Tikka's Blog Archive
| This blog is written by Tikka | 32 entries so far |
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A New Start #32: Stairwell - continues 07 September 2011
Now that the weather has turned a little wetter and cooler, it is time to start the real work ins...
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A New Start #31: Patio Porch 22-August to 6 September 2011
So work on the porch has continued, nearly daily, but no real time to post the progress, so here ...
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A New Start #30: Patio Porch 15-21 August 2011
The last 3 weeks my son, Nathan has been visiting and helping out. One of the most highest prior...
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A New Start #29: Stairwell - continues
Yesterday we got 99% of the remaining ceiling/roof down along with the toilet wall. It was hard ...
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A New Start #28: Stairwell
WEll today we started the last stage of the demolition process – We are removing the stairs...
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A New Start #27: Patio
Not a huge amount undertaken in the last couple of days, mainly cleaning up, a little more demo ...
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A New Start #26: New workshop
The demolition is taking its time – with temperatures of 30 C. (86 F.) full sunshine it has...
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A New Start #25: New workshop
The original plan to build a 125m2 (1345 sq. ft) workshop was denied by the local planning depart...
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A New Start #24: Bedrooms and Upstairs 08-05-2011
Not too much achieved this weekend The framing of the the first two walls is complete. ...
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A New Start #23: Bedrooms and Upstairs 06-05-2011
Today I managed to support the roof where the chimney had been removed. I wanted to ensure tha...
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A New Start #22: Bedrooms and Upstairs 05-05-2011
The next few blogs will cover the last of the demolition work (I hope) – for the last few d...
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A New Start #21: Kitchen and ground works 29-04-2011
For some unknown reason the previous owners of the house wanted to put a staircase from the kitch...
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A New Start #20: The cladding goes on
It has been some time since I last posted – My son has visited me from England, My wife cam...
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A New Start #19: Roof and framing Finished (10-04-2011)
The crew turned up about lunchtime today (Sunday), just to finish off a few minor things – ...
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A New Start #18: Bathroom Framing and roofing
I missed the chance to post yesterday, so I will combine the progress of both days in this blog ...
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A New Start #17: Framing the bathroom roof has started
The framing crew arrived on time this morning and despite the bad weather rain and strong winds t...
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A New Start #16: Bathroom Extension
Wow it has been so long since I posted on this site 209 Days – I do not know where the time...
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A New Start #15: Inside and outside (04-05/09/2010)
Saturday: I finished off clearing the plaster board of the walls to the kitchen to 1m (39”) high ...
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A New Start #14: Outside (02-03/09/2010)
Thursday: Was concrete day – the pump arrived at 07:30 – it was huge with a 36m (120’...
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A New Start #13: Outside, Kitchen & Utility room (30-31/08 & 01/09/2010)
Monday: Basically I took the day off, trying to recover a little after the really heavy weeken...
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A New Start #12: Outside services, Utility Room and Kitchen (23 - 29/08/2010)
Well another week has been and gone, I do not know where the time goes, but I guess I must be pre...
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A New Start #11: Outside services (22-08-2010)
22-08-2010 I got another early start on Saturday morning, today was the day for laying pipes f...
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A New Start #10: Outside services (21-08-2010)
I got an early start on Saturday morning, I had a new “Big-Boy’s-Toy” to play with :) If y...
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A New Start #9: Outside services (20-08-2010)
It has been a long and hectic weekend – hence the reason for not posting over the last coup...
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A New Start #8: External Services (19-08-2010)
Not much to report today, I have been planning the routing of the external services and checking ...
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A New Start #7: Utility Room (18-08-2010)
The concrete block I encountered yesterday, turned out to be a rain water tank, which I guess was...
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A New Start #6: Utility Room (17-08-2010)
I am guessing by now that this part of the series is getting a little boring for you all to read,...
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A New Start #5: Utility Room (16-08-2010)
I tried to have a nice relaxing weekend, but on Saturday I helped my Son-in-Law with a little wor...
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A New Start #4: Utility Room (13-08-2010)
A short day today – the heavy work is catching up on my muscles – thankfully it the w...
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A New Start #3: Utility Room (12-08-2010)
Not too interesting today, just finishing off the demolition – now the chimney is completel...
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A New Start #2: Utility Room (11-08-2010)
I have been assessing the work needed to be undertaken and trying to prioritize that work –...
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A New Start #1: Introduction (11-08-2010
Those of you who know me from Lumberjocks, will now know that I have closed my workshop down in F...
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