Unclejake

I got a bit of time to mess around doing some landscaping in the weekend. I also managed to get the basement closed in. UJ are happy TBH And there was even time to waterblast all the mud off the floor. Please forgive the poor photo. It was taken tonight under the FUCKING AWESOME lights... but the generator is now playing up so I've hauled it down to the workshop. I'll take a look at it Thursday

The lights were brand new Ha! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?archive=1&id=1068569181

The lights are 150w Philips Tango 2s 150w sodium is about triple the light output of a 150w incandescent

I'm so happy you're getting coc at last Manu *winkface*

Gabled

What sized banana? The floor is 4.6 x 2.4 (external) so the inside will finish at 9.9sqm

Man oh man these lights are good. They take a while to warm up, but they hardly draw any electricity and are going to make a huge difference

It's too dark to work after 5.15pm and I only get weekends from 1pm so I built a light tower using some bits of wood, some sodium lights I got from TradeMe for $45 each, and extension cord and the generator Errrm. Turn your head. I dunno how to rotate this stz. Sorry

I have a big strong mate who offered to do the digging. He's doing a HUGE job

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Young Jake'sAE101 is onto it. Smelly stuff stays outside. 10sqm is actually bloody tiny TBH. My current home bedroom is 16sqm... and I can't wait to be away from it and up on that hill

Evidently not. The deck will be 10 sqm too... which is also OK without a permit

I've had a mate help out with digging duties. He's preparing for the deck install and is doing a bloody fine job TBH

LOL. Youse are all mental. It's choice

It's mainly so moisture doesn't get close to the underside of the floor, and also to allow me to fit the clamps (the orange things) to the joists so I could tighten up the T&G My reflective foil isn't perforated so I've cut a slice in every droop to allow water to escape. The foil should reduce rising moisture and will also reflect a tiny bit of temperature and reduce updrafts when the T&G opens up, but it doesn't have significant thermal properties. It was cheap as all hell so I fitted it anyway.

Ewww. Bad interiors are bad. Nice work son.

It's exempt. It's only 10sqm! With the potbelly going the real issue will be keeping it cool enough. The floor is down already

Understood. There'll be no removing this stuff if it falls to bits as there's no crawl space. The drooping reflective foil is only 100mm or so above the ground. The roll was $65 and it seemed a better idea than fitting nothing.

plz explain dear chap

I bought it new 15 years ago and it's still awesome

Hello darlings, I got the floor down, but it was under torch light so no photo of the finished product sorry Here's about half way done. It needs a good scrub! Now to dig. Lots and lots of dig

Only a third of it. They remaining basement will be external access only. I'm paying a lot of attention to keeping rodents out too, so it takes a while to ensure all the small gaps are plugged

In fairness that gauged timber was a TradeMe purchase and cost only $360 (it's H4 and I have some left over). I'm planning on this structure lasting several decades

Subfloor almost done http://www.iforce.co.nz/View.aspx?i=4fu3nkcs.qfr.jpg

The bloody 12v LED light bulbs are ball tearingly expensive. They're $35 each. I foolishly bought some 12v incandescent bulbs but then a mate pointed out how many amps a 60 watt 12v bulb draws. The wiring would have to be massive. The incandescent bulbs were cheap though I'll try some Aliexpress LEDs to see just how shit they are