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Forum: Australia
Dec 15th 2008, 7:17 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Nice to get into your own place, though, no?

Congrats at having survived!
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2008, 2:48 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Great! And thanks for reducing the pictures' file sizes!
Forum: Australia
Jan 19th 2008, 3:52 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Nice fencing!

Aren't those exterior power sockets a pain to get the plugs into? <g>
Forum: Australia
Dec 28th 2007, 7:57 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

I will PM you with Oscar's Jpeg reduction prog: freeware, nice little utility , self evident to use and shrinks pictures to whatever size/ quality you want. The ones I put on here are reduced from...
Forum: Australia
Dec 15th 2007, 7:31 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Congratulations: it's stressfull, to put it mildly but worth it when you lock up your rental for the last time!

To put it into perspective, six months after moving in we are still getting new...
Forum: Australia
Aug 15th 2007, 10:09 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

When I've finished the fencing!
Forum: Australia
Aug 13th 2007, 9:27 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Yes, it's not just the size (although size matters...) but the shape that screws you up, isn't it?

Our fridge is an LG side-by-side: the only one we could find that fitted into the rental's fridge...
Forum: Australia
Aug 13th 2007, 8:39 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Yes, be warned: fridges *are* a big problem when you design a kitchen. Most other appliances - dishwashers, ovens, microwaves and the likes - are modular and will fit 99% of the time. But fridges...
Forum: Australia
Jul 4th 2007, 8:55 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

The water slides look as if they could be a bit... splintery?... on the bum <G>
Forum: Australia
May 15th 2007, 6:45 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

You really *need* to be on site 24/7 to see where things are going wrong and be in a position to get them put right before they are "locked in". We had really major defects being put in during the...
Forum: Australia
May 6th 2007, 9:25 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

That is the "Australian way" I'm afraid.

Probably 75% of trades we have contacted fail to reply or to call back. I am sure the reason is partly because the regulations about DIY are so restrictive...
Forum: Australia
Mar 27th 2007, 8:32 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

They certainly look big enough to take a lot of concrete sewage! (Try drinking more water <g>)

They are pressing on, from the looks of things.
Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2007, 10:50 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Grin <g>.
Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2007, 7:16 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Certainly not - the very idea <G>.

I'd probably be better off if I had been though!
Forum: Australia
Mar 25th 2007, 3:18 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Not quite true: a slab takes many months to achieve a balance of water content that goes with the ambient humidity.

The "curing" process is a bit different - it's the gradual chemical "setting" of...
Forum: Australia
Mar 21st 2007, 6:31 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

There are two types of protection for the slab during curing but it doesn't affect the time whichever they use.

One style is to cover the concrete with polythene, the other is to spray on a sort...
Forum: Australia
Mar 1st 2007, 7:07 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Don't explain that one <g>
Forum: Australia
Feb 28th 2007, 10:24 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

BB
Forum: Australia
Feb 28th 2007, 8:43 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Oh, he's quick - so very very quick <g>
Forum: Australia
Feb 28th 2007, 6:36 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

No, that's not possible. But we have an acre of land, most of which is going to be planted with natives so we've been planting at the back, out of the way of the builders, for 3 months now. So far...
Forum: Australia
Feb 28th 2007, 4:13 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

I'm only on a 512KB broadband and there certainly *seems* to be a long time before some photos finish loading. I may have let Oscar's program keep quite a large file size on some: I use it quite a...
Forum: Australia
Feb 28th 2007, 12:03 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Comin on fine, thanks. As soon as the sun comes out and it is dry enough to set foot in the "garden" again I'll post! (It's been tipping down for so long now that the bits of my land that haven't...
Forum: Australia
Feb 27th 2007, 11:09 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Looks like a very nice hole <g>.

Can I make a suggestion? Download an image compressor - they are only a few Kb - and the photos come up much quicker, and more people will bother to look at them....
Forum: Australia
Feb 23rd 2007, 10:17 pm
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

DO make sure that your contract enables you to go onsite whenever you wish - you will see all sorts of things that need to be righted and it's too late when the cock-ups are covered with wallboard!
Forum: Australia
Feb 23rd 2007, 8:46 am
Replies: 872
Views: 84,794
Posted By Wol

Re: Tiawamutu's House Build

Yes, good luck: when is the projected finish?
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