We'll eat it when we come visit, we're tough enough.
My kids will rough yours up as well....
How does end of October sound?
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We'll eat it when we come visit, we're tough enough.
My kids will rough yours up as well....
How does end of October sound?
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Originally Posted by Nawty
Is that your tomatoes?:confused:
I think mine is on drug....here:):):)
super sun-SWEEEEEET !!!
OK just edit:...for smaller pix
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You are not in Los and faced with torrential downpours, 100% humidity, chickens running riot, bugs the size of rabbits and general complete fuckups and the like.
Knobs, sounds good, wait till the rains ease a little and the river is more reliable to be clear and calm. we went swimming yesterday, the boy got sucked downstream via the new floodgate and i had to go rescue him, then i got washed down.
You're only gettin 2 jars mate. :sorry1:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nawty
You already told me there were no bugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Nawty
Hey but it's my first time growing a tomato tho, just want to share...
oh nevermind...I will edit it, so my pix will be smaller....since this's your thread
all yours...
Could'nt help yourself could you...the smell....the lure....Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
Thats right...no bugs....nothing to worry to much about.....except one got in the missus ear the other night and she was hoppin all around the tent screaming...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobcock
Nawty...
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Professional stonemason...
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Don't be jealous......anybody can build a waterfall
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Originally Posted by splitlid
Not quite all weekend....started at 7.30am on sunday and finished at 12.15pm same day....so half a day.
Still...twas me first time, so took a little care and attention.....but looked superb dont ya think ?
Have to love the roof, excellent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smithson
You take some cracking photos Nawty, you should get a job in photography, they are brilliant!
I agree...he's a genius.Quote:
Originally Posted by Missismiggins
Thanks....the 3 of you...really thanks it means a lot to be recognised for your skills and proffessionalism.
Doodles, more loof to come, we finished the second section yesterday, so all the loof is now complete.
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Originally Posted by Missismiggins
I once tried to get a job in photography with the 'Truth' newspaper in Melbourne....without success unfortunately.
What happened to the lovley post by Marmite in here ?? several seem to be missing...shame really.
I demand to know where the quality missing posts are !!!!
^ my post in there didn't last an hour
just forget it - we all know what was said - and keep posting the loof and humpy pics
Whats your understanding of a humpy ??
ok....here a coupla updates of the Bungalow....From this day forth to be known as .....TheShaggy....
The bog hole...this was fun...
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The Shaggy...
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The kitchen...
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The under side of the loft....
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Entrance
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The bamboo ladder to the loft...
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Did not want the shiny look, just the wet look on the stone. Tried this solution on it on the bottom to see how she will look.....I like it. All shall look like this when cleaned...
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One of the 3 sets of horns I found at the Border markets....shoulda got the leopard skin..
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looks great, Nawty, love the stone work!
I love that shaggy shuggy shed. Looks great.
The shaggy latest....
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and the Plantation mascot...
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Nawty! That place looks great..love the wood, the rocks, the hairy roof. The loft kicks ass too. Excellent place, congrats..:)
Nawty, that place is the mutts nutts. This has been a fantastic thread, just like reading a National Geograpic and DIY magazine at the same time. Thank's.
Quite inspirational DIY, Nawty. Well done!:)
Very interesting and good pics and narrating.
I am not sure you can get 'the wet look' to your stonework.
I guess all kids have picked up a beautifull stone at the beach, and dragged it home to the parents, who immidiatly threw the dried up pearl away.
Varnish wouldn't be worth it, I guess
Nawty, the place looks great, congrats. Will you stick with shaggy or have a trim? Both look good I reckon.
