Thread: Survivor Plantation....Part II...the second bit

Terrific. Congratulations.

You wanna come up here and make same same no same same for me?

sure...

Originally Posted by Nawty

sure...

Seriously ?

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...



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..

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by Nawty

sure...

Seriously ?

Maybe seriously...

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!

Originally Posted by Nawty

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.

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?

^ Nice looking, erm, stonework.

It looks super nawty- and I seem to have missed your vege patch up to now- they look pretty good to me. I think you're hiding your light under a bushel mate. Mrs has thrown ours in together all higgledy piggledy, she explained, to see what works. I guess some 'organised' beds like you've got going will follow later. Maybe.

Coupla questions if I may- how many bedrooms have you got in the design, and you mentioned early in the thread you were looking at a budget of 350K plus labour- were you close to budget?

Anyhow, great thread. Well done.

Nearly complete and looking great Nawty. You have incorporated a lot of good ideas and they all seem to work very well together.

The place looks really good, very different and interesting.

Very iconic Nawts....

I like it.

Originally Posted by UpTooYou

Nawty, have you tried car wax, it comes up great on render, morter and porous stones.

No, not tried this, but will give it a go. We have about 4 kilo's of natural beeswax so might rub some of that in and see what happens.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Looking splendido mate..is this on the pc or the nn side?

Slapper....this is on the NN side....when you comin to looksie ?

Originally Posted by sabang

Coupla questions if I may- how many bedrooms have you got in the design, and you mentioned early in the thread you were looking at a budget of 350K plus labour- were you close to budget?

This is basically a bungalow, total 70sqm and has a main bedroom downstairs and a loft upstairs where the kids sleep, so 2 altogether.

Budget....no sadly it went over, but mainly cos i wanted some more of this and that. I think it could have stayed close to budget if i had not wanted the extra stuff. But still it only cost about 550k plus labour and it looks awesome.

Like the sandstone floor was somewhat more expensive, we were going to use slate, so that probably quadrupled the floor cost.

Originally Posted by Loombucket

Nearly complete and looking great Nawty. You have incorporated a lot of good ideas and they all seem to work very well together.

Cheers, yes happy with the way it has come out.

I must admit i was getting sick of the place a few weeks ago and then we went down last monday to stay for 2 nights and finish some work and we stayed for 4 nights as it was so nice now with somewhere comfy to stay and relax.

I shall put up final final pics next week.

Yesterday we worked all day clearing up the rubbish and putting in the grass around it and now it just looks superb, makes a huge difference.

Originally Posted by Nawty

No, not tried this, but will give it a go. We have about 4 kilo's of natural beeswax so might rub some of that in and see what happens.

Beeswax is great for sealing timber and give a good finish.

Originally Posted by Nawty

No, not tried this, but will give it a go. We have about 4 kilo's of natural beeswax so might rub some of that in and see what happens.

The beeswax is good if dissolved in turpentine. Take care of the rags you use for rubbing it in as they can self-ignite if left in open air.
Very nice house and very nice pics.

Love the stonework. I did the same with my house in the US....collected fieldstone and built a fireplace through a cathedral ceiling. Alot of work, but you really appreciate it when you do al the work yourself (collecting and constructing)! Congrats!

Ok, here tis....finished now.....basically.



here tis the front porch, is nice to sit hear at sunset and first thing in the morning...



a night shot...



the boudwar.....budwahr......boudwor....bedroom..



Really nice having a concentrated crap out here on a full moon...

Should burn well.

Sweet....why dont you throw in 'along with the cheap whore and kids in it'.....up to your standard......

geez....and some people call thais low life scum.

Awesome Nawts! When my missus builds her bungalow bahn nork I will need you as a consultant. Love the thatch roof.

Originally Posted by Humbert

Awesome Nawts! When my missus builds her bungalow bahn nork I will need you as a consultant. Love the thatch roof.

can do.....we can work for beer and chips....and hotdogs for the kids.

You will also get the bonus of improvements that I would now make on this design and materials......making it even better.