Brickies been working this week on the garage wall which is 3.1m high, garage door opening is 2.53m high great for my 4wdrives with loaded…

Getting ready for the brickies to do the face wall of the garage, side garage wall 11m long and finish the 10 remaining piers.
Had 1600 bricks come this week but…

Concrete being laid today, 15m3 on the way with 32mpa. Arrives in 30-60 minutes

Slab under the balcony for Winston and the mower

Well just finished spreading 12,500kg of crushed concrete/ bricks as a base under the concrete slab on the games room and garage. Concretors start formwork Thursday, pour monday week (9…

Looking good, must be excited getting so close now

2nd May - Brickies completed, 2580 brick, 2 guys, 2 and a 1/4 days

30th April 2013 - Brickies half done on subfloor walls

29th April 13 - 10 Pallets of bricks, 4ton sand, 40 bags cement arrived for the brickie tomorrow.
Double brick up to floor height, then bearers and joists on main room,…

Hi All,
Have joined up today and already started a thread of our build
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We have a californian bungalow which we are extending back and also a…

16th April 13- My morning view and very wet start, plastic saved my job site overnight, pump ready to go, trench was half full of water

16th April 13- First concrete…

11th April 2013
Excavation has started


This was so cool, very fast and stable
Busted sewer connection, temp fix but will need moving as through two brick pier bases

10th April 2013
Worked untill 11pm setting up hurdles and string lines, squaring it all up last night. Today the abestos was removed, steel delivered, then started marking out all the…

4th April 2013
Hi all,
House reno is my life, spent all 4 day long weekend working. Sleeping was hard as every muscle ached and just plain hurt.
Any how needed everything gone…

9th March 2013
Today side cleared
Loaded for tip with 1 ton of green waste

7th March 2013
Well been stuffed around by concreters this week.
Been trying to arrange a tradie to do the steel fixing and concreting for the strip footings, pads, and slab for…

2nd March 2013
Started pulling up rear balcony slab, Once cut will get a excavator to lift and place in skips.

3rd Feb 2013
Well removed the slab yesterday and cleaned the yard up today, so shagged it aint funny. Prepping for my kids 1st bday

5th Jan 2013
8 hours in 37 degree heat, all done

4th Jan 2013,
Back from Brisbane Wednesday night. Into reno Thursday.
Yesterday pulled the last 2m off the garage
Today pulled the whole garage down, took all internal supports out, pre cut…

12th Dec 2012 - Asbestos removal today.
BEFORE-
AFTER

December 2012

Hi all,
I'm well into my Owner Build house extension with me doing alot of the work myself. I'm originally in a cabling trade, now office bound so very handy with…