yetchh Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 I also had to install a kitchen extractor, came with a ding for good measure.. Got them to send me a new one, classic no planning for kitchen when I decided to put the hole for the ducting encountered a ceiling batten so I had to squeeze the duct in half to get it through there.. still, pulls like a school boy which is great. That's everything up to code.. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted August 13, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2018 With all that done it was time to spend a bit of effort on some landscaping as essentially it was just a house on a block of sand. Set out the edging and put down 11 cubes of top soil, Came up pretty good I thought, better than ready lawn and one 10th the price, did a shit load of weed pulling tho, At the same time I built three raised garden beds, 1m x 2.5m.. thought I took pics but seems I either didn't or I didn't.. you can just see one in the above pic, as with the bark I put down.. 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted August 13, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2018 Put this up, Cost about 500.. put down an ap slab Perfect for growing classics.. They just fit with enough room to almost open a door.. It was really the only solution I had that was temporary to house these two, sitting outside for a year has really taken its toll on the 121, the zed had faired a lot better under a tarp, but this is the best of a bad sitch.. After I put it up I realised I'd orientated it wrong by 90deg and if I need to expand I'll have to turn it, which I think I will soon as I'm about to lose storage for the Landau.. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimShadboltfan27 Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 fuck that's a rad/cost effective storage facility. moisture gonna be an issue in there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 Not from the ap as I put a layer of polythene plastic to stop rising moisture, can get a small amount of moisture after a big rain but it's gone almost as soon as you open the door.. was good to buy a dehumidifier to eliminate any that occurred but haven't got around to it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 I must say as a fencer...your fence is sad 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Yeah it's fucked.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 atleast you know when shits shit.. most people up this way would want it "tidied up"...for cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted August 14, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2018 I also came back early from my xmas holidays specifically to work on the patio area, I managed one day on it then it rained for 5 fucken days.. used that time to hang a TV on the wall. Don't have a before shot as usual, well I kind of do.. Wanted to something with a whole lot of free bricks I got, decided on a herringbone style with a border, I ended up doing away with that particular corner style and just did a straight border no square, [/URL Filled it in with sand, out took me almost 6 months to get to this point such was my lack of motivation for paving.. I wasn't sure what I want to fill it in with, had a while lot of hinuera stone paving which is really nice to walk on but only had enough for 16 squares, I needed 24.. then doing a job for a client and he had a huge pile of crushed limestone which when got with a compactor goes pretty hard (fwii).. was sold. My little girl doing her bit, had to be on the rake.. that's her roller you can see in Wellington colours Came up quite a lot better than I had imagined There's also been quite a bit of planting going on as you can see by my partner.. some stuff I'm not so sure about. 13 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 How.about all.that flash new kerb and channel outside your.house too?! The blokes who did the prep work for the kerbies were a bit short on kind things to say about the graduate who oversaw that job. I'd love to know if your flooding problem is cured next time we get a decent rain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 So that's the living area 95% finished, was gonna build a shed to the left of the raised beds but Mrs doesn't want that now, and a small tunnel house to the right, Will get there eventually, need to put some sort of border around the lawn.. as much as I like black birds, they fucken flick shit from the garden (seagrass mulch from the estuary) all over the lawn.. anyway, pics Now on to the windows/cladding.. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, RUNAMUCK said: How.about all.that flash new kerb and channel outside your.house too?! The blokes who did the prep work for the kerbies were a bit short on kind things to say about the graduate who oversaw that job. I'd love to know if your flooding problem is cured next time we get a decent rain. Yeah nice, tho the other side is getting a while lot more done.. not one to complain, but they never put the dirt for the lawn back so there's a big trench between the curb and the existing lawn still.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That gets done last. But if it's not done within four weeks of the hot mix being laid, call (03)9418999 and whinge like a caller to talkback radio. Because this are so poorly organised at present I'd. Not be surprised if it.never got done. Be sure to state that it's a safety concern too...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 It's a total ankle breaker/fall in whilst lawn mowing toe cutting trench.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUNAMUCK Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 9418999. That number will get shit done. Just leave my name.out of it......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Ok.. time for the windows.. As it is at the moment I just have window sitting straight on the ply (with a 10mm gap) but it's a look that I hate, so to give it a bit more depth I decided a long time ago I wanted sills and facings around the windows. I set up a batten to carry the sill when it came time to attach them. As you can see here just below the window, I then had to decide what style I wanted and how I was going to fix the sill, the easiest was to just cut a 75deg bevel on the back of a piece of mac giving it 15deg of fall away from the window and automatically giving it a drip edge, Like this, and the facing would come down onto it, made the ledging even at 30mm around the facing, Drilled at roughly 300 centers with 100mm ss screws and mastic to hold them, I then had to fill the hole, which by the way was made with a cheap bunnings speed bore that cut the hole at exactly 10mm unlike the more expensive Bosch bit that cut it at 11mm, que the expensive plug cutter.. Get in the hole! Can see a small edge, as you can with some of them.. put that down to lack of attention when drilling holes/plugs.. can't see it from 2m.. Then on with the rest, you can also see the rear deck.. And that's where I'm up to now, start the facings this weekend and then on to the CLADDING!.... finally 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That patio / lawn area looks tight as fuck man. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 Cheers bro, its all a bit smaller than I wanted but I think it just feels smaller because of the house.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Ragtop Posted August 16, 2018 Share Posted August 16, 2018 Yep, she's lookin great man! Once it's all done I think you'll have earned a shed for those old cars! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Earned a DB.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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