I haven't read the whole thread, but the post above refers to a wet look on stone, this is from Wiki:
"As the penetrating power of tung oil is excellent and it will adhere to porous minerals, it is often the “secret” ingredient that traditional stonemasons apply to granite or marble that is destined to serve duty in kitchens, bathrooms and other staining fluid environments. Applied at a 1:5 ratio (oil to naphtha), it seals the surfaces permanently, while also giving a finish like that of wet stone to the product. Often several thin layers are applied at the high solvent-to-oil ratio, in order to build up the durability and permanence of the coating.
hooray, looking great
Thanks guys.....I like it also, some rough spots, but they can be polished out hopefully.
Smithson.....as for the shaggy or trimmed look, going for inbetween, I like both also, so going to just trim the real daggy bits that are hanging and leave it all still a little shaggy, just neater.
Still got the stone floors to put in.
I trialed 'Topcoate' on the stone and it does give it the wet look and seals it nice, but it is a chemical.
I did try some tung on the slate stone and it did not dry, basically stayed wet and wiped off after a week or so. But I did not try it as a mix while increasing the ratio with each coat, just used the staright oil and I did not try it on the river stone, which is more porous. So might give it a trial in an area and see how it works.
Love it! Outdoor living is great and you seem to have captured a great mix.
Some more piccies....finishing touches going on.....should be done in next week...or 2.
Except my apprentice stonemason ran off yesterday...more later......here is some stone.......love my stone.
Priced this river stone in a stone place on the highway the other day, same stones 35b per kilo. Asked how much for a large crate full, said 2/3 tons and around 100k baht....crikey......saved myself probably 150/200k in stone cost by having me own river to pillage..
this is the wash basin, not cleaned and polished yet..
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outside bathroom...shower, wash basin and shower bucket tank...
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A close up of the stone work, the shelf in the corner is a pot plant for a hanging plant of sorts....made it on the ground, then secured it with steel into the walls..
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The sandstone floor in the main living area, still not treated or cleaned yet in this pic...
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The front of the bungalow...the front of the balcony is mosquito wire only....nice view and nice and cool...
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the old teak shutters came up a treat....we took the glass out of the top section and put in mossi wire only, so nice cool breeze even with shutters closed..
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Me loof and the loft base.....love me loof.....the tung oil brought the colour out and originally thought it might be to dark, but now love the contrast between the thatch and bamboo sheets and the darker richer beams..
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the front balcony....stone not treated yet, so shall come up a nice wet look, not shiny...just nice and natural..
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wall decorations...
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Terrific. Congratulations.
You wanna come up here and make same same no same same for me?
sure...
Seriously ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nawty
I mentioned above that my apprentice stonemason ran off yesterday....packed his bags and walked off down the road.....singing waltzing matilda....me not him...
Anyway, it was caused by me saying that he did not do a particular wall correct, the way he was told by us at least 10 times and on at least 3 seperate ocassions, the latest the day before he started it.
Each and every time he said he understood...not only did he say it, he used his hands to show where the wall would go and shape etc....so he did understand it exaclty, no problem there. There was even a huge margin for getting it right or near right.
Instead, he did it his way, which was the crap way and it looked crap.
he started to sulk, went off to the hut and sulked some more.
Missus got up him, not me.....i remained very calm and apart from saying it was not as instructed, said nothing else.....did not even drop my usual 'fcuk' and 'idiots'.....which i am sure they now know these words in english.
So, his explanation to missus was that it was 'to difficult to do it how i wanted it'
Missus went in to the bathroom while he was off sulking and did it herself in about 2 hours and looked almost exactly as i wanted....remember the margin...and here is she getting stoned...
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So, if she could do it, he could do it.....he came and loooked and then left.
I was very happy i did not say anything and left it to the missus and then she showed him up....looks like i have a new stonemason....but dont want her to get muscles bigger than mine..
Maybe seriously...Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
Place looks really nice Nawty..love the stone and wood together. The loof is great and the contrast between the beams and the bamboo is spot on. Great stuff!
Very nice! :)
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Originally Posted by Nawty
Nawty, have you tried car wax, it comes up great on render, morter and porous stones.
Looking splendido mate..is this on the pc or the nn side?