tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32048822457555733442024-03-27T16:53:23.229-07:00Culburra Hemp HouseShelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.comBlogger89125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-64541675595291067332015-05-18T05:54:00.002-07:002016-04-07T13:14:42.699-07:00Hemp Building Costs<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished hemp house</td></tr>
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I am often asked how the cost of building with hemp compares to other construction methods. Below I have provided a number of comparisons between the
cost of my hemp build and the cost of standard buildings. I can only provide information on the cost of my build rather than hemp building in general. My house was a custom design, an unusual shape and used many non standard materials, these things added to the cost, but we did much of the work ourselves bringing down the cost. My frame, hemp and
binder were purchased in 2012 and I am comparing it to the costs of building
provided in the Rawlinsons 2012 Building Costs Guide.</div>
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The timber frame I used was manufactured off site and
erected by a builder. The hemp was purchased in approx 100kg bulk bags from
Ecofibre. The bags were $80 (being $65 each plus $15 packing and handling) and freight from the Hunter Valley to the south cost was$1,800, which works out at $69 per bag. So the freight cost was almost half the cost of the hemp. My binder
was purchased from the Australian Hemp Masonry Company. It cost $15.10 per 9kg
bag including freight.<br />
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I purchased my own electric 120litre pan mixer from Aardwolf Australia at a cost of $1,685.20, and I
have added this in when calculating the cost of the hemp walls. I was able to get my formwork
very cheaply from e-bay, being a semi trailer load of packing crates with many
sheets of OSB (oriented strand board) that I used for formwork. My cost for the
formwork was $130 which is unrealistically low. I have also included the cost
of all the screws, plastic washers, scales and other minor pieces of hardware to try to
get a realistic cost of the walls, rather than just a cost of the major
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In relation to labour. I paid a builder to erect the frame.
All the hemp walls were made by myself, friends and family, hence there is no
labour component included in the cost of the walls. The house was rendered
internally and externally. I paid two different renderers to do the rendering. I
also had some internal walls non hemp that were rendered but when calculating the per square meter cost of the hemp walls I have only used the proportion applying to the hemp walls.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View down the North/East side of the house</td></tr>
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The total cost of my house including decks and landscaping was $239,000, but excluding decks and landscaping $228,000. The total cost includes the solar photovoltaics, water tank and all preliminary costs including my owner builder course and hemp workshops. The house is 123m2 so works out at $1,853 per m2. Some of the finishes on the my house would be considered medium and others high quality. I have also recalculated all the figures from the Rawlinson's Guide so that the figures below are all inclusive of GST. All costs are in Australian dollars and based on a build in Sydney.</div>
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Framed</div>
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$1,573-$1,694</div>
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Brick Veneer</div>
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$1,699 - $1,831</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">The following comparison is the overall cost of external walls and windows as Rawlinsons Guide does not separate the cost of external walls from the windows. My build had a lot of windows and they were all good quality double glazed units, therefore the cost of the windows was significantly higher than a standard build. Rawlinsons Guide estimates that the external walls and windows should be about 15% - 20% of the cost of the build, my external walls and windows were 25% of the cost of my build. My window order included eight sets of sliding doors, three triple pane and five double pane doors and 20 windows. This must be taken into account in looking at the figures below. The unusual design of my house meant that there was a lot of external wall for the floor area it enclosed, this would further skew the figures.</span><br />
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Medium standard finish</div>
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Framed</div>
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$286.82</div>
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17.6%</div>
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Medium standard finish</div>
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Brick Veneer</div>
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$375.92</div>
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21.3%</div>
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Medium standard finish</div>
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Full Brick</div>
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$397.65</div>
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21.5%</div>
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High standard finish</div>
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Framed</div>
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$349.52</div>
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15.5%</div>
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Medium/high standard finish – many
double glazed windows and doors</div>
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Hemp</div>
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$469.91</div>
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25%</div>
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High standard finish</div>
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Brick Veneer</div>
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$494.17</div>
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20%</div>
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High standard finish</div>
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Full Brick</div>
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$509.02</div>
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20%</div>
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Prestige standard finish</div>
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Full brick</div>
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$554.95</div>
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17% </div>
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To separate the cost of the hemp walling from other cost of the build the following is a comparison of my hemp walls 200mm thick with 10mm of render internally and externally, applied in one coat, with a 90mm timber frame @600 centres, with other standard walling systems. As we used our own labour to build the walls there is no labour component for the walls, however labour has been included for the rendering.<br />
<br />
Given the unusual design of my house and the large amount of glazing looking at hemp walling per square meter of wall as compared to other construction systems I believe gives a better representation of the comparative cost of hemp walls.<br />
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painted plasterboard</div>
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<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$161.20</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
Painted timber weatherboard </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
100mm timber @450 Centres </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
painted plasterboard</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$203.59</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
Painted timber weatherboard </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
100mm timber @450 Centres</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
R2 glasswool</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
painted plasterboard</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$219.83</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
110mm brick veneer</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
100mm timber @450 Centres</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -1.95pt; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
painted plasterboard</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 1.65pt; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$208.67</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
110mm brick veneer cement rendered externally</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
100mm timber @450 Centres</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
painted plasterboard</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$247.06</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
110mm brick veneer </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
100mm timber @450 Centres</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
R2 glasswool</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
painted plasterboard</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$225.11</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
Double brick (270mm cavity wall in
two 110mm skins) </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
plastered</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$230.67</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
200mm Concrete block cement
rendered </div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
plastered</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$243.21</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
200mm hemp with 10mm hemp/lime render</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
90mm timber @600 Centres</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil extra but hemp inherently insulative</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
10mm hemp/lime render</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$259.34</div>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;">
<td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 103.9pt;" valign="top" width="139"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
200mm hemp with 10mm hemp/lime render</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 85.8pt;" valign="top" width="114"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
100mm timber @450 Centres (cost
from Rawlinsons Costs Guide)</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 58.3pt;" valign="top" width="78"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
nil extra but hemp inherently insulative</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 68.15pt;" valign="top" width="91"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
10mm hemp/lime render</div>
</td>
<td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: none; border-right: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 86.15pt;" valign="top" width="115"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt;">
$227.00</div>
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On the same day as the final inspection, the measure up for the shower screen took place and a month later Alpine Glass came back and installed the semi frameless shower screen in the wave mosaic shower.<br />
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Although the house took longer to build than expected, it always seems to do so when you are owner building, I am pleased to have finished in the reasonable time frame of 2 1/2 years, considering that we were building on weekends 3 hours away from where we were living.<br />
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There are still a few minor things to finish, such as installing a piece of door trim I lost, putting the draft stopper on under the front door, a second coat of paint on the downpipes and installing the lawn edging, but these will get done slowly.<br />
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Meanwhile I get to keep building. I have made the fit out for the wardrobes from the recycled packing crate timber that had been sitting in the backyard for 2 1/2 years. I bought this timber for the formwork, from e-bay I got a semi trailer load of timber for $130 (including transport). The OSB was used for the formwork and the pine was stacked for later use.<br />
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The timber had greyed and discoloured from being in the backyard. But a planer and a belt sander and a lot of time, brought it back to blond. The fit out is simple, but cost nothing but time and a box of batten screws, and it reused what would otherwise have been a waste product.<br />
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The house was finished inside but with the front yard, which operates more like a back yard, covered in boards it still looked like a building site. Over Easter we prepared the yard for the turf by removing all the boards, removing the remaining weeds, levelling the yard and adding a layer of turf underlay (a mix of sand and composted chicken poo). The boards and plastic had been put down of the area we wanted to turf to kill the weeds.<br />
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The week after Easter Sir Walter soft buffalo the turf arrived from Turfco in 1.5m long slabs. We installed a watering system under the lawn, linked up to the water tank, the lay out the lawn<br />
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In the instructions I have read turf needs to be rolled to flatten it to the ground and get rid of air gaps. I did not have a roller so improvised with some large pieces of hardwood attached to my feet. It was awkward, but walking back and forward I achieved the same result as if the lawn had been rolled. Rain over the previous week and a half had meant that the yard was waterlogged, stepping in certain places you would sink into the mud, but the hardwood rolling shoes got rid of these dips and flattened the lawn nicely. <br />
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Some finishing touches have been adding pictures to the wall. The pictures are Tenugi fabric and posters we got from our trip to Japan. I made the picture frames from Tassie Oak to match the door and window timber.<br /><br />
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-37329748188062261792015-01-07T02:38:00.000-08:002015-01-07T02:38:02.117-08:00Finishing TouchesThe Christmas/New Year period should have been spent at the beach and lazing around, but there is no rest for the diligent owner builder so our time was divided between the beach and finishing lots of little building tasks, that all together ended up taking a long time.<br />
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Quick and easy was the replacement of the rusted handles on the flyscreens of the sliding doors. After less than a year the handles had started showing signs of rust and after a year and a half they were clearly unacceptable. I phoned up my window supplier, Rylock, expecting to have to explain in detail how the flyscreen door pulls had rusted in such a short time, but to my surprise they were really good about it. Rylock explained that their supplier had changes where they sourced the handles though without notifying Rylock and that the quality had changed. Rylock then sent me out new door pulls for all the flyscreen doors, and with a couple of screws the door pulls were replaced. The new ones look great and just as well as they have the company name on them in big letters. <br />
