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By reputation Tolmans Hill is a windy place. Very windy. So windy that many Hobartians would never consider living here. That attitude is prevalent because much of the northern end of Tolmans Hill – with its view of the mountain itself in addition to much … Continue reading →

It’s the start of a new week and our three ‘carpenters-plus’ are pleased to have gotten ‘out of the ground’ last week, that is, to be done with the foundations. They happily admit they prefer working in and with their element, wood, rather than … Continue reading →

Days 39–42 (29 April–2 May), following Monday’s successful concrete pour, see heaps of tangible progress being made. Every day has a new and pleasant surprise as: the formwork for the upper path is stripped off the carpenters make rapid progress … Continue reading →

Putting up scaffolding is inherently dangerous, difficult and usually monotonous work. While the pour goes on, two scaffolders far from the pump action work to put up the platforms around the art studio perimeter. Not for the fainthearted.  

By way of an apology, learning all the technical ins and outs of blogging doesn’t happen overnight – or even in a month or so. There are a few buttons, such as the one marked ‘Publish’, that can be dangerous … Continue reading →

Monday, 28 April, sees us welcome a new team member to Ian’s band of creative producers. Jib (his real name) joins Damien and Nathan, the site foreman, for at least the next month. All three are carpenters-plus, as the photos … Continue reading →

The project has arrived at a small fork in the road: to move rapidly ahead with scaffolding , which allows a start on the lower timber floor of the main house and the studio and their wall framing, or unusually, … Continue reading →

The overall foundations really begin to take shape once the poles start getting welded in place. Your photographer got to the site too late to see the installation process but managed to see the amount of thought and concentration required … Continue reading →

The block walls are only a small part of the foundations for the whole house. While the number of blocks laid hasn’t been counted, on level ground this would be considered a relatively small job. The blocklayers are pleased (and relieved) … Continue reading →

The blocklayers waste no time in getting organised. Meanwhile Jarrod digs the trenches for the stormwater and sewer lines that connect into the sewer and stormwater mains at the south-east corner of the site.