shiny piece of paper on our newly oiled shiny bench top |
At some point soon, I'll come back and continue the show here, bringing us all up to date. Got a few more Owner Builder articles in the pipeline too.
YAY FOR US...
the trials and tribulations of owner building a house in the bush land of the Strathbogie Ranges
shiny piece of paper on our newly oiled shiny bench top |
field B |
field A |
pulling pipes |
and then hiding it all away |
dosing syphon to alternate waste to each field |
Old mates Biggsy carving poles while Marcus carves wires |
aint never madea proper mortice and tenon joint before |
kinda fun though |
there's some nutso grain in these iron bark twigs (about 80kg each!!) |
tra-la-bloody-la |
Of course a standard door would not do. No, we gotta go make our own out of what scraps we have left over. Mmmm, reckon we should use those old springs as hinges???? |
so we start with GREEN waterproofing compound |
and away we go |
tiling takes patience |
and preparation |
did I mention prep? each glass tile is numbered to fit it's exact place |
so that they all finish neatly at the ends |
got bored tiling. built a shelf for the laundry |
the grout storm before the calm |
days it did take |
3200L septic tank |
NO, not a swimming pool. 18m2 of bloody sand filter |
jello bath?? |
20mm then 7mm rock |
here come the magic sand. |
waiting for the last geo fabric to arrive. |
while the plumbers plumbed, I got funky with the grinder |
cos our rocks don't have straight edges |
moments like these make it worthwhile...:) |
raw shards of glass ... |
... arranged into patterns ... |
... become glass tiles for the bathroom |
rockin bedhead needed resetting |
why buy trims from the Big Green Shed? |
it's heaps more fun trying to get bendy sticks to look sort of straight |
a little encouragement from the right tools helps |
each board takes hours to process |
from this raw stock |
helping hands keeping us moving along |
who'd ever want smelly mdf? |
these bits are for a secret portal |
tile maestro at work |