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Another quick job that had been waiting a longtime to be done was installing the vent to the kitchen range hood. I had earlier painted a plastic gravity closing vent in a colour to match the render (I had used this paint to fix up minor blemishes in the joint between the ceiling and walls. I just used 38mm screws to hold the vent in place and screwed them straight into the hemp wall without using a pilot hole. It held tight no worries. But my tip for other screwing into hemp walls is to screw until tight but do not try to over tighten as this may cause the screw to loosen and come out. <br />
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The temporary door to the bathroom was replaced by the real one and lockable door handles (although or sliding doors they are really door pulls) were installed on both bathroom doors. The door trims were also added to each of the sliding doors to hide the track system at the top.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trim to cover sliding door track</td></tr>
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The remainder of the Colorbond angles were installed to cover any gaps between the walls and the eaves lining. And Colourbons cover strips were added to the mitred corners of the eaves lining. <br />
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Sikaflex Sikasil-C silicon in charcoal colour was used to fill the gaps between the polished concrete and the aluminium frame of the sliding doors. The gaps varied from very little up to about 8mm and varied along the length of the same sliding door, but once filled were hardly noticeable.<br />
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The big job for the holidays was cleaning the outside of the windows, something that had not been done since the windows wee installed. Although they had been covered with plastic during the rendering some of the windows and particularly the fly screens were filthy and quite difficult to clean. Big thanks to my partner and my sister for dedicating part of their holiday to this task.<br />
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Next job was sealing the gaps between the windows and the render. In places the render came right up to the window frame but in others there was a substantial gap up to 10mm and over some of the sliding doors even more. I used sandstone coloured Sikaflex Pro polyurethane sealant to fill the gap. Where the gaps were large I pressed foam backing rod into the gaps before applying the sealant. This was a much bigger and more time consuming job than I had expected. It was also pretty messy. I am getting better but there is still room for me to improve my sealant application. Big thanks to my plumber, Len, for putting me onto a produce called Silicone Clean up by Red Back, it did what it says and cleaned up that last little bit of excess silicone that is usually hard to remove.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Putting in the foam backing rod</td></tr>
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About a week or two before Christmas there had been a week of heavy rain at Culburra. We noticed some unusual black marks on the southern side of a number of walls. the marks were less than 1m off the ground and we assumed that it was dirt splashed up from the gutters overflowing in heavy rain. But when I tried to wash it off it would not wash off and then I noticed some of the same marks on the upper outside wall of the front bedroom this wall is the only section on the house without eaves and although it faces south east at this time of year it does get some sun and gets plenty of ventilation. Could this be mould? I though that the lime in the render would prevent any mould. We are yet to work out what the marks are and what has caused them. It is just a little distressing to have such problems on a house that is not quite finished.<br /><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of southern wall of main room</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Black marks on upper wall section</td></tr>
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A few more cracks have also appeared in the render. Interestingly the places the render has cracked do not coincide with areas where there was cracking in the hemp walls or the walls were less well built. The high level cracks are most likely caused by a change in the thickness of the hemp wall. The roof beams were cut down at the eaves so that they were not so thick, but this meant on the inside we could only hemp up to the bottom of the full beams but on the outside we hand to hemp another half a beam higher to reach to bottom of the cut down beams. My belief is that this change is a cause of the cracking and if this is the case the hemp wall must also have cracked to cause the render to crack, but the hemp walls had more than 12 months to dry out before being rendered. Another problem I am trying to find the cause of.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cracks in render just under eaves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cracks in render</td></tr>
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On the up side we now have a beautiful house to enjoy. Next project building the shed, using all the left over building materials.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished house </td></tr>
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-50737572608675034602015-01-06T23:05:00.000-08:002017-02-15T01:35:53.198-08:00Rendering Magnesium Oxide BoardThe laundry and second bathroom had been left unrendered as these rooms had tiled floors and did not need to be done for the polished concrete floor to be finished. Further delay was caused as I had not finished the mosaic tiling for the bathroom. With Christmas coming up and more people staying in the house, it was time to finish the second bathroom.<br />
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I had been unhappy with the finish of the AHMC render mix on the MgO board walls and the renderers had found it very hard to get the render to stick to the MgO walls. I raised my render on MgO issues with some other hemp builders, sought their assistance and received several suggestions. I had also seen some straight sand lime renders used on strawbale houses and with all this I undertook my own rendering experiments.<br />
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I tried three different mixes applied using two different methods. The top row from left to right are (1) standard AHMC hemp render mix, (2) half AHMC hemp render mix half lime/sand mix and (3) straight lime sand. The lime/sand mix replaced the same volume of AHMC render with straight builders lime. The bottom row uses the same mixes but with the addition of a coat of Bondcrete on the MgO board left to go tacky. The Bondcrete did not work at all and in fact it was harder to get the render to adhere to this mix than to the untreated MgO board.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">(2) half AHMC hemp render mix, half sand/lime</td></tr>
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I had a bit of mix (2) and did some extra sections at either end of my test MgO board. I have some disclaimers to this test as firstly I am not a good renderer, secondly the test was carried out on a hot day and thirdly the number (3) mix had too much lime to sand and should have had more sand, the replacement of AHMC mix with straight lime should have been done by weight rather than volume as the AHMC mix had hemp fibres in to which are very light but bulky.<br />
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Mix number (1), the standard AHMC mix, was still difficult to adhere to the MgO Board and as on the MgO board the mix can not press into the wall like it can with a hemp wall, the hemp fibres came to the surface and stuck out too much for my liking. Mix number (2), the half AHMC half sand/lime mix was easier to spread and adhere to the MgO Board, it also produced a smoother surface. Mix number (3) the sand/lime, mix cracked badly when applied at the same thickness as the other mixes and was hard to apply in a single 8-10mm coat. I hoped to be able to get away with using a single coat to save labour and hence cost.<br />
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John, my first renderer, came around and looked at the tests. He agreed that the second mix looked best but we agreed to use a little less lime in the sand/lime mix. The mix we used was two bags of 22.35kg of river sand (this had been measured out earlier for the render and we had some measured out bags left over), one 9kg bag of AHMC hemp render mix, half a 9 litre bucket of builders lime (so about 4 1/2 litres) and 160g of yellow oxide (this was double the amount used for a single AHMC mix, since in effect we were making a double mix).<br />
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The new double size mix of render was mixed up in our pan mixer (mortar mixer) that we had used to make the wall mixes. Previously we had used a standard cement mixer for the render as out pan mixer was out on loan to another hemp builder. The pan mixer was a bit slower than a cement mixer but did a good job mixing the render and was much less dusty.<br />
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The amended render mix adhered to the MgO board much better and easier to move around on the wall. The MgO was still not the greatest substrate to render on but it was now much more achievable. A smoother more consistent finish was also able to be achieved. The only issue was that the walls were a little yellower than expected. I really should have tested the actual mix we used first rather than just relying on my test. I assumed it would be ok as my test used a proportional amount of oxide, but as we now used less lime the colour became more intense. The good thing is that the family liked the more intense colour and it is a nice bright sunny yellow in these small south facing rooms.<br />
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The bathroom also had one hemp wall. The amended render went on this wall really well. When John started rendering this wall I wondered why he finished so quickly, it was because even with the amended mix it was still much easier to to render a hemp wall than a MgO wall.<br />
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The last walls in the bathroom were rendered between Christmas and New Year. It was great to be able to hang the bathroom mirror. When we were building the walls we put an extra nogging in the frame right where the mirror had to be hung and thankfully we remembered where it had to go and the screws hit the nogging.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly rendered bathroom wall</td></tr>
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The only disappointing news was that we were one bag of render short and one wall in the laundry is still unrendered. This will be fixed up in the new year. While disappointing it was better to leave this wall than try and do a too thin coat of render and have it crack or not work well.Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-72146347852352830402015-01-06T21:55:00.000-08:002015-01-06T21:55:57.864-08:00Decks FinishedWith three decks in five separate sections covering 56 square meters it took a while to complete them. As with any building work we got more efficient and better the more we did. We had done the straight section of the curved deck and the whole of the L-shaped deck outside the hallway and rear bedroom.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-shaped deck with two coats of decking oil</td></tr>
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The next deck to be tackled was the two straight sections of the front deck, outside the front door and front bedroom. Before this was sufficient decking was temporarily laid out to complete the curved deck in single lengths so that we did not have to join any boards. As no power tools were required this was a job that could be performed in the cool of the evening, out of the hot summer sun.<br />
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The thin sections of the front deck posed no difficulty was their spacing was the same as the deck outside the back bedroom, so we know how many boards to use. As before we oiled the underside and sides of the decking with Intergrain natural oil before we laid them. Pieces of the iron bark decking were bowed and twisted and needed persuading into position with the assistance of a crowbar.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly oiled deck outside front bedroom</td></tr>
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As we had completed the first part of the deck together, my friend Martin, came back down to Culburra to finish the curved deck. Cutting the boards around the sliding doors was easy, having already done it for five other sets of doors however, for this deck we had a down pipe protruding through the deck. Extra packers at joist level had been attached to support the cut out and with a paper template made up the boards were cut out neatly with a jig saw to fit snugly around the down pipe.<br />
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The next challenge was that the deck spanned between two sections of the house and as the case often is with building the two sections of the house were not perfectly parallel. A little bit of measuring was required and some additional spacing on one end of the boards and slightly tighter spacing on the other side of the boards fixed this problem. We worked out from the rear door of the main room toward the decking we had completed earlier. Having roughly laid the boards out it was difficult due to the bows and twists in the boards to be able to tell if they would fit neatly of the spacing would have to be adjusted to completed the deck in full width boards.<br />
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We were using 3.2mm window wedges as our spacers between the decking boards. When we only had six boards left we jammed the spacers in between the boards and used them and the boards themselves to straighten out any bows. With exceptional luck the boards all fitted perfectly, the last spacer just being persuaded into place with a hammer.<br />
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The next challenge was to trim the boards to the curve. On the plans the curve was measures from a centre point 900mm in from the top and side of the deck however one side of the deck had been made longer to fit a full board along the door and had also been made slightly wider. We also made the horrible discovery that while all the boards had been allowed to hand over the joists to allow for some cut off, in two spots the boards were a little short. This meant that after some time trying to locate a suitable centre point and radius we came to the conclusion that the deck would be a complex curve consisting of several centres and radii. Even this proved difficult to produce a smooth curve. The solution came in the use of a garden hose, just like a flexible ruler, which with together with some curves drawn using string was able to produce a smooth curve which to the eye looked like one curve.<br />
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This was cut off with the jig saw. The cut was a little rough and lumpy in places, but all this was smoothed out later with the belt sander which was also used the take off the corners of the cut boards to give the pencil round look.<br />
