Hi Everyone,
I am currently doing an owner build and stuck on what I should be doing under the decking of our alfresco. Should I be laying Scyon sheeting, battens and…

More fun on the block!
Had 1 pier 200mm too high. Enjoyed cutting it down - NOT! Last one in picture below.

Site all nice and clean. No more mess between footings.

Next step will be the brick layers coming in to do the ground floor, then framing and windows.
We used an engineering firm called DMC Engineering from Narellan, NSW. They came…

FINALLY have had some works being carried out. The internal drainage was completed and soon after we have had the concreting done. There is some serious steel in our slab…

We have finally got piers in the ground but literally had no progress since then. This weather has been playing havoc on our block, raining almost everyday for the past…

Site looks like its got a nice slope to it like mine! It's a bugger to deal with isn't it.
Interested on your retaining wall - we have to do 2m.…

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I will get one up over the next day or two!

It is quite daunting! The block we are building on has quite a slope on it, cutting into the block like this allows room for our under house garage and…

Made some progress on the weekend. Can't believe its been 700 days in the making!
Enjoy some photos

A few more available on the blog!

Also, an idea of what the house will look like...

The approvals section was kept very short in contrast to what we actually had to deal with. Worst experience I have had!
Anyway, that's the past. We have completed the silt…

Hi Everyone,
I have been following this forum for a while, lurking in the background! Slowly I have been moving forwarded to get council approval to start my very own OB.
I…