it around to getting the next installment of the "Small Space Big Build Project" video online. In this video i show the process we went through to install our structural steel beams, floor joists, insulation and sheet flooring. http://youtu.be/JRLxcuIoTlA?list=UUzxqT ... _Er9VPvKEQ Currently things are progressing well on site and if all goes according to plan i will be painting the exterior in the next couple of weeks so that we can remove our scaffolding. The next video which showcases the brickwork stage should be out in a few weeks as well, so stay tuned or subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date with all the videos. Btw - Happy to answer any questions if anyone is about to embark on a similar journey. All the best, James Mason. Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 8Sep 13, 2014 11:00 pm Hello again Latest update from the SSBB project, we had our little baby girl a few weeks ago!! Hench why the updates have been a little slow... That said here is the latest video that shows our brickwork stage being completed - http://youtu.be/z80V2wIhzWA I also shot a quick tutorial on some how to lay bricks basics that i thought was relevant to this stage of the project as well - http://youtu.be/T4NUvQWYTAA My next video will show our roof deck framing being installed. I also have a tonne of other footage being edited for the next stages, so if you want to follow along be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel to stay up to date - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzxqTj ... _Er9VPvKEQ Cheers guys, and happy building. Regards James. Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 9Sep 14, 2014 2:28 am I've just looked at your videos and they are amazing - really detailed. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to document your reno - I'm also amazed that you guys can live with all of that going on Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 10Sep 14, 2014 12:27 pm freakychick I've just looked at your videos and they are amazing - really detailed. Thank you for putting in the time and effort to document your reno - I'm also amazed that you guys can live with all of that going on Thanks Freakychick, plenty more to come, the camera doesn't leave me most days. Living in the property has been good apart from a few leaks early on, but will be good to get it wrapped up and back to normal Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 12Sep 15, 2014 2:48 pm qebtel Another great video. thanks. No problem, glad you enjoyed it Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 13Oct 09, 2014 9:43 am Hi Guys We have a roof with a view... Just edited the next video in the SSBBP installment for our carpentry stage. In this video I install our rafters over the main bedroom which not only forms our new roof but also creates our roof top deck. Video can be viewed here - http://youtu.be/m7dqn8_SBIE Installing the new rafters / floor joists was the easy part, getting the buggers up to the first floor was the tricky part... Like everything on the SSBBproject we had to manually lift everything up from the street due to restrictions with our overhead powerlines at the front of the property. I really enjoyed this stage as i got to test out some cool new cordless toys from Makita. The project has been getting some great interest from suppliers and manufactures who have seen what im doing with my videos on YouTube and it is leading to some interesting opportunities, so watch this space! In the next installment I will be featuring all of our face brickwork being installed to the front of the property. How is everyone else's projects coming along? id love to hear about them. All the best, James Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 14Oct 09, 2014 10:02 am Hi Our Build123 LOL You are the new Scott Cam(era) Sorry, For the bad joke Great build video, although you could add engineering videos , just a thought? Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 15Oct 09, 2014 1:14 pm Ha ha, nice one! Thanks for the tip, Great suggestion. Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 16Nov 02, 2014 1:53 pm What an awesome thread/project. You really know how to use social media to play to a major strength -- communication. Nice way to share your knowledge with peeps who are keen to do some work and are handy Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 17Nov 02, 2014 8:54 pm TomCat What an awesome thread/project. You really know how to use social media to play to a major strength -- communication. Nice way to share your knowledge with peeps who are keen to do some work and are handy Thanks Tom At, appreciate the kind words, I'm glad you're enjoying the build. Here is the latest episode - http://youtu.be/2SOOsjOEVkc All the best, James Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 18Nov 28, 2014 8:57 pm I should add that the brickies I used are awesome, been using These guys for about 15 years and they are the cleanest tradesmen around. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ We originally wanted to render the front but Leichhardt council made us match the original face bricks on the ground floor, at first we were **, but now in hindsight they look great! But they would want to at $2.20 a brick to purchase.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ A few weeks after the guys finished the face brickwork I acid cleaned the bricks Which you can see in the video below. They came up quite well and all in all we are really pleased with how it all looks. http://youtu.be/X3qf1BRqItg Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 19Jan 29, 2015 1:54 pm Hi, looks good. I'm wondering do you save much if you clean the bricks yourself by the time you hire the machine and buy the acid? I don't really want acid around me either. Next time I OB I will put up a camera so I can make sure the tradies are doing anything dodgie and tell them the camera is for 'documentary' purposes! lol Re: The "SMALL SPACE BIG BUILD PROJECT", follow our journey. 20Jan 29, 2015 2:19 pm A lot of the costs in cleaning bricks with or without a machine is in the labour. Obviously doing it yourself you will save quite a bit but that depends on how clean the original brickies are to start with and how much effort you have to expend to get a good result. 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