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This left only the large front deck to complete. My sister helped me get the large deck ready, laying out the protect-a-deck black plastic over the joists and stapling it down. Although my sister has no building she is good at maths and this proved very useful as once again in the cool of the evening (and into the night) we laid out the boards for the large deck. This was a bit like a giant game of Tetris as two or three boards had to be joined to form each length. Each of the boards had to be joined over a joist and as the two ends of the deck were sloping each row was not identical. We were a bit short of timber and so wanted to make the most efficient use of each board, minimising offcuts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Protect-a-deck stapled in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decking boards laid out</td></tr>
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With a bit more ironbark decking ordered and delivered from DIY Timbers in Bomaderry another weekend was spent cutting the boards so that they joined precisely over a joist and oiling the tops and bottoms so that they just had to be screwed down. We only had just enough timber to finish the deck, with nothing but short scraps left over.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decking boards cut and ready to be screwed down</td></tr>
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On the weekend before Christmas I put in 1,800 stainless steel decking screws and finished the deck. I estimated that the deck would be 42 boards wide. I attached the first two boards against the house and the last board on the edge then measured out the distance of every fifth board. The plan was to measure out and attach every fifth board then evenly space the remaining four boards in between. I put in half the length of the first fifth board, then decided it would be quicker to do the fifth and tenth board at the same time. I then abandoned this as too time consuming and because the inside and outside boards were parallel I measured the distance for and pit in the middle board. I then used window wedges as spacers to space out the boards in between, by jamming the boards between the spacers the pressure from the adjoining boards corrected any bows in the wood. This was much more efficient and each half width of deck fitted quite well with only a few sections being a little tight as the newer timber was fractionally wider, presumably it had not shrunk as much. After a day and a half I was three quarters finished.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Window wedges spacing out the decking boards</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three quarters finished</td></tr>
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The last quarter of the deck was only attached by one screw as I knew I would run out of stainless steel decking screws. A quick trip to the nearby Culburra Home hardware, who had a box of 250 stainless steel decking screws in just the right size on special, and I put in the second screws to finish the deck. I then used a string line to mark off the end and cut it with a circular saw, the cut edges were then rounded off with the belt sander. We then attached a cover fascia board to the end joist to make the deck look nice.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fascia board ready to attach</td></tr>
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Half way through the second coat of decking oil we ran out, having used 10 litres of oil on the deck. Finishing touches were then done by adding a fascia to the curved deck curved deck using the left over offcuts. The fascia was made up of several pieces to follow the joists, but we ran out of timber with two 500mm pieces left to attach.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished deck with second coat of oil to half</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fascia added to most of curved deck</td></tr>
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All up we used 4,650 decking screws. We broke five drill bits. Thankfully the Smart-Bit combined countersink and drill bit comes with three replacement drill bits and after we had broken the first two drill bits I ordered a second one from Fasteners Galore just in case. As it turned out the countersink had become blunt after so many holes and for the last 1,500 screws I used the second Smart bit which was sharper and was therefore quicker and less effort. My Makita cordless drill and impact driver were fantastic. They each took the same battery and I had a third spare battery so I could have one on to charge while using the other two. With almost continuous used over the weekend I only once had two batteries needing charging at the same time and this was a good excuse for a break.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finished deck in use</td></tr>
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-81459362634494164722015-01-06T03:05:00.001-08:002015-01-06T03:55:55.594-08:00Tiling on Hemp Walls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The second bathroom was the last room to be finished, it could not be
rendered because thee tiling had to go in first and I had not finished
the mosaic tiling behind the toilet and sink. With the shower tiled in a
mosaic pattern I wanted to follow this scheme through the rest of the
bathroom. So as soon as I finished my TAFE Diploma in Building Design in November several evenings were dedicated to mosaic making.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic laid out upside down ready to go on wall</td></tr>
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As with the earlier mosaic I chose and put together, and cut a little if they did not fit, the pieces of broken tile. I laid them out on a paper patters then as I completed each section I stuck clear contact to the front. I then cut the now stuck together mosaic into pieces about 300 - 350 mm square. These sheets of mosaic were then adhered to the hemp wall with tile adhesive. I pressed them against the wall with my rendering hawk so that the whole section would be flat, rather than having uneven areas where pieces of the mosaic were pressed down more than others.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic adhered directly to hemp wall</td></tr>
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The bathroom had been waterproofed and the waterproofing came up the walls just over 50mm. The waterproofing had no problems adhering directly to the hemp wall, care just had to be taken that no stray pieces of hemp got stuck in the waterproofing as this would have left an uneven surface for the tiles to be adhered to. Except ensuring that there was no loose hemp no special technique was used to adhere the tiles to the hemp wall.<br />
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I used a white flexible tile adhesive called "Gripflex" This worked well on both the hemp wall and the Magnesium Oxide Board. Unfortunately I ran out of this product, which had been recommended to me by the professional tilers who had done the floor tiling and wall tiling in the front bathroom. The same product was not available at the chain hardware store and so I tried to match up the properties of the product, but in doing so did not check the colour and ended up buying a 20kg bags of grey adhesive. I did not find out it was grey until I opened it at which time it was too late to take it back. Grey adhesive is not recommended for use with white tiles and white grout as any adhesive that oozes through to the top of the grout gaps has to be scraped back to prevent it showing along the edges of the grout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiling with white grout</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiling with grey grout not so good</td></tr>
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Once the adhesive had set (and both the adhesives I used were quick setting meaning they could be grouted in 8 -12 hours after adhesion) I removed the contact on the front of the tiles and grouted them with a flexible white grout called "Kemgrout Flexible". By choosing both a flexible adhesive and grout I hope to avoid any cracking due to movement, although any cracking will be harder to see due to the mosaic pattern.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flexible white grout</td></tr>
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Along the top of the tiles where they abutted the hemp wall I ran a line of grout so that if the render did not match the width of the tiles exactly the bare top of the tiles would not be seen. However I had laid the tiles on the adhesive so that they would match the thickness of the render and for the tiles beside the window frame I ensured that they finished flush with the window reveal. The area between the window and the wall was tiled as we planned to install a mirror and shelf unit where the shelves were open to that wall and it would be easier to clean spills from tiles than a rendered wall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finish along top adjoining hemp wall</td></tr>
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With the tiling finished and the wall behind the toilet rendered we were able to get Len, our plumber, to come out in the week before Christmas and install the shower, toilet and basin. The only thing left was to render the last two bathroom walls. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toilet and basin installed</td></tr>
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-63711228387035900082015-01-04T02:50:00.000-08:002015-01-04T02:50:10.748-08:00Earth Building Association Conference 2014While not technically related to hemp building I am reporting on my attendance at the 2014 Earth Building Association Conference at Bamarang Bush Retreat, just outside Nowra on the NSW South Coast. I have a strong interest in natural building and this includes building with earth - mudbrick, light earth, straw/clay, cob and rammed earth.<br />
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I was particularly interested in Martin Freeny's talk on Earthships and listening to the amazing research he had done. As well as Peter Hickson on the various Building Energy rating schemes and how earth buildings perform under these. This fitted in well with Fei Ngeow's discussion of how earth buildings measured up under a life cycle analysis and the use of e-tool. Steve Dobson also gave a very informative talk with lots of great pictures on rammed earth.<br />
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But more fun was to be had getting your hands dirty with the construction of a small outdoor shelter, using mud brick and a clay straw mix, supported like wattle and daub on a bamboo structure. As well as a demonstration rammed earth wall and earth filled pounded tyre wall. A protruding mud brick and a suggestion to do something "creative" led to a flight of fancy and the construction of a "Where the Wild Things Are" style monster, at least it was hidden on the back of the structure, ready to surprise and unsuspecting explorers. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Monster in the wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mudbrick and clay/straw walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More sculptural elements</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rammed earth in formwork</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completed rammed earth wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pounded tyre wall</td></tr>
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A few attendees also took an impromptu tour to the nearby "Make It Mudbricks" site to pick up a few extra bricks and to see how mud bricks were made on a commercial scale.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mudbrick making machine attached to the back of a tractor</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corner mudbricks in their molds</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half and full sized mudbricks drying out</td></tr>
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For anyone interested in earth building I would strongly recommend attending one of the EBAA Conferences. The Conference had a good mix between presentations, hands on building and house visits and the people in attendance were very friendly and knowledgeable and happy to share their experience.Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-20101517214800965652014-10-19T03:53:00.002-07:002014-10-19T03:53:46.736-07:00Rendering and Eaves Lining Finished<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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After a break work resumed on the rendering with the last two of the large walls done, including the longest window header.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last two large walls rendered</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Small wall around front door finished<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">With one wall, above the awning on the main pavilion, left
to go, bad weather and other commitments meant that it was several weeks before we could line up a
date to get together with Brett the renderer and finish it off. With the date
scheduled in it rained the night before and looked like it might not be able to
be done. Then it stopped raining overnight. It rained again at about 6am but
had stopped by 7am. Brett arrived on site, the sun came out and dried the roof
and the decision was made to go ahead. Now with lots of practice the final wall
presented no real difficulties, beyond it location above the awning and the
need to do both the window headers and the wall in the one day (previously we
had left the window header dry for at least a day before doing the wall).</span></div>
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The wall was just finished, and before we had a chance to
clean up, a brief thunderstorm rolled in. Most bad weather comes from the south west, which would have not been an issue, but unusually the storm came from the north. The awning protected most of the wall and it only got a few spots of rain on it. Climbing on the wet roof to clean up was tricky, but it was a great relief to have the rendering<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last wall, above awning, rendered</td></tr>
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Internally the finishing touches were also being added with a second coat of Livos Ardvis natural oil to the window reveals and door frames and the installation of the internal cavity sliding doors.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second coat of oil on window reveals </td></tr>
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In the mean time work continued on the decks. A friend, Elle, and her children visited for the weekend and between the rain and swimming at the beach we squeezed in a half a day of decking, finishing off the narrow deck outside the hallway. Careful selection from the random length decking meant that the decking could be done in single spans. We sanded off the burrs around the screw holes and gave it a coat of Intergrain Natural Decking Oil. As the deck was built by two women and was finished so beautifully we like to call it the "girl deck".</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The beautiful "girl deck"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deck outside the hallway</td></tr>
