yetchh Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Used an offcut to mark what height to cut the uprights for the cap. Gave 2-3mm under the shadowclad for any water that somehow manages to get in there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted November 7, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 7, 2020 Last week I went and got some 300x25mm treated boxing to fill in between the uprights. Did this bit first to find the height roughly at where the multiple access gates will sit with three planks, there's also a little 100mm filler above the the planks. You can see here at the bottom where the found sticks out. All this will be stained dark along with the found so I don't think it'll be seen. This corner will have gates both sides as its the designated hut/dugout. This whole corner of the house will have an access gate every bay as its the "living" side. Around the other side and opposite ends they'll just be every second bay. Its all a bit of overkill, but when you walk around the neighbourhood and see that most people just have cement board, and it's generally inside the line of the cladding, it looks shit. I was gonna put stone around the bottom but the cbf factor took over. This should look a bit better than the norm. 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Oh... By the way, Finally had the abortion removed and replaced with clean timber... So fucken good. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted December 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 12, 2020 God.. I'm so time poor it's rediculous.. The back side of the house where the new fence is has always been about 150mm low, in part because the neighbours house sank in the quakes. The fencer said I could retain up to 200mm just using the posts so I got some 1500mm boxing and whacked it in 20mm lower than the house found with a couple of 600mm pegs every bay.. Cue 8m of free soil.. Gonna put a bunch of weed mat down and bark/plant it out. Can get pretty good limestone pavers for 25 bucks a ton (fucken cheap) from a quarry up by Waiau so thinking of paving from the back steps out to the clothes line and down the side of the house to the back yard. May even pave in front of the the front steps but not sure. Will use the same lime chip I used in the court yard as a path around the pavers (all come from the same quarry).. Also, since garages seem to be horrifically expensive, looking to put a 7x6m pole carport where the tunnel houses are and close it in with one side removable. This is amongst all the other shit I have to do in the next 6 months as we've put an offer in on a house in golden bay. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted January 23, 2021 Author Share Posted January 23, 2021 Got started on the last of the interior finishing after the hols, had ten days before I went back to work (ended up wasting most of it) got a fair bit done amongst other things. Continued the ply theme on in the kitchen as by now the bench top is no longer temporary (hah) It got a couple of pics of the kitchen, but suffice to say it took a bit longer than I originally thought. I guess that's how it is with bespoke shit that you don't originally plan for. Was I big help having my bro in law there, he does a lot of shop installs so knows the tricks. I set the fridge cavity up for newer taller dimensions, it's a snug fit with this one and have to stick it out slightly to open the door, didn't really think about the door opening.. Hopefully modern fridge have zero open doors. Worst comes to worst I can delete the piece of ply between the fridge and the cupboard for extra room. This is all just mocked up, still have to dismantle the whole thing to sand and epoxy it all Once we got that sorted we moved on to the laundry/skullery. Again I hadn't made any provisions for any cabinetry as at the time I was just rushing to get the house complied. Had to move the plumbing from down where the super tub had been to up where the mixer would be. Also had to move a power point up onto the bench that ended up behind the draws. Before, can see the offending plumbing and left hand power point. Also in typical fashion there was power running straight where I needed to put the wing backs, shit like this soaks up a lot of time. Power was easy enough. Sink hole, Also had to remove an offending under floor vent. Had originally kept most of them with the thought that they could be good for cool air in the summer. Not this one tho as we decided to put a cabinet there and it stuck half way out. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted January 23, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2021 All of a sudden even basic cabinetry had got really expensive, the company I got all of this from also didn't have and sort of broom/utility stuff so I ended up having to buy one from homejob10.. Still cost 400 and had to cut it down 100mm as it was too deep. Was pretty painless in the end. Plumbing sorted, Cabinet in, Sides on and shelves in This is the stop end of the main bench (the bit above with the round splotch) wall was a long way out of plumb as you can see by the line so I just butchered the back 3rd of the panel with a skillie to make it fit. Butchered... Then today after a mornings garden maintenance I made up a couple of templates for the last of the shelves. Then started the laborious task of sanding, should get most of the laundry done tomorrow then I can finish the kitchen and maybe take a weekend off before I get back into the outside 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 Late night epoxy.. Had to sand back the main parts of the bench so I could glue them sand the joins and have a seamless epoxy topcoat. Also had to rout a biscuit slot as the only way I can put them to together is to slide them in.. Love having a table saw.. Can just cut up any size or thickness I want. