You are installing a lift to go up one storey or are there more floors? Get a Stanna stair lift:)
Looking good anyhow.
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You are installing a lift to go up one storey or are there more floors? Get a Stanna stair lift:)
Looking good anyhow.
^ planning for old age when you need a wheelchair
or making kinky sex in the elevator porn vids
I thought you said you were building a house not a palace, over 2 million bucks stuff me.
Anyway i think I finally worked out why you need a lift and that is to save all the space a stairway takes up, good idea.
Also now I know why you left that area open between the first and second floor (sorry I've been around Yanks too much) should have said between the ground and first floor.
And the reason is so you can throw a rope over the balustrade and climb down when the lift breaks down.
Good Luck with the build and hope you enjoy the new house once its complete.
Just one storey
Elevator - brushed steel outside (no fingerprints) smoke mirror glass inside diffused lighting will make make me look good!
Stanna stair lift? You’ve been hanging around nursing homes too long - no matter whatever lights your fire - personally at your age I would give Tinder a crack:smileylaughing:
Are termites not a problem in your area?
Just a little surprised that, given the expense of the build, that you didn't go for a steel frame.
I can see that the wood has the anti-termite stain on it, but once you cut it (as you can see in the photo above), the cut end is just bare wood.
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Great to see you back.
As an aside, I'm sure an update to this pearler of a thread ... Ever played the Matchmaker ... might be in order :)
Iceman, is it primarily a timber framed house?.
Cheers David
Termites - not a big issue where I live - Termite barrier is under slab,
Steel frame - decided against - expansion and shrinking due to SA weather makes it a noisy creaky build.
No happy ending to the matchmaker thread - she is still on market :)
Progress at 4th January with big Boss making an inspection.
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Looks like it!:)
Here is a pic from 18th January - I was too lazy to get out of my car.
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@iceman - very interesting. Thanks. No macho workmen in proper PPE? What can I ogle on?
I guess I'll have to be content with Men At Work (Down Under). :D
Re: the sis in law - hmm. Interesting news as well. So her fake mammaries didn't do the trick? :D Does she speak better English now?
Cheers!
No danger of bushfires where I live thank God
Friday 21st January
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Taking shape nicely.
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I've tasted Grange before but it's wasted. Like pretty much everyone, I can tell a good wine from cheap plonk but can't pick much difference between a good wine and a really good one that costs a motza. Speaking of which, they have Grange at Foodland for anyone interested in giving it a shot :)
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Wondering why Australia and USA (and Canada as well) are the only countries making their homes by timber construction? (OK, not counting some countries in Africa)...
Is it because of the frequent bush fires and hurricanes often occurring there?
Re Australia ...
They have Cyclones ... they spin the other way to hurricanes.
Adelaide, where the OP is building, they don't get Cyclones. Friggin' hot in Summer though.
Different areas in Australia have different building standards and wind ratings, hence the level of preparedness for cyclones.
All after 1974 when Cyclone Tracy leveled Australians northern city, Darwin at Christmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXRt_theCe0
Hows the build getting on?
Probably a bit late now but In hot countries I don't understand why they don't build basements. Its much cooler down there.
Whack in some reinforced glass, put your pool on one side and pond on the other, get some fish and your sons naked glamour model birds around and you have your own underwater world:)
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