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The following weekend we completed the deck around the corner that joins to the hallway deck. The narrow decks provide a transition between inside and outside, also a nice place to sit and look at the garden (when it is planted, or now just imagine the garden). The design of these decks was influenced by the Japanese "engawa". This deck is yet to have the fascia added and a coat of decking oil.</div>
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Apart from the decks the eaves lining was the other big job remaining. Originally I had wanted to not have any eaves lining and have the roof beams exposed and be able to see the underside of the corrugated roof sheets. Unfortunately, when trying to save money on the framing I did not get timber that was durable enough to be exposed to the weather, some being made of laminated timber. I would also have had difficulty detailing the joint between the wall and the roof. So, the decision was made the have Colorbond fascia and to line the eaves. To minimise the need for painting and maintenance I chose to use corrugated Colorbond for the eaves lining. </div>
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I chose to run the corrugated sheets parallel to the fascia an fitted the edge of the sheet into the slot at the bottom edge of the Colorbond fascia. I then mitered the corners. This meant quite a bit of cutting of the sheets as the eaves were less than one sheet wide and the awnings were over one sheet wide. Luckily this meant that I could use the offcut from the eaves to make up the extra width needed for the awning lining. I bought some Metabo electric sheers to cut the sheets and they have proved worth the $230 cost. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Electric sheers cutting sheet on angle</td></tr>
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The junction between the rendered wall and the corrugated sheet will be covered by an angled flashing and the miter corner by a cover strip, however the change of pitch between the two sections of the front roof may prove a little difficult to finish.<br />
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A weekend of two ten hour days of work was put in to finish all the eaves lining so that I could measure up all the exact sizes of the flashings and have them delivered the following weekend. The flashings were made up to go down the wall 25 mm then across the first ridge of the corrugated sheets and feather up along the corrugation. Each eave section was measured separately with different angles required for the top, sides and lower edge of each roof. My measurements were a little too accurate and did not leave a tolerance for the bend and fold down against the wall. This meant that the flashings were a little too long and sat a bit too far across the first ridge of the corrugated sheets, but once they are all installed it is not a detail that anyone but the builder will notice. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eaves lining finished</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Corner flashing put on between wall and eave</td></tr>
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The longer awnings had sagged a little and had been temporarily propped up with some timber. This timber had to be removed to finish the eaves lining to the awnings, but I could not measure the exact, tin to tin, measurement for the length of the awning stays until the lining of the roof was installed. Thankfully I was able to e-mail Stainless Steel Worx and within a week they had made up the stays in 5mm stainless cable with turnbuckle to allow it to be tightened. We got three made up to make sure they worked. They were a success and so got a further three made up the following week for the main awning. The stainless steel cables are barely noticeable and it means that there are no posts coming down from the awning.<br />
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With the house being nearly finished it was appropriate that we got rid of the piece of reo mesh we had been using as a gate and install a more residential and easier to open gate. I am planning to weld up a decorative gate in the future, but in the meantime some generous neighbors have loaned us some spare farm gates and so the property now has a civillised and easy to open entry.</div>
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-33669701644296446672014-08-25T20:33:00.004-07:002014-08-25T20:33:55.601-07:00More Rendering and Eaves Lining Gets EasierDuring the week Brett, from Shoalhaven Cement Rendering, finished rendering more of the walls, so that there is now only one wall left to render, the upper north wall of the main pavilion.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last wall on the back pavilion finished</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rendering finished on the eastern side of the house</td></tr>
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The threat of rain gave the days work a sense of urgency. Luck was on our side and the rain held off until the eaves lining had been installed on the front pavilion. Careful measuring and more accurate cutting, as well as our previous experience, made it much easier to put up the Colorbond corrugated eaves lining sheets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eaves lining seen from the front of the house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eaves lining seen from the south</td></tr>
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Along the back of the front pavilion the two roofs at different pitches meet at the gutter, but reach the back wall at different heights. So, the eaves lining was done in two sheets, one for each pitch and we will come up with some sort of flashing to close the gap. The alternative of adjusting the timber so that the Colorbond sheets lined up seemed like too much work as it would have had a flow on effect at the corners. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">North view of the front pavilion </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eaves lining at pitch change</td></tr>
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The internal fit out continued with curtains being added as wardrobe doors.<br />
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A rainy Sunday was spent cleaning the internal windows and doing a second coat of Livos Ardvos wood oil on the timber reveals on the windows and on the door frames.<br />
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Pictures will be posted soon. Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-36285121370074966382014-08-17T06:17:00.001-07:002014-08-17T06:17:12.826-07:00Decking BeginsSeven months ago I put in the bearers and joists for the three decks around the house and now, finally, with the help of my friend Martin we have started to lay the decking. Starting on the tricky curved deck first. The decking is locally milled Ironbark from DIY Timbers at Bomaderry. It is a reddish hardwood and I hope it will last a long time.<br />
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With longevity in mind we covered the joists with "Protect a Deck" black plastic stripping to protect the tops of the treated pine joists. We also made a last minute decision to add a fascia on the outside of the joists. A decision I am pleased we made as it finishes the deck nicely and helped the layout of that section to be completed using whole decking boards.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Joist protection and fascia in place</td></tr>
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The radius of the curve meant that some thought had to go into how the
last few boards were going to be supported and this required the
addition of some extra blocking on the outer edge of some of the joists.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Edge adjusted to be able to support curved deck</td></tr>
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The next tricky job was to work out how to space the boards so that they finished nicely against the edge of the deck and against the house. We ended up laying out the boards to see how they would fit. We used some plastic 3.2mm wedges left over from the window installation to space out the boards. The spacing looked good and fitted the required layout.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boards laid out to determine spacing</td></tr>
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The sliding doors were stepped down and set into the slab, this meant that we had to cut a board down to fit around the walls. With care we were able to finish a whole board against the sliding door. The slab also had a few dags of concrete that had to be removed with an angle grinder so that the board closes to the house sat flat against the lip of the slab and the joists.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decking cut in to fit to sliding doors.</td></tr>
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Many of the decking boards were bowed and needed to be persuaded into position with a sash clamp or crowbar wedged into the ground or pried apart with a chisel, and sometimes they the boards just needed a bit of brute force to push them straight. It was a time consuming job as many boards needed straightening along their length for each set of screws to be put in. The decking is held down with 50mm stainless steel square head screws. The screws were bought on e-bay from Fasteners Galore and came with a "Smart Bit" a drill bit with an integrated countersink, a big time saver, as with the hardwood the screws definitely needed to be countersunk. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sash clamp and chisels used to straighten decking boards</td></tr>
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We oiled the edges and underside of the deck with Intergrain Natural Decking oil as we laid them, as these sections will be inaccessible later and i am keen to make this deck last as long as possible. The top of the deck will be oiled when completed. Work continued until and a little after dark, but we wanted to finish the long section of the deck and were pleased we did.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deck completed about 6pm</td></tr>
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We left the decking boards long ready to cut off along the curve when the rest of the deck is made.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Deck in the light of day</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful deck to step out onto</td></tr>
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After a day's work decking time was taken off building to walk to The Castle in the Budawangs, west of Milton. A steep and challenging hike was worth it for the adventure and the amazing views.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Panorama from the top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View to Pigeon House Mountain</td></tr>
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-65600430340560855762014-08-07T06:02:00.002-07:002014-08-19T05:43:11.107-07:00Corrugated Eaves Lining and Light Earth Building During a few weeks off building what does an owner builder do but help someone else build. Some friend hosted a workshop to build their strawbale extension. The extension also used some internal cob walls and external light earth walls. Here I want to comment on the light earth walls as I was considering building the Culburra house from light earth before deciding to build with hemp. The light earth was enjoyable to build with, but for my project I am glad we used hemp. Light earth is made of straw coated in a light slurry of clay, it is packed into a form work and later rendered after the form work was removed. The builder on my friends job had made his own straw cannon to mix the clay and straw mix. This was a great invention, but I prefer the more uniform result of mixing hemp in a pan mixer, the light earth mix we were working with was quite variable. I was told this was not a problem, but as a more precise hemp mixer this troubled me. I could see the benefit of the light earth was that the materials were cheaper than the hemp and lime mix, but it was also a much more labour intensive job. The mixing was more labour intensive and the packing and tamping required much more physical effort and was more time consuming than laying hemp. Because when we were building we had a labour force of two, or three or four if we were lucky, it was more cost effective to use a less labour intensive building. The light earth seemed to go up quickly, but the workshop had a workforce if about 25 on site, plenty of hand to attend to those labour intensive jobs. As a first time owner builder I have also felt reassured that the hemp sets by way of a chemical reaction and I did not have to worry about the walls rotting before they dried out or of potential moisture problems. Hence my preference to use hemp for my particular project.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Light earth walls</td></tr>
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Meanwhile back on site, Len and Ben the plumbers were busy at work installing the down pipes, hooking up the remainder if the roofs to the water tank ( for some time only one of three roofs was plumbed to the tank) and installing the storm water overflow pit, as we have no access to stormwater disposal. The water tank is connected to the toilets and washing machine and is also for outdoor watering. The water from three separate roofs runs into the tank, so that the pipers did not go overhead two of the downpipes are charged pipes, meaning that they are full of water up to the level of the tank. The need for charged pipes meant that we had no option but to use PVC. However a lick of paint in Windspray to match the eaves and tank will hopefully take away the plastic look.<br />
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I chose to line the eaves with corrugated Colorbond, as reason for this was for ease of maintenance as there is no need to paint Colorbond, and for the look, as with the skillion roofs the underside of the eaves are much more visible than usual. I chose the standard corrugated profile over mini orb, as with the large eaves mini orb would look too busy, plus the standard corrugated sheets are less expensive and more rigid making them easier to put up.<br />
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I chose to run the corrugations parallel to each of the walls and miter the corners. The corrugated sheets were wider than the 600mm eaves and I bought some electric sheers to cut down the sheets and also cut the 45 degree angles at the corners. I was so worried that I would cut the metal the wrong way, because I had to think of the eaves lining above you rather than lying on the ground, that it cut the first angle the right way but on the wrong end of the sheet. As I was fitting the corro sheet into the slot in the metal fascia there was only one way the metal could go.<br />
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After that disaster the installation of the first sheet did not go particularly well either. I started on the low side of the eaves, thinking it would be easier, but due to the sloped roof the corro had to be pushed in towards the wall then up before being curved slightly to fit it into the slot in the fascia. The corro got stuck too low on part of the wall and when pushing it up pulled off a part if the render. Hopefully thus will be covered by the angle strip that will be put on later or I can just patch it a little.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eaves lining in Colorbond Windspray</td></tr>
