Browse Forums Owner Builder Forum Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 226Feb 25, 2017 12:13 pm Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 229Feb 26, 2017 8:33 am Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 231Apr 14, 2017 9:40 pm Things have slowed again. Once school started I began getting quite a lot of teaching (unusual for term 1) which put the brakes on the build somewhat. I need the extra work as at the end of June I am heading off on another overseas trip. This one is 8 days hiking through the Fann Mountains in Western Tajikistan followed by a 2 week 4 wheel drive across Tajikistan and the Wakhan Corridor (Afghan border) into Kygyzstan. Then I am flying to Azerbaijan travelling up through the country into and around Georgia and then journeying down into Armenia. 6 weeks altogether and I can't wait! I finally resolved the sliding glass door dilemma - it took me two weeks to get a hold of the person responsible at the company that made the doors. They were able to tell me that, yes, I do need to turn the doors upside down and move the casters. This was a bit of a struggle as the double glazed doors are pretty heavy and getting them on a trestle by myself was a challenge. Another task concerned the ceiling PFC that crosses the kitchen and forms the top of the "T" beams that I put in a few months ago. I was always a little concerned, despite the engineers instructions, as to the strength of this beam to support the weight of the roof. My paranoia led me to believe I could see a slump starting to occur. I put a straight edge along this beam and found there was indeed a slump of about 10mm over its 4.5m length. So to put my mind at rest I decided to put a second beam under the first. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It is placed a little off centre to the one above - this is so that it also catches the end of the perpendicular beam and provides extra support there too. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ It will mean that the kitchen bulkhead will be 100mm lower but that will not bother me as the beam covers are meant to be a bit of a feature to break up the ceiling space. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ A spare length of tubing and my car bottle jack helped raise the two beams 10mm while I fitted the extra vertical supports either end. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I also moved the door framing in the second bedroom due to the fact that when I moved the bathroom wall to make more room for the loo - it shortened the distance between the door frame and the bathroom wall and I was worried the door handle would hit the wall. Otherwise the rest of my time has been spent with weed control and in the veggie garden. Despite the long hot summer I have reaped considerable produce. This is my first time growing eggplants and I have to say they have been very successful. This is one of several baskets full: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ There are several capsicums in there too - and you may notice a couple are purple. I'd never seen them this colour before - and they came from a packet of green capsicum seeds. I am going to keep seeds from these and grow them again. Below are some of the 65 butternut pumpkins from this years patch: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Yesterday I ripped out the pumpkin vines and the eggplants and mulched them for my compost. And today I neatened up the garden, put down fresh compost and mowed around the veggie garden: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 233Apr 16, 2017 7:40 am Lots of progress! Exciting trip too. So you managed to turn the doors by yourself? That's a monumental effort Veg Garden looks fantastic. Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 235Jun 28, 2017 9:53 pm Well it's been a long time coming but I am off tomorrow for 6 weeks on another overseas trip. So unfortunately no progress to be made on the house. But I've been working 7 days a week FOREVAH!! and I really need a break. Since returning to casual teaching I have been kept busy with almost 5 days a week work - every week. It's been useful to put coin in the coffers and I've already paid for the trip, but it has slowed down work on the house miserably. So when I return in mid August I will cut the teaching down to 3 days a week which will give me 4 days a week to work on the house. I am off first to Tajikistan to trek in the Fann Mtns for 10 days, then driving across the country along the Wakhan Corridor and up into Kyrgyzstan where I fly (via 27 hours in Moscow) to Azerbaijan, travel up into and around Georgia and then ending in Armenia. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (If interested in foreign climes - I shall be updating my travel blog whenever possible as I go: HERE ) See you in August and I look forward to seeing everyone's progress. Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 236Jun 28, 2017 9:55 pm waxinggibbous Well it's been a long time coming but I am off tomorrow for 6 weeks on another overseas trip. So unfortunately no progress to be made on the house. But I've been working 7 days a week FOREVAH!! and I really need a break. Since returning to casual teaching I have been kept busy with almost 5 days a week work - every week. It's been useful to put coin in the coffers and I've already paid for the trip, but it has slowed down work on the house miserably. So when I return in mid August I will cut the teaching down to 3 days a week which will give me 4 days a week to work on the house. I am off first to Tajikistan to trek in the Fann Mtns for 10 days, then driving across the country along the Wakhan Corridor and up into Kyrgyzstan where I fly (via 27 hours in Moscow) to Azerbaijan, travel up into and around Georgia and then ending in Armenia. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ (If interested in foreign climes - I shall be updating my travel blog whenever possible as I go: HERE ) See you in August and I look forward to seeing everyone's progress. Was just about to ask for an update! Look forward to seeing your progress when you get back from what sounds like a fantastic trip Build thread http://tinyurl.com/llgc7yk Re: Tondelver House - Southern Highlands 238Jul 03, 2017 3:02 am Enjoy your trip! Owner Builders in boot-shaped Yorke Peninsula : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=80264& 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… 8 2249 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… 0 947 |