Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's started 162Sep 04, 2010 9:42 am _______________________________________________________________ We're a knockdown | rebuild ~ Melb SE burbs Building modified version of the Fairhaven Glenaire Homeone thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28429 _______________________________________________________________ Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's started! 164Sep 04, 2010 10:41 am Great news westy, hopefully things will keep ticking along for you guys. We got some sad news yesterday we are losing our ss he was really great, so disappointed. He told Dh he was leaving in a week was hoping he would last and finish our house, he is our 3rd ss. Wish they could get there act together, and keep good people. I would like to post some pictures up like you have done do I need to load them onto photobucket and specify a size when uploading them (novice here). Really pleased that things have started to progress. Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's started! 165Sep 04, 2010 11:55 am Bagheera wow westy - I'm so glad for you - finally something!! You're not too far behind me - fingers crossed for tomorrow sidewinder Good to hear the progress Westy, great house plans you have there! rosemi yay for footings! tinkster Woohooo!! Great news westy, hopefully the rest will be nice and quick and uncomplicated. Bit rude to invoice you before the slab goes down tho abbeybox Good stuff westy. It will be ticking along nicely soon. vanilla tree Woo hoo! Well done westy!! I have laughed so hard this morning about the slab invoice and the window frames getting delivered before the actual slab was poured!!! Unbelievable!! Lovely weather you're having over there, slab pour is looking beautiful ~ not to mention your gorgeous tree at the back is flowering. By the way, that trench around the outside of the slab is not by any chance your tree root barriers around your slab?? I'm guessing your 'normal' slab gets poured over the top? Have a good one!! ~ cheers, J molly2 Progress Kazzbah61 Great news westy, hopefully things will keep ticking along for you guys. We got some sad news yesterday we are losing our ss he was really great, so disappointed. He told Dh he was leaving in a week was hoping he would last and finish our house, he is our 3rd ss. Wish they could get there act together, and keep good people. I would like to post some pictures up like you have done do I need to load them onto photobucket and specify a size when uploading them (novice here). Really pleased that things have started to progress. It would be great if you could put up some pics. Yes, you need to open a photobucket account (which is free) and then you can just click the big green 'upload images' button on the site and select the pics to upload. You can change the size of them using photobucket. Then the tricky part is getting them on here (but really it's easy). When you open a picture on photobucket you will get a box that says "Share this image". From there you just copy the code in the "IMG Code" box and paste it into your post on here. Hopefully that helps. Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 167Sep 04, 2010 3:30 pm Hi Westy congrats mate! You're actually on your way to having a house now Hope its all smooth sailing from here on in -well it doesn't hurt to be optimistic, does it..? ~*~Moved in on the 16th April 2011~*~ Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 168Sep 04, 2010 9:10 pm Conslabulations! And a very fine looking slab it is, too! Glad things have finally started for you. Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 169Sep 04, 2010 10:00 pm Congratulations! Its a-- bo-- Its a gi-- Its a Slab! YAAAAY!! Building SOR with Dreamstart Homes Customised Dream Dior/Summer Sensation https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83776 Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 170Sep 04, 2010 10:01 pm Is that an Illawarra Flame tree in your back yard??? Building SOR with Dreamstart Homes Customised Dream Dior/Summer Sensation https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83776 Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 171Sep 04, 2010 10:35 pm Thanks guys! We are suitably chuffed today! We went back past on our way out this arvo but they were still at it (just 2 guys doing the whole thing!) so we left them to it. Hopefully I will be able to get some more pics tomorrow! And actually walk on it!! rosemi Is that an Illawarra Flame tree in your back yard??? Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 172Sep 04, 2010 10:46 pm haha, not that I want the prize, I'm just curious as to what tree it is. I wonder if its a Coral Tree or Poinciana? Building SOR with Dreamstart Homes Customised Dream Dior/Summer Sensation https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83776 Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 173Sep 05, 2010 12:11 am Woohooo!! Go westy! Working on a saturday, will wonders never cease! my new build thread- Ben Trager https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=89826 my switch build thread (2011) https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36569 Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 174Sep 05, 2010 8:32 pm tinkster Working on a saturday, will wonders never cease! Here's some more pics of the slab from this arvo's first 'walk-thru' - concrete has never looked so good! 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Don't breath in Asbestos Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 176Sep 06, 2010 9:10 am excellent, I am glad they came on the weekend. 17 JUNE SLAB DOWN 23 AUGUST BRICK WORK COMPLETE 15 SEPTEMBER ROOF COMPLETE 25 SEPTEMBER FIRST FLOAT COMPLETE 5 NOVEMBER LOCK UP 12 NOVEMBER GRANO POURED 27 NOVEMBER TILING COMPLETE 8 DECEMBER DEFECTS FIX AND FINAL CLEAN STARTED https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=34992 Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 178Sep 08, 2010 10:26 pm It IS a Coral Tree, well done rosemi and Debooy (and thanks for telling me! ). Bad news though - it got damaged today. Some &%$#@! obviously decided it was in their way when they were doing the sewer connections and a large branch has been ripped off the tree. I haven't seen it in person but I am very annoyed as it has taken off a fair amount of bark off the trunk, and you can see the branch on the ground: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Possibly the same dolt has also driven over one of the reinforcing bars for the front portico pillar and flattened it: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ They can't avoid this one cause there are some telltale tracks leading up to it. They also left a massive mound of sand on the slab from digging down the side, so goodness knows what they are doing with it. The site supervisor and admin have both been emailed with photos so we'll see what they say about it all. Oh, and happy 300 posts to me... Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 179Sep 08, 2010 11:28 pm Hey westy ~ congratulations on your slab! At long last! Hooray! Boo to that idiot that ripped that branch from the tree. Hopefully no long term damage. It's great to see stuff happening for you. ~ cheers, J _______________________________________________________________ We're a knockdown | rebuild ~ Melb SE burbs Building modified version of the Fairhaven Glenaire Homeone thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28429 _______________________________________________________________ Re: Westy's Demo/Rebuild in Perth - it's a SLAB!! 180Sep 09, 2010 11:52 pm glad to be of service (re the tree name). BTW, so long as the tree is not ring-barked, it should survive the damage done to it. As for the reinforcing steel rod, similar thing happened to mine but they just straigtened it up when they began bricking. Building SOR with Dreamstart Homes Customised Dream Dior/Summer Sensation https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=83776 if the original house is in good condition most of what you listed could be added in stages without the need for KDR and costs and disruption of having to live elsewhere… 1 21905 Thanks Katzie. 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