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The next sheet was easier as we worked out the need, on the lower side of the roof, to push the corro up and hard against the hemp wall before trying to push it into the fascia. Cutting the metal, holding it above your head and screwing it in at the same time made for some sore arms. To cheer up after a day of mixed success I put up two more of the Japanese rain chains that take the water from the awnings. It was amazing to see how beautiful a functional object could be, and the shadows they cast were an unexpected surprise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Japanese rain chain to take water from awning gutter</td></tr>
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The following day work resumed on the eaves lining. Putting the corro up on the sloped sides of the house required a bit of scaffolding and a different technique. Once in the right place with the mitred corners matching up we put one screw in to hold the sheet, then one person held the other end while the second person fitted it into the fascia slot. On the high side of the roof the manoeuvring if the sheet was slightly different again, but with the fascia supporting one side of the sheet it was amazing that such large sheets of corro could be held up by two screws, more roofing screws being put in place once it no longer had to be held up. Putting up the eaves lining is really a three person job that we have managed to do with two. We now just have to keep going and put up the lining on the other two roofs and the awnings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking up at the eaves</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nicely mitered corners</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working our way around the house</td></tr>
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The good thing about the eaves lining us that you don't really notice it whereas you did when the timber was visible. The eaves lining is starting to give the house a real finished look.<br />
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-81512137066619713742014-08-06T20:31:00.000-07:002014-08-06T20:31:05.536-07:00Colorbond Window SillsThe upper windows were taped up ready for rendering, the window header was patched up and ready to go when it became apparent how silly and difficult it would be to render the small patch of hemp between the window and the upturn of the roof flashing. In fact on all other windows the wall forming the sill slopes away from the window, but the wall forming the sill under the upper windows was made flat as it was too difficult to slope the sills when the walls were being made.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Upper windows ready for rendering</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny section of hemp between window and roof flashing</td></tr>
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The solution was to get out the angle grinder and cut away the hemp wall so that it sloped down from the window to the top of the roof flashing. I then carefully measured the angle, which was slightly different for each window, and ordered some Colorbond angles from Kiteleys Roofing to be made up in the same colour as the roof to slot in under the bottom of the window then go over the roof flashing. The result was a very neat finish and it saved hours of fiddly rendering. I am also very confident that it will not leak.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hemp wall cut off with an angle grinder</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installed flashing blends seamlessly with roof</td></tr>
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Although the outside of the house had been left untended for about a year without any problems it seems that now some birds had decided to try and make a nest in the wall. Luckily they started on a weaker spot where a spacer hole had been filled and the spacer had been over one of the timber studs, which meant the birds were stopped by the stud and did not get all the way through the wall. It just showed us we needed to hurry up with the rendering.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bird holes in hemp walls</td></tr>
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Brett, our renderer was caught up with other jobs, but put in a weekend of work to try and get the walls finished. Significant progress was made with render going on around three of the five upper windows.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front pavilion completely rendered</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Render around upper windows on back pavilion done </td></tr>
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New techniques were also tried out. The hemp making up the window header above the long kitchen window was loose and crumbly, possibly because there was a very thick lintel behind the hemp, which was therefore separated into two parts rather than being able to key in each if the sides together. Screws with plastic washers had been used to try to help the wall stay together but thus did not assist with the crumbly window header. The solution was to mix up a slurry of sand and cement and flick it on the window header, using a special tool for the purpose. The cement helped hold the wall together enough to stop it crumbling, but only covered such a small area it would not affect the breathability of the walls. Once the cement slurry had set it was much easier to patch the gaps ready for rendering. The texture created will also help provide a key for the render to adhere to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holes patched ready for render</td></tr>
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The weekend of rendering meant that we only have three walls and the front door area left and the rendering of the whole house will be done. An exciting prospect.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Render finished on the western side of the house </td></tr>
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-59411198881946735552014-06-25T04:47:00.000-07:002014-06-26T02:36:01.949-07:00In the houseOn the last weekend of May we moved some furniture in and were finally able to stay in the house. And what a delight it was. The house was beautifully quiet and this gave the house a secluded feel to it. The protection from outside noise was probably a combination of the hemp walls, double glazing and well insulated roof. When closed up the house was well sealed and there were no draughts. Where the sun had come in and warmed the polished concrete floor it was delightfully warm. In the evening it was pleasant to sit on the warmed concrete.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A borrowed trailer full of furniture for the house</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main living area with north facing windows</td></tr>
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The internals are not quite finished we still have to install the internal doors, the second bathroom to finish tiling and it and laundry to render. We are looking at using a different product to finish these two rooms as the walls are mostly MgO board which did not take the hemp render well.<br />
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The patchy render on the MgO board walls is just a unique feature we have come to accept and it may become less noticeable when we put some artwork on the walls. The cracked pattern on the surface of the polished concrete became less noticeable after the final polish and seal, but did not disappear all together. Another unique feature we have come to accept.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patchy "feature" rendered MgO wall</td></tr>
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We were always going the have a curtain rather than a door on the entry to the laundry, but we with some lovely shibori Noren curtains purchased in Japan we have done away with another door and used these instead.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hallway and Noren outside laundry </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Noren curtain instead of door between main room and entry </td></tr>
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The following weekend our friends Martin and Nerida came to stay. It was very fitting as they were among the first people to help build the hemp walls and came back again to finish the very last of the walls. At this time the kitchen was not yet complete, and Martin helped me install the range hood which was trickier than expected due to the oddly angled exhaust pipe, a result of my having earlier run into problems with some studs being right in the way of where the exhaust had to go. Some friendly advice also resolved the uncertainty we had as to the location of the bathroom mirror. The mirror was attached with metal clips screwed straight into the hemp walls. We used 50mm screws which were the longest we could get that would still fit in the clips. We did not drill any pilot holes or use wall plugs and just put the screws straight in the wall. The screws bit in and held nicely in the walls but we were careful not to over tighten them. It was very fulfilling to share the house with other people and despite some wintry weather outside it stayed a pleasant temperature inside without any heating. When the sun came out it streamed in through the north facing windows, warming the house up noticeably.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sofa bed for guests to stay</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mirror installed screwed straight in to the hemp wall</td></tr>
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Another week later Len and Ben the plumbers came back and installed the kitchen sink, tap and waste, the dishwasher and the gas for the stove. The power points for the stove and dishwasher had been swapped over and each put in the others location. This would not have been a problem except that the stove had a gas cook top and an electric stove and so needed an 15 Amp socket and was on a separate circuit. I had hoped the cords for each appliance might be long enough to reach and plug in to the others socket, but each was short by a frustratingly small 15cm. 2m was the shortest extension cord I could find for the dishwasher, but the stove needed a 15Amp extension cord, so I went to the electrical wholesaler, bought a 15Amp socket, plug and 1m of cord and wired up my own extension. This was not difficult as both the plug and socket came with their own little instruction sheet telling you which coloured wire went in which spot. A few clips under the kitchen cupboards will hopefully hide my electrical socket dilemma.<br />
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The kitchen came as a flat pack from IKEA and we added the LED strip lights under the cupboards. The only problem with this was that the wiring came in through a hole I made in the back of the cupboard and then out above the end of each of the two strips of LED lights (the two strips are separated by the range hood in between). To cover the wiring that went along the bottom of the two cupboards I added a false bottom to the cupboards with a section routed out to fit the wires into.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen completed with LED lights under cupboards</td></tr>
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It has been two years in the making and it is great to finally be able to stay in the house. One of my favourite things about staying in the house is that it is a pleasant temperature when you go to bed and is still a pleasant temperature in the morning. Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-27178318217847742502014-05-28T06:24:00.000-07:002014-05-28T06:24:02.001-07:00Significant Progress<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain chain and more finished walls</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Having a renderer that has been able to give some full time
attention to the house has led to significant progress being made over the last
few weeks. The internal walls are finished and there are only three external
walls, three upper walls and a small section around the front door to go.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq1tMJByX7fT7kT6Cujc5Qk_yI2ghhbj6Z7AiCTO8eMEB50W1YGHq9lMGsHhKRauO1af7muoWIMDcjERNvox159WOwIopIiJXZZWZyCfETQ7a3NH6TFsT9XiayomNMw65nha33kjHyTU/s1600/P1150228.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDq1tMJByX7fT7kT6Cujc5Qk_yI2ghhbj6Z7AiCTO8eMEB50W1YGHq9lMGsHhKRauO1af7muoWIMDcjERNvox159WOwIopIiJXZZWZyCfETQ7a3NH6TFsT9XiayomNMw65nha33kjHyTU/s1600/P1150228.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly rendered back wall</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppR5OwlCbpNDMDwDx338rinVDqx34b9soXpUn7e40XKlE-NgbsIlBq3IOIYW8H64IYkhiVcPupBok5NZGm35Mco38fkvS8fIseOw6Qaptte95bp3UifAVsf4-9JQbLHydVKK1B_4Qq_A/s1600/P1150244.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhppR5OwlCbpNDMDwDx338rinVDqx34b9soXpUn7e40XKlE-NgbsIlBq3IOIYW8H64IYkhiVcPupBok5NZGm35Mco38fkvS8fIseOw6Qaptte95bp3UifAVsf4-9JQbLHydVKK1B_4Qq_A/s1600/P1150244.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of house freshly rendered</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The hemp lime rendering <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has not been easy. The window headers have
been particularly difficult as the render is not very sticky and so tends to
fall off the window headers, the render also does not spread very well and so
cannot be moved around on the wall, it also tends to get rougher if you go back
and try to touch it up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But Brett, the
renderer, persevered and has managed to do the window headers by filling any
gaps or holes first (particularly any patches where chunks of the hemp wall
have broken away or crumbled), then when this is dry he has attached a straight
edge to the window and finished the underside of the window header, then when
this has gone off a bit he has gone back and done around the face of the window
header. The window headers have been done the day before the wall has been rendered.
Then when the wall is done the sides of the windows or doors have been done
first followed by the face of the wall. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq45CGlAw9TN6Q-90Q7MNkDtmWEVxIyM_rOWwjYK7IqiNoOWJo6dN_t5s-uaITnqa5eKLSLCWDJg4FeBu4x3bXqDGFUVCUArfRboGJIbYVCzyV4nMpI39oDI0nSux6DLIY1Dg72V6zlXw/s1600/P1150206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq45CGlAw9TN6Q-90Q7MNkDtmWEVxIyM_rOWwjYK7IqiNoOWJo6dN_t5s-uaITnqa5eKLSLCWDJg4FeBu4x3bXqDGFUVCUArfRboGJIbYVCzyV4nMpI39oDI0nSux6DLIY1Dg72V6zlXw/s1600/P1150206.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patching the worst of the holes in the window header</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMdlRzhd4Kmu4_BupMPFEtYTS_fyh4kbMsuM001mujVupx_s_EIvxmkGIA2ATI79_I5H_ieC9rErJuQ9WkByiTElHkCE5h0gEDJzlIcz_1cAFsg3EP8TM5s3ZENxFqB5yd37D6YUa7ZM/s1600/P1150235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMdlRzhd4Kmu4_BupMPFEtYTS_fyh4kbMsuM001mujVupx_s_EIvxmkGIA2ATI79_I5H_ieC9rErJuQ9WkByiTElHkCE5h0gEDJzlIcz_1cAFsg3EP8TM5s3ZENxFqB5yd37D6YUa7ZM/s1600/P1150235.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Window header rendered</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The walls were wetted down before being rendered, then
sprayed with a light mist of water on the evening after the wall was done on
warmer days or the next day, to slow the drying down.
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The hemp render was not suitable for use on the Magnesium
Oxide (MgO) board at all. It had to be done in two coats, increasing the cost.
The MgO wall could not be wet down first otherwise the render just slid off.
