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Offline DMIOM

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2010, 04:27:47 AM »
Quote from: John Hill on September 04, 2010, 05:19:33 PM
.... The builder called to assure me the concrete was not damaged ....

Well, I've seen guys using a variety of small poker appliances to vibrate out air pockets - but vibrating the whole slab  :bugeye:

Glad everyone's OK

EDIT: Having now seen pictures of the fault disruption and the destruction it has caused, am even more glad to hear of the low number of injuries ...
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #26 on: September 09, 2010, 11:16:00 PM »
More progress..!!!

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #27 on: September 10, 2010, 10:02:19 AM »
I see that you are going with a metal roof. They are becoming very popular here in the USA. That's the way I would go if I were building a new home.

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #28 on: September 10, 2010, 02:57:24 PM »
Wow John

That is coming along quite nicely!

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #29 on: September 13, 2010, 10:53:49 PM »
Good to hear the house and you/family are fine.

Should see the 'lake" behind my reno at the moment.  Cant do stumps for moment, so am held up.

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #30 on: September 13, 2010, 11:05:51 PM »
Quote from: jatt on September 13, 2010, 10:53:49 PM
Good to hear the house and you/family are fine.

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Thanks Jatt.
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Oh No!
« Reply #31 on: October 06, 2010, 04:53:38 PM »
Progress on the new shop and house has been going well, wall frames up and wrapped, roof on, electrician been, plumbing done,  bricklayer on site, aluminium windows arrived after being delayed by a landslip on the railway tracks for a week or so at a time when all emergency services were busy handling an earthquake.

Bricklayer looks at window frames and notices they are not the right ones! :doh:  Builder contractor called to the site but we have no record of what he said.

Bugger.. ::)
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Cancel that!!
« Reply #32 on: October 06, 2010, 05:02:49 PM »
No sooner had I typed the previous post and I get a progress report from the builders,  windows are all in (I didnt ask any questions  :loco:), bricks will be finished today, plasterers ready to start on the interior.  All sounds cool again. :med:
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #33 on: October 06, 2010, 05:10:10 PM »
Sounds like you have heard those fateful words which all who employ builders dread:

"I think you ought to come and have a look at this...." 

Glad it all seems to have turned out OK, though.

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #34 on: October 06, 2010, 05:14:26 PM »
Yes, I guess the bricklayer got the wrong end of the stick, of course this 'information' came from my wife who got it from her sister who is the wife of the electrician! :med:
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #35 on: October 08, 2010, 04:06:15 AM »
John

What did the Plumber have to say about it? :poke: :lol: :lol:

Cheers  :beer:

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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #36 on: October 10, 2010, 11:10:35 PM »
Bricks on!  It looks like it might be a house now!



W'shop is at the far end.
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #37 on: October 10, 2010, 11:21:11 PM »


This is the back of the house, the far away door way is the back door to the workshop (main entrance is through a roller door at the back of the garage), the workshop is 36 sq metres and there is about the same space available  for jobs that really need to be done outdoors.  I guess if I get it screened off I will be allowed to store junque there! :coffee:
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #38 on: October 11, 2010, 02:27:50 AM »
Lookin' good John.

All this work, just because you are buying a new mill :lol:


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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #39 on: October 11, 2010, 03:36:46 AM »
Quote from: bogstandard on October 11, 2010, 02:27:50 AM
Lookin' good John.

All this work, just because you are buying a new mill :lol:


John

I dont know about the new mill yet John!   That depends on how much we can get for the present house! :scratch:
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #40 on: October 11, 2010, 03:56:25 AM »
Crikey John that's fast work. Nice brickwork, are they real bricks?
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #41 on: October 11, 2010, 01:21:07 PM »
Quote from: Darren on October 11, 2010, 03:56:25 AM
Crikey John that's fast work. Nice brickwork, are they real bricks?

"Real"?  They are Australian bricks! :lol:

  I am pretty sure they are baked but I do not know what goes into the mix, obviously there is a lot of silica sand as the bricks have glitters throughout.
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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #42 on: October 11, 2010, 03:14:44 PM »
John,

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obviously there is a lot of silica sand as the bricks have glitters throughout

Wrong!!

Beach sand, barbeque ash and ground up sequins, all bonded together with bullsh.

I won't mention where the sequins come from. :lol:


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Re: New shop, slow progress!
« Reply #43 on: October 11, 2010, 03:37:25 PM »
Quote from: bogstandard on October 11, 2010, 03:14:44 PM
John,


Beach sand, barbeque ash and ground up sequins, all bonded together with bullsh.

Australian to the core then eh?


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