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PeterH

Tapitallee NSW
Joined 21 August 2008
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12 years12 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Thanks Deemaree. Its cool having another little one around the place. And the girls are being so nice to him too. That'll all change once he up and about and…

12 years12 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Wow, its been a while since I've dropped in here. Time sure gets away.
But I thought I'd chuck a few more pics up of what we've done around the place.…

13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Hi skid. The deck is 9790x4000. Its a good size for the kids to run around while we're sitting at the table out there.
And BenPrin, thanks for the nice words…

13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi

The tank was the first thing we put in. Had to buy 10k L of water to put in it to hold the liner flat though.
And once the shed…

13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Anyone with Acreage - Come Say Hi

I'm really loving everyone's little bits of paradise. And some of those front entry fence ideas are just what I've been looking
for, so thanks :D

13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Wow, its been a while since I updated this. Shows how slow things are moving here at the moment.
Back in September last year we insulated and lined the walls of…

13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
So what have you done in your garden today?

Before the rain hit on Sunday I dug out a drain and some steps down the side of the house.
Now I just need to work out what to do with…

So what have you done in your garden today?
13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Shelving inside a colorbond shed

Exactly what I was thinking the other day synapse. I like Fu's idea of the stud wall. A simple one of those attached to the portal frames might work.
And yep,…

13 years13 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Shelving inside a colorbond shed

I've whipped myself up a couple of these. Just used the left over green tongue floor sheets as the shelves.
But I really would like some shelves over the workbench too.…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Gday Tubbym, sorry for the late reply, I've sent you a pm just in case you don't check back in here again.
And thanks Bendnsnap. I've heard its getting harder and…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Progress on the garage has been a bit slow with a few social events creeping in on weekends.
But we've got nearly all the cladding done. The wiring is roughed…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

And then Luke came down and we had a great weekend for putting the roof on.
Facias and gutters on. Barge roll in progress. Some bozo (ie. me) ordered gutters that…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Got the roof battened out so that the roofer didn't have to do it. And with some help from my wifes uncle and my wife we got the timber facias…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

There always seems to be something to do Hammerhead :) Pity the to-do-list doesn't seem to ever get shorter, only longer!
Bolted the frames down
And…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

We've now built some frames and got them stood up.

We also whipped up a few trusses too. We ran out of gang nails before we could finish them, and…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
6x6m garage frames (timber)

Thanks for all your replies guys.
I've emailed the plans to the inspector to get his thoughts on them and we'll see what happens from there. I've also been looking…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

After a weekend of setting up the formwork, plastic and steel we were ready to fill it up.
It was at this stage I realised I'd made the beams 100mm too…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

And we thought we'd better do something about getting the garage up and going. So we got a guy in to move some dirt around and dig some holes.
Before
All…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Little bits and pieces have been getting done around the place. Dunno if the list is getting any shorter though ::wornout::
Finally managed to…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
6x6m garage frames (timber)

Hi there,
I was hoping someone with more skills in frame/truss design could look over my efforts of designing frames and trusses for our garage. We're pretty much ok with the…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
What colour facias??

Thanks for your ideas everyone :)
I think we'll just do it white to start with, and then if that's no good we can experiment…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
What colour facias??

We're finally getting through painting the house. But we're stuck on what colour to do the facia boards.
The walls are Dune and the roof is Ironstone. We thought about doing…

What colour facias??
14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Hi Michelle,
Thanks for the rap, we're loving the place.
As for how long, we started turning dirt for the house in Feb 2008, and moved in on June 26 2009. So…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Thanks serialstyler. I hope we've got the absorption pipes set up right. We should hook it all up and see how we did.
The back deck is just about done. We…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

We also got some blinds put in the dining/family room. We thought we had till late January so one of the windows wasn't even painted. They rang and said can…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Show me your kitchen...

There is some fantastic kitchens in here. Great work everyone, so good to see some of the creative use of materials and colours. ::
I thought…

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

As for whats been going on....we still have a list a mile long to get done. Trouble is we keep adding things to this list :?

14 years14 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Our Kitome Glenbrook - Garage Roof On

Hi peka4444, haven't been on here in a while so missed your reply.
From our experience the cost for us to owner build made a lot of sense. We did the…

15 years15 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Skirting tiles - How tall?

We went with 300x300 tiles, and a full tile for the skirting in the toilet and laundry.

15 years15 yearsPeterHPeterH posted:
Power Bills....

Too true Fiffaro.
That's what my dad, who is an electrician and electrical engineer, said too. The compact fluro life span is considerably reduced if they get turned on and…

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