Even then the render had great trouble sticking to the wall and if done too
thickly would bubble and fall off or crack and just slide. The last MgO walls
were done by splattering the first coat on which seemed to work better, but it
was a bit late in the project to worth this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second coat of render on the MgO was very
difficult to work and on most walls the finish was very patchy both in texture
and colour.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB2ONdPWj_IELwpEb2nuZlVtC648OGrtYzQ9OP56LDrgjSIt98EUGa-m_S12g43h3xTZLcPl07cI5RjPFq5y1SpLuNnyw0t1iRWLpqHdzk8vp8bRCBsQsxEFcKEMDlI06zSXuTGj84Q4/s1600/P1150267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNB2ONdPWj_IELwpEb2nuZlVtC648OGrtYzQ9OP56LDrgjSIt98EUGa-m_S12g43h3xTZLcPl07cI5RjPFq5y1SpLuNnyw0t1iRWLpqHdzk8vp8bRCBsQsxEFcKEMDlI06zSXuTGj84Q4/s1600/P1150267.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Left - Hemp render on MgO Board and right- hemp wall</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QHcCphoqAZbLgDo64YAl3b8SBLhZrnd10ZcYK8ZsQaxxTkAEdVRxf7hoTr2iXCjYYCjBMNyfgR76ts4IodzMlcuacwXPx4XQjLRKXjOsp89gkxwKqlTPCPFUubrRMP5-Sob3FsoePJw/s1600/P1150224.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6QHcCphoqAZbLgDo64YAl3b8SBLhZrnd10ZcYK8ZsQaxxTkAEdVRxf7hoTr2iXCjYYCjBMNyfgR76ts4IodzMlcuacwXPx4XQjLRKXjOsp89gkxwKqlTPCPFUubrRMP5-Sob3FsoePJw/s1600/P1150224.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hemp render on MgO Board</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
With only a few walls left to do the render will be finished
in a few weeks after Brett takes a break from the hemp walls, with a few more conventional
jobs. The completion of the internal walls and the external walls, that have
lights on them (thank you Brett for doing those walls at short notice), meant
that the electrics in the house could be finished. Paul and Luke from Solar Connections
came down and fitted all the internal and external wall lights and got all the
power points working. A small problem arose when the back circuit and stove
circuit would not work. I panicked that there may be a problem with the wiring
in the wall or roof and I would have to start pulling the ceiling down to find
it. Thankfully this was not required, but a mix up of the stove and dishwasher
power points will hopefully be resolved by long cords on these appliances or a
short extension cord hidden under the cupboards.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0iICkMEN0_rHfuBxKKzHU3VbDbQ8ctgRkIVBnGjBHomQf0q2g1guS1HOC5k1L8EkunNfAMuABhWd3aZT1wHnedPM1jrw1f5erQknm4zykV3wdv6HJFOpwjhKrLqHsW-CLTa_3SoJjuI/s1600/P1150236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0iICkMEN0_rHfuBxKKzHU3VbDbQ8ctgRkIVBnGjBHomQf0q2g1guS1HOC5k1L8EkunNfAMuABhWd3aZT1wHnedPM1jrw1f5erQknm4zykV3wdv6HJFOpwjhKrLqHsW-CLTa_3SoJjuI/s1600/P1150236.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">External light installed</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IXuyRpHnQnnkqnoTmj6VnnHQGbtOBg3BqiBTjskrwmUjGbnaJuqGbVOjSBRYfzlhAXXHYb1chNTgwKMNtAqV1TqvUALSA0NOXrkCxT1gI0IwsaMVLspVfpeJP5Li2REBuVCL7sT1z-8/s1600/P1150241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0IXuyRpHnQnnkqnoTmj6VnnHQGbtOBg3BqiBTjskrwmUjGbnaJuqGbVOjSBRYfzlhAXXHYb1chNTgwKMNtAqV1TqvUALSA0NOXrkCxT1gI0IwsaMVLspVfpeJP5Li2REBuVCL7sT1z-8/s1600/P1150241.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of house with external lights installed</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
I had forgotten about the LED lights under the overhead
kitchen cupboards and so spent much of the day putting up the cupboards so the
electricians could install the lights. The LED lights were made up to fit the
length of the cupboards, leaving a gap for the range hood over the stove. </div>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ12GYYAB2VAJWmRvj3uePtYRRxs7_iVx4ksD73X5OBle-Df8jEUA9iQ72Wott1FfY308KW1CAI5IPeVaq5G6NocB96fm54NpQkba9HgF9ZJyrQWaqcxI2-1Rj3M79ZZEhKoKK5Wd2qgM/s1600/P1150262.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ12GYYAB2VAJWmRvj3uePtYRRxs7_iVx4ksD73X5OBle-Df8jEUA9iQ72Wott1FfY308KW1CAI5IPeVaq5G6NocB96fm54NpQkba9HgF9ZJyrQWaqcxI2-1Rj3M79ZZEhKoKK5Wd2qgM/s1600/P1150262.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen cupboards and LED lights underneath</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Everything happened at once as on the same day the electrics
went in, Brett was rendering the external walls and Greg from Alpine Glass put
the semi frame less shower screen in the front bathroom. Plus he helped me out
by drilling the holes in the tiles for my toilet roll holder, I had been scared
to do these for fear of cracking the tiles. With the right drill bit and experience
it was no problem.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda6ymEiVcC4PSmrXX3rbxBTVUWv5_IANUcW3zpDqzRQ8-nAn23uiRji0KmBGSCz59V33VBq-GfInqgVjBpC5-D-jfKWVNK2YqDGZXxUEoiOFCQqkmiIrJWtDDxREG44LZsYfguWIlRCw/s1600/P1150251.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjda6ymEiVcC4PSmrXX3rbxBTVUWv5_IANUcW3zpDqzRQ8-nAn23uiRji0KmBGSCz59V33VBq-GfInqgVjBpC5-D-jfKWVNK2YqDGZXxUEoiOFCQqkmiIrJWtDDxREG44LZsYfguWIlRCw/s1600/P1150251.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Semi frame less shower screen</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Iyt6KUVomLhyPtU7lf9X7xn3HoWUjkruCF9RHgmzpBeuk1-rj3AUIrQa-x4A45s8LuQG2_A48Klana9E1tJ7kth94OF4ObAOFtwI_ZSFUF4y6hG93WNuAFV084g_k1TXUQvpOHt1peQ/s1600/P1150252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Iyt6KUVomLhyPtU7lf9X7xn3HoWUjkruCF9RHgmzpBeuk1-rj3AUIrQa-x4A45s8LuQG2_A48Klana9E1tJ7kth94OF4ObAOFtwI_ZSFUF4y6hG93WNuAFV084g_k1TXUQvpOHt1peQ/s1600/P1150252.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toilet roll holder</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The completion of the internal rendering meant that the
final finish on the floor could be done. Before this could be done I had to
remove all the boards and plastic protecting the floor and remove the tape and clean
the excess render from around the edges of the walls. I used vinegar and hard
work to clean up the render from the edge of the floors and had to vacuum and mop
the floor several times with multiple changes of water to get rid of all the
fine dust. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYQYcenVzmAwVRf2qRWKZWjOlYEIWkJTOqTYfAQkkVjj-2IdtfkYkA6kXtADVaYAtYQuzywZqqw6uF8TavP777QEpmnjRUWhTp4QBoM8e8zDuu4QGWRSbKfiHl8TbhdHaQa1Z1VKz4MI/s1600/P1150217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqYQYcenVzmAwVRf2qRWKZWjOlYEIWkJTOqTYfAQkkVjj-2IdtfkYkA6kXtADVaYAtYQuzywZqqw6uF8TavP777QEpmnjRUWhTp4QBoM8e8zDuu4QGWRSbKfiHl8TbhdHaQa1Z1VKz4MI/s1600/P1150217.jpg" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Floor in need of more mopping</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfW3tZBGmlRU3nuRO4RN7L7VAsFoWJAR2zZ-NTaWw9QQdEQ-09-CDp0sn6YpDMKBf62MJlNhzK00z_ECoiH39uwUk3fkk3nL232DK1a_zlzXxRFJgXWwd_78U_aUJXWF9yFEGkx4akFE/s1600/P1150247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfW3tZBGmlRU3nuRO4RN7L7VAsFoWJAR2zZ-NTaWw9QQdEQ-09-CDp0sn6YpDMKBf62MJlNhzK00z_ECoiH39uwUk3fkk3nL232DK1a_zlzXxRFJgXWwd_78U_aUJXWF9yFEGkx4akFE/s1600/P1150247.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleaned concrete floor</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="MsoNormal">
The first coat of finish on the polished concrete had what
looked like crazy paving type pattern cracked in the top of it. This was only
visible when light hit the floor at an angle but was much more obvious under
artificial light. There were also a few patches of white spots and some rough
sections where things had fallen on the floor when the first coat was drying as
this was done before the windows had been put in. </div>
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYc_yWlCYmlRCuhcZE802zIj6Iod_xSONM4qQCAsa2c4pXmhiyxsLlA_Upo2YyI9RsN2RycJQm-d-4J7E732OUpJugiJt0desbC2NnMLCLcgN_8NObzl13wdojWvcmjdHEnh0IwKvg7yQ/s1600/P1150248.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYc_yWlCYmlRCuhcZE802zIj6Iod_xSONM4qQCAsa2c4pXmhiyxsLlA_Upo2YyI9RsN2RycJQm-d-4J7E732OUpJugiJt0desbC2NnMLCLcgN_8NObzl13wdojWvcmjdHEnh0IwKvg7yQ/s1600/P1150248.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crazy paving cracks in sealer</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">White dots on concrete</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Henry and Adrian from Dayman Group returned to fix up the
floor. It had been two years since they did the first cut on the polished concrete
and almost a year since the first sealer went on. The floor was given a light
sand which will hopefully resolve the crazy paving cracking and remove the
rough sections. A bit more of a sand was required to get out the white spots, which
I was told were caused by the floor being covered before the first lot of
sealer had fully dried. They also fixed up some patches which would have been
covered by the kitchen cupboards, except that the cupboards we are installing are
about 30cm off the ground. </div>
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I left while the final coat of floor sealer was still wet
and so am keen to get back down there and see what the final finish is like.
