Daily Archives: 2014/04/23

Day 18: lucky time


Saturday: the team is driving ahead to be ready for the planned concrete pour on Tuesday. Two more carpenters join in just for the day to assist Ian and Damien. It’s a lucky time for your photographer, who works full-time and hates … Continue reading

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Days 6–20: reo, cast-in plates and formwork


Despite some rainy days that slowed down and in a few cases temporarily stopped progress and a 4-day illness for a key building team member, things move ahead. Holes are drilled into rock in the bottom of the pier-hole excavations … Continue reading

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Day 5: piers without peer


From today the piers are all dug. Then it’s on to digging the small strip footings that would support the block walls at the front of the house high up on the hill.   Progress has been slow but steady on … Continue reading

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