Just recently I've become mildly addicted to shows like Flip or Flop, Fixer Upper and Masters of Flip of these I think I like Masters of Flip the most. The interplay of the husband and wife as they try and renovate a home and on-sell it is very entertaining, and the...
House and Garden
Laying a Tile Screed Bed
When you do bathrooms you need to create fall to the floor wastes. This video from DTA shows how to mix and lay a screed. It doesn't show how to create fall or how deep the tile screed bed should be. I use tiling products from Jacoba tiles. You can go to Ceramic Tile...
Gyprock Taping Techniques
Taping Top Coating
Chickens Roaming, Sunset Glowing – Telarah
A test. This is an edit done from a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tablet.l
How do I do a Driveway – Maitland City Council
Maitland publishes some standard drawings which may be very handy for people such as myself who are trying to get a handle on the requirements for improvements and additions to a house. To get them: Go to Maitland Councils Website Hover over Planning & Development...
Reality Chicken Show
Just found http://hencam.com. Celebrity chickens with rock and roll hair styles living their privileged lives in a palacial multi-level abode. Multi-species drama including a rabbit and a goat. Check it out.
Flatpack is Mecanno for Adults
My wife and I are so sick of not having any storage space we have decided to put new wardrobes in both the front bedrooms. Now all I have to do is assemble the mecanno set. Shouldn't be too difficult.
How many bags of cement do I need to make 1 cubic metre of concrete?
Currently (Dec 2011) doing fence posts and some small concrete pads around the house so I need to self mix the concrete Here is a good example of what is required from the "General Purpose Cement Product Data Sheet" on Boral's Site General Purpose Cement Product Data...
Chookette – Layer of small eggs
Our newly acquired Silkie has layed two eggs. They are quite small and cute. Another dozen eggs and there will be enough for an omellete. We also have a Pekin chook and she and the Silkie keep each other company and provide moral support for each other due to being at...
Roof Restoration
Our humble timber cottage has an old tin roof. We can't afford to get it replaced at the moment but have gotten it pressure washed and painted in Shale Grey Colour. So now we are waiting for Google Maps to update it's...
Renovations
A blog post from the Android Phone. We are nearing completion. Just have to install Stainless Steel Wire Balustrading from All Things Stainless (incidentally they use Joomla and VirtueMart so nice to see a bit of open source being used in a nuts and bolts style of...
Brick Piers, Antcaps and Termite Proof Silicone
My Wife and I are putting an extension on our Weatherboard House. The extension is supported by 350x350mm brick piers with Gal Threaded rod running up through the centre of the piers to hold down the bearers. This setup requires a penetration through the Ant-cap (see...
New Guttering Installed
After 3 days of struggling with scaffold my Wife and I have finished the guttering. We sourced the Guttering from a sheetmetal product company in Newcastle Hancock Speedway When ordering the guttering I used my trusty QCAD, an Opensource 2D CAD Program to provide a...
Insulation – DIY
Cold Floors We own an old timber cottage. It's sitting on concrete peers on a sloping block, so wind can get under the house and chill the floor boards down. Insulating under the floors To try and take the chill off the boards, we have put insulation under the floor...
Owner Builders License
After completing an ozob.com.au online owner builders course. Today I traveled to Newcastle to get my Owner Builders License. After getting the license I let the council know that I'm about to start using a "Notice of Commencement". Another small step/s in the reno...
Woo Hoo Plans Approved – On to the Manual Labour
After submitting my plans and less than a month later they have been approved. Excellent! Now a trip to the office of Fair trading to get my Owner Builders permit and we are good to go...
Finally – Plans submitted to Council
After many months of fretting I have mustered up the courage to submit my plans to council.... Hopefully in 4 to 6 weeks I will get approval and be able to proceed. 4/09/2009
Owner Builder Exam Passed!
Just passed my Owner-builder exam online at http://www.ozob.com.au. Now I have to go to the office of fair trading and get an Owner-builders certificate. I am so not good at digesting regulations and understanding what needs doing. Funny how some things you do, other...