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-8615964861342815792014-03-29T04:48:00.003-07:002014-03-29T04:48:31.026-07:00Rendering ResumesIn October last year we began to have some problems with the render. The render went on ok and looked fine when wet but dried very blotchy and with lots of cracks. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly done render</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More fresh render</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blotchy render</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots of cracks</td></tr>
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At first we thought that the problem was that the render had been getting wetter and wetter as he weather got warmer and it had reached a point where it was too wet, However in retrospect this seems to be a wrong assumption. We are not sure what caused the problems with the render, it may have dried too fast or the weather been too warm. As other walls were done after the blotchy ones and they looked fine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subsequent walls looked fine</td></tr>
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We tried to have a second coat put over the three blotchy walls but this did not go well and when it became clear that the second coat would not go on smoothly we had no choice but to chip off the whole wall of render and start again. This was done for three walls the two largest in the main room and one in the back bedroom. Two of the walls were really soft even though it was about two months since they had been done and the render came off really easily. the other wall on the north side of the main room had some soft patches and some really hard patches.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Render chipped off bedroom wall</td></tr>
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The first wall we chipped off looked fine when first done, then started to dry blotchy again, but in a different way the second time. Ironically another wall done on the same day and with the same mix turned out fine. When the second wall we had chipped the render off was redone it too looked fine to begin with but when it looked like it was starting to dry unevenly I wet it down several times and it ultimately dried with an acceptably even finish. We were not keen to redo the blotchy wall we had already chipped off once and tried to get some lime paint to match, but our test patch showed that the colour was not a close match and even two coats of the paint did not cover the dark and light patches underneath.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first wall that was chipped off looked fine when first re rendered</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wall done the second time when drier</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And drier again</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wall done on the same day and same mix turned out fine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Redone wall that was wet down after rendering</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Test patch of lime paint</td></tr>
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John, who had been doing our rendering, had a new baby and a full time job and no longer had the time to work with such a frustrating and inconsistent product. We looked for someone else to render the outside of the house. When Brett Smith from Shoalhaven Cement Rendering came out to give us a quote, he did not know how the product would go on so he picked up a trowel and did a small wall. The wall was wet down a few hours after it was done to slow the drying. The wall looked great and he go the job, which was later extended from just doing the outside of the house to finishing the inside as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brett's test wall</td></tr>
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It was pleasing to see work on the house resume. Worried that the earlier mixes were too wet Brett started with a slightly stiffer mix, however it proved hard to get a smooth finish and we went back to the wetter mix that John had used.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Halfway through the first wall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First external wall complete</td></tr>
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Work then progressed on a difficult wall that had been half done previously and had only half the window reveal done. Brett did an admirable job joining the new and old render and rendering the reveal on a very crumbly section of hemp walling around the window where a large chuck of hemp had fallen out.<br />
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The window headers and reveals then threw up a new set of problems to be resolved. The render was not very sticky and did not like sticking to the window headers. On the next wall the decision was made to use a thin coat of a wetter mix on the window headers and to do the window reveals first before the rest of the wall. This way the window reveal could be done and the render stick then as the render stiffened any minor fixing up could be done. One thing about the hemp render it does not respond well to being fixed up or touched up once done as this tends to roughen the surface. It is much better to put the render on and leave it alone.<br />
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In the second week into the rendering 120mm of rain overnight at Culburra delayed further progress. But when work resumed on the external walls Brett's decision to go around the corners when the first wall adjoining the corner was done proved to be a good one and the second wall adjoining the corner could be feathered in leaving a soft gently rounded corner.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Heavy rain cause the creation of a temporary lake</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice softly rounded corner</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Almost looks like the house is done</td></tr>
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Most of the walls left to do on the inside were the first and second coats on the Magnesium Oxide board. The hemp lime render and the Magnesium Oxide board were not a good mix. The render needed to be done in two coats and even then the first coat had to be done with a slightly stiffer mix and barely stuck to the wall. It was very difficult for Brett to get a smooth finish of the MgO Board and one of the walls has started drying very patchy. We will have to wait a few weeks and see if this evens out as it dries or remains, in which case we may have to paint it as a 'feature' wall. In the entryway with a thin slightly wetter mix for the second coat the render went on a bit better.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second coat of render on MgO Board</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entryway render going on second coat of MgO Board</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Render still wet on MgO board</td></tr>
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I am a fan of Japanese woodblock prints, particularly
landscapes, I also love the medium of mosaic so when I was free to tile a whole
bathroom however I wanted, I chose to tile my shower in the famous watery
themed print “Under the Wave off Kanagawa” by Hokusai, more popularly known as "The Great Wave." </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An original print of Under the Waver off Kanagawa</td></tr>
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I bought tiles to break up into mosaic pieces as this was
the only way that I could get the specific colours I wanted and have all the
tiles the same thickness, which made them much easier to work with. With a
colour photocopy of ‘the wave’ in hand I used the old fashioned grid method to
transform it into a 1800 x 2100mm drawing, with a few minor changes to make it
fit to the size of my shower. I then mosaiced each of the two 900mm shower
walls separately. I cut, smashed and nibbled the tiles to the right shape and
laid them out over the picture in sections the width of a piece of contact,
then rolled the contact over the top to hold the pieces in place.</div>
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The first panel I laid out on the floor, which was good as I
could see the whole picture at once but working on the floor was not good for
my back. When complete I cut the mosaic along the grout lines into panels of
about 300 x 300mm. The second panel was done on a large bench 1.5m wide but not
long enough to hold the whole panel, so I started working at the top and pushed
the panel up the bench as I went when the tiles got to the edge of the bench I
cut them off into the 300 x300mm panels. The panels were packed into a box in
the order that I would put them on the wall, which meant that the panel I
finished last was the first to go up. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Final section made up on the bench, with contact on top</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic being cut up into sections</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sheets of mosaic packed into a box for transport</td></tr>
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I was worried that I would have trouble putting the approximately 300 x
300mm sheets on the wall, but this was unfounded and the mosaic went up
surprisingly easily. I spread tile adhesive on the wall, in wide bands sufficient to
take a row of mosaic sheets, then, careful to line up the first piece straight,
I pressed the sheets onto the wall. To try and push them on flat and not have
an undulating mosaic surface I pressed them on gently by hand and moved them
into the right place then pressed them down with my rendering hawk, which is a
flat square of metal about 300 x 300mm with a handle on the bottom. Then when
the whole row was done I went over it with my level, which covered the whole
row of the mosaic, and pushed down to make sure it kept straight across the
row. I later did this vertically too. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three quarters of the mosaic on the wall, hawk and level at bottom</td></tr>
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The following day I peeled the contact off the front of the
mosaic, a few pieced had not adhered properly and I had to go back and put them
back in, but this was not bad considering the number of pieces in the mosaic.
Unfortunately several of the pieces that had to be put back in did not sit
flush and are a bit uneven, but this is hardly noticeable over the whole piece.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mosaic adhered to the wall</td></tr>
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I was very happy with the finished look and how it almost
seamlessly bends the corner however, when I grouted the mosaic with white grout the white sections blended together and the grout lines in the dark section became more prominent. I am not sure if I like the look of the mosaic with the white grout and am worried the white of the wave does not stand out enough against the alabaster background. However, I will wait until I finish the rest of the bathroom before I decide to make any changes.</div>
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The whole mosaic project took me well over 100 hours, I think, and it could be as much as 150 hours. It is hard to tell as I did the mosaic over 9 months. The first section with large amounts of the same colour was put together quite quickly, once I realised how long the detailed sections would take I was too far into the project to stop and so I persevered and I am proud of my achievement.</div>
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-78900349982183322512014-03-28T05:57:00.000-07:002014-03-28T06:04:05.516-07:00Deck Joists and garden mulch<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Notwithstanding that the inside of the house was still a
workzone, later in January, my friend Martin joined us for a weekend, camping in a tent out the back. Work continued apace on the decking, disguising the lack of work being carried out on the rendering.The concrete forms around each of the foundations were removed. They had been made with scrap timber held together with two nails from the farming nailer in diagonally opposit corners ad two screws resued from the formwork in the other two. This meant that they wer easy to take apart with the impact driver.</div>
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With the bearers all secured in place it was just a matter of cutting to length, squaring and attaching the 90 x 45 treted pine joists. But prior to this we removed any vegetation left under the deck area and covered it in a layer of blue metal. This was done to proide good drainage under the deck and try to prevent grass growing there. the joists were then attached with two galvinised skew nails from the fraiming nailer where each joist crossed a bearer. I enjoyed the speed with which the joists went on.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L shaped side deck</td></tr>
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More thought was required for the curved deck and my friend, Martin, helped me work out where extra bearers and joists and blocking between the ends of the joists was needed to support the curved edge of the deck. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The curved deck </td></tr>
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Prior to Christmas I had ordered a truckload of mulch from a tree lopping company. It arrived unexpectedly in mid January. The pile was so big that before we spread it out we had to climb over it to get from the back gate to the house. We spread out wet newspaper, leftovers collected from the local newsagent, to surpress the weeds and mulched the back section of the garden. It was amazing the transformation it made, take it from building site to a home. Two passionfriut plants were also oplanted along the back fence. A while fig tree, gifted by a friend, was added to the garden. While we were not on site our neighbours Leslie and Don, who are avid gardners, have lovingly watered and fertilised our passionfruit and figs and hev even protected them from the digging paws of the bandicoots.</div>
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-65788066202339337752014-03-28T05:24:00.003-07:002014-03-28T05:25:59.831-07:00Digging Holes and Deck Foundations<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Traditionally over the Christmas/New Year period the
building industry shuts down, but for the owner builder it just provides some
additional (paid) work free time for more building. Two deliveries arrived on
23 December just before the industry shutdown, the blue metal and the decking
timber, readying us for our building holiday.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Structural and decking timber arrived from DIY Timbers Bomaderry</td></tr>
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Some time ago in the schedule I had planned to build the
decks over the Christmas/New year period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The earlier assumption had been that the rest of the house would be
finished and the decks would be the final piece of work. Needless to say the
house was not done by Christmas and hold ups with the rendering meant that not
even the inside was finished. The absence of completed accommodation meant that
we were unable to invite friends down to assist with the decks and landscaping.