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted February 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2021 Final install, All together, Whilst waiting for the glue to cure decided to put the draw faces on and handles Classic chinesium, very last mount on the very last handle Final prepsol to clear any greasy kids fingerprints. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted February 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2021 Bit of epoxy.. Did it a different way this time as the window squeegie was a bit unwieldy. Last time I recoated the kitchen bench I used just a nook and cranny roller but it's a bit slow spreading the stuff around so I bought a new 90mm hog bristle brush (last time I used an older one that kept leaving bristles behind so didn't use it) which made it better for spreading everything, especially into corners and along walls, then I could finish with the roller. Would have been nice if there was a thinner foam roller as the epoxy would soak into these ones and get hot really quick.. but meh, still worked good. Is much easier to do the sides with a roller and control the drips, All done.. And very shiney, won't last long in my house. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted February 13, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 13, 2021 Then today I rebated the sink into the bench, Got the sink in the right place and traced it with a .3mm pen, Rout the line off so I have a small margin for error, Took a while to get it to sit right as you have to massage the edges to straighten them and leave no lip between the sink and bench but it kept rocking, then I remembered the tags for the clamps, and cut the corresponding wood out.. Bit of epoxy to protect from any water ingress, Came up better the the kitchen anyway. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreatestben Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 That finish is nice! Digging the rebated sink! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Some nice craftsmanship going on there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted February 13, 2021 Author Share Posted February 13, 2021 43 minutes ago, thegreatestben said: That finish is nice! Digging the rebated sink! Yeah comes up pretty good, still had the occasional air bubble but not too bad.. (nice pun by the way) 20 minutes ago, Bling said: Some nice craftsmanship going on there. She's a hack job m9. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Think I have the same sink here. Great size but takes ages to fill lol. The trap I put together with a smear of sealant either side of the gasket as the one in my old house was a prick for the tiniest leak. Nice work Thomas. Coming along nicely indeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted February 14, 2021 Author Share Posted February 14, 2021 Cheers bro, yeah I just used heaps of silicone grease, the gasket for the overflow was about 5mm too narrow either side for the housing it fits in, que more silicone grease. Stuffs pretty good at stopping water.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Siliconed the sink in last week end Bit of weight, Came up good. Then installed the hospital taps I scored but left under the house to corrode for three years before realising. Came up good with a bit of foil and vinegar considering.. The plumbers tape is only temporary, will use hemp on it when I do it proper. Nice to be able to wash my whole arm without having to use the shower. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Fuck.. Glutton for punishment.. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted February 27, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 27, 2021 Every tile job has that one cunt.. Bit of grout, Siliconed and taps on.. Have to get longer screws for the power point. Full of shit. Still have to do the tile trim and kick panel but I'll wait till the end to do those. Had a break yesterday and did some other shit. Today I'll disassemble the kitchen and sand/epoxy those bits, finish the trims etc and then the interior is done.. Fucken yay. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 Shit, that time went quick.. Pulled the kitchen to bits Took longer to epoxy than the laundry as there were so many little bits and double sides.. Reassembled only to find...... Somewhere along the line we managed to get it out of alignment with the rest of the bench.. My ocd couldn't handle it and I had to pull it all out again to realign it, would've killed me if I didn't. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yetchh Posted June 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 7, 2021 Kitchen finished (besides the extra little bit of plaster and skirting from the aforementioned fuckup) Another place to store crap.. (note the off colour cupboard doors) 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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