Despite it not being the most ideal time in the schedule, as the external walls
had not yet been rendered, the deck construction commenced.</div>
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There were three separate decks to build, with two of them
turning a corner. All the decks were close to the ground being about 350 –
400mm off the ground so instead of using posts I planned to attach the bearers
directly to post stirrups concreted into the ground. To try to keep the structural
timber as high off the ground as I could I used 90 x 70mm laminated treated
pine as bearers and 90 x 45mm treated pine joists. The decks were attached to
the house with 90 x 45mm treated pine ledgers. These small timber sizes kept
the depth of the timber shallow but necessitated more posts/stirrups. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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A well planned Christmas present of a Rotary Hammer drill
was put to good use attaching the ledger boards to the concrete slab of the
house with Dyna bolts. Although cheap the Ozito Rotary Hammer drill was very
heavy to hold it drilled into the concrete easily, probably aided by the new
unblunted drill bits it came with. The ten ledger board timbers, each requiring
several dyna bolts, meant that the Rotary Hammer Drill more than paid for
itself with the time it saved. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ledger boards installed and bearers being placed</td></tr>
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Not everyone takes a break in the New Year and my neighbour
Gary informed us that the fencers would arrive on 2 January to put in the new
fence. This meant that we had to remove the old fence before they arrived. Gary
got out with the chainsaw cutting off the rails and we each took turns of the
sledgehammer, somewhat therapeutically, bashing off the palings. The old
hardwood timber fence was not wasted and Gary had arranged to redistribute it
to friends and neighbours to use as firewood.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Therapeutic fence removal</td></tr>
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We hired a two person petrol driver post hole digger with a
330mm auger from Kennards in Nowra to dig the 35 post holes for the deck
footings. We hired it on 31 December as 1 January was a public holiday we had
to return it on 2 January and in effect got one day free. We had never used a
post hole digger and despite brief instructions from Kennards we had great
trouble getting it started. With some help from neighbour, Gary, the machine
was finally stated. We started digging, thankfully Ben had control of the
throttle as I had to use every muscle in my body to hold the beast of a machine
and stop it from flinging me around in a circle. It was hard work. We had to
keep lifting the auger out to shake off the soil. Then we hit solid clay and
neither the machine nor I could go any further. The Alan Staines “The Deck
Building Book” had suggested using 600mm deep concrete footings however, given
that the engineering for the house concrete slab had only required the piers
under the slab to go down to the undisturbed red clay layer, we figures that
was good enough for the deck too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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We started with the holes for the deck between the main and
back pavilions. It was a hot day and the work was so hard that we only got
through five holes in half a day. The soil was compacted and we hit patches of
clay before we got to the solid clay layer. The work was extremely physically
demanding then our spirits were crushed as we cracked through a storm water pipe
that I had misjudges the location of. After this it was decided to dig two
further holes, considered too close to the possible location of the storm water
pipe, to risk using the auger on, by hand. Our work was thankfully put on hold
by the need to join friends and a New Years Eve celebration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Len Beckett, our fabulous plumber, came by and fixed our stormwater pipe on 3 January, in time for our conctrete to be poured on 6 January. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cracked storm water pipe</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damaged pipe uncovered</td></tr>
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With 27 holes left to dig on New Year’s Day we set ourselves
a target of 10 before lunch, 10 after lunch and the remainder the following
morning. However our technique improved, in particular in knowing how much soil
could accumulate in the auger before we had to list it out and empty off the
soil, as if left in too long the auger was almost impossible to lift and it
take out too early it just wasted time and energy. We dug a number of tricky
holes in awkward corners and close to the house, then got faster again as we
moved to the front of the house where the soil was deeper before the clay was
reached. As we moved away from the house to the holes for the larger front
deck, where I presume the soil had not been compacted, the holes got easier to
dig. We reached our target number of holes for the day and then kept going.
With only 3 or 4 holes left there seemed no point leaving it to the following
day and so finished all the holes. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holes dug</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Post hole digger/auger in background</td></tr>
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Although we had both worn gloves our hands paid a price for
the assistance of the mechanical auger and we had blistered hands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I determined with a day like that on New
Year’s Day every day for the rest of the year would be better than that
day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sore blistered hands</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Meanwhile the fencers set to work on the new fence and despite the heat had the whole thing done in two days.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Posts and rails went in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The finished fence</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">With the concrete arriveing on 6 January, the first day back at work for the Ezyway mini concrete truck company, I had a couple of days to put in the post stirrups and bearers. The stirrups were attached straight to the bearers instead of posts and I levelled and propped the bearers up on chocks of timber so that the concrete could be poured straight into the holes. All was not smooth sailing, the difficulties we had with the post hole digger meant that some of the holes were not as accurate as thety could have been. This particularly caused a headache on the largest deck as the bearers had to be joined in the middle over a stirrup, which of course had to line up with a hole. A pep talk from neighbour Gary kept me going and helped me accept that stirrups not quite in the centre of the holes were not the end of the world.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stirrups and bearers in place, ready for concrete</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The deck starts to take shape</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">On 6 January the concrete arrived at 10am. I should probably have asked it to arrive earlier as it was a hot day and the concrete started to go off quickly before I could level it. The truck driver from Ezyway was a deft hand at attaching and removing chutes from the truck and reversing it into just the rights spot so that the whole of the front deck was poured straight from the truck into the holes. We only had to wheel barrow the concrete into the holes for the decks around the back, saving us a lot of work. In the heat however, the concrete started to go off before I had time to level it and give it an incline down away from the stirrups, so the ones in the sun are a little lumpy. I should not hae worried, after all they will be underneath a deck!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Concrete in place</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temporary forms used to keep concrete contained</td></tr>
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-17023943009486878162013-12-27T19:08:00.002-08:002013-12-27T19:08:13.734-08:00Water Tank and Bath TubOur 5,000L water tank from Tankworks arrived in early December and Len and Ben the plumbers filled it with a bit of water and temporarily hooked it up to one of the down pipes. Eventually it will catch water from all three of the roofs. When we ordered the water tank 4 weeks prior we had anticipated that the internal rendering would be finished and the external wall near the tank might also have been done. As it turns out this was not to be. At least we left enough space between the tank and the wall to access it easily.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water tank in Windspray to match windows</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of tank from around the corner</td></tr>
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While the plumbers were out doing the tank they also installed the bath tub. After all my effort making the bath hob and getting it the right height for the Moroccan tiles, the bath fitted in perfectly. I can now fill in the missing tile that was left off to allow access to the bath waste. We chose a Franke steel bath as our current plastic bath has scratched and I got it for a good price on E-bay. With the shower nearby when you are really dirty you can do the Japanese thing and rinse off the dirt on the shower and use the bath for soaking.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfect for soaking after a day of building</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Window set at right height for viewing from bath</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lovely curved bath spout</td></tr>
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<br />Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-74945208638010478462013-12-21T04:27:00.002-08:002013-12-21T04:27:34.551-08:00A Spate of Problems<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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We had been off site for some time when we returned it was
clear that something had gone wrong on the most recently rendered walls. The walls were very patchy and had much larger cracks than any of the hairline cracks we
had before. The walls were also not as smooth and in parts almost looked pitted. Having put so much work into every aspect of the house I cannot
leave those walls as they are, even if it means putting another coat of render
on them myself. The only cause I can think of is that the render had too much
water in it. As the weather has got warmer the render has been getting more and
more water in it and it may have come to a tipping point where this has caused
a significant difference in how it has dried and the finished result. We will have to go back and do an
area using a less wet mix and see if the finish goes back to that of the
earlier walls that were done. The flow on effect is that the rendering of the
internal walls will not be finished before Christmas, so the floor will not be
able to be completed and we will not be able to live inside. I am disappointed by
this, but would much rather a well finished house than some patchy cracked
walls just for the sake of a bit of time. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Patchy render finish</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Big cracks and pitted texture to render</td></tr>
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Our neighbours are building a large shed and needed to run
stormwater from there to the front of their block. They suggested that we
connect the overflow from our water tank through their block to the street
rather than having to do a pit in the backyard for the stormwater as, due to the
slope of the land and that we are a battle axe block, we cannot run our
stormwater to the street through our block. I advised our plumber of this and
because we did not need to get a pit in the backyard any more I arranged for
the excavators to come in and level the block. Our neighbours were advised by
Council that they could not just allow the stormwater to go through their block
without an easement. This was not an option so now we need to do pit in the
backyard again and I have now got my sequencing all wrong by getting the
excavators in to do the levels before the plumber put in the stormwater pit. We
will also have to try and keep the tank half full so we don’t end up with an
overly soggy patch in the backyard every time we get a downpour. </div>
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The first rangehood we bought was larger than the size described in the brochure, so we had to return it, frustratingly the appliance store would only give us an exchange voucher and not a refund. Limited to what was on offer at the appliance store we bought another rangehood. It fitted the cupboard but was slightly higher than the previous one. Cutting out the hemp with a cold chisel to make room for the exhaust for the rangehood was easy until I found that I hit a stud and a noggin. The noggin had been put in so that I was able to hang the kitchen cupboards from the frame. </div>
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I am making the the ducting for the exhaust from the rangehood from 150mm plumbing pipe since I need a 90 degree elbow and otherwise it is a very short run straight out the wall. The pipe just hit the bottom part of the noggin and once side of the stud. Not wanting to reduce the strength of the stud too much I decided to angle the ducting so that I just had to take off the corner of the stud. This was not as easy as it first seemed.</div>
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To add to my woes or perhaps because my thinking had been
clouded by my woes, in trying to put in the exhaust for the rangehood I drilled
through an electrical cable. An electrical cable that ran straight through a
stud, with the cable cut halfway through the stud. The cable was for the power
point for the rangehood and thankfully the power point circuit was turned off.
In my defence the cable looked like it went through lower than it did, but I
should have been more careful and consulted the photographs of the frame and
wiring like I did when choosing how and where to attach the kitchen cupboards.
I went through the now usual method of problem solving: tears, anger, then solution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I moved the power point. I chipped out a bit
more wall until the cut cable was long enough to attach to a power point. I
then chased in the longer part of the cable so that it too came out at the same
place. A beautiful solution, except that the power point is now on the opposite
side of the rangehood to the power cord, but it will all be inside a cupboard
so no one will see this. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cut power cord</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Duct hole and moved power point</td></tr>
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The upset and disappointment of all these disasters was
washed away by the hot water of a long shower; the first in the house where the
hot water came out of a tap and not a kettle. While we had been off site the
plumbers came around and installed the regulator for the gas bottles. We hooked
up a barbecue LPG bottle temporarily while we waited for delivery of the full
size bottles. The power points for the house are not yet functional so we put
an extension cord from the meter box to the instantaneous gas hot water unit
and with gas and power connected finally had that true sign of an advanced
civilisation – hot water on tap. The Methven Satinjet water saving shower head
gave such a luxurious evenly spread flow of water it served to confirm the
severe shortcomings of the water saving shower heads we have put up with for the
last 10 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-40012847052844035792013-12-04T03:35:00.003-08:002013-12-04T03:35:28.138-08:00Land Levelled<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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We had undertaken the big task of completely clearing the
site ready for the excavators. The clearing included picking up all the big and
little bits of timber lying around, removing the duckboards we had installed
around the house to allow us to work out of the mud as well as moving a large
pile of timber left over from the frame and roof that had been in the place
where the truck had left it over a year ago. The left over bags of hemp, that looked
like a blue elephant in the front yard, also had to be moved to a location that
did not have to be excavated. The only such spot we could find was beside the
driveway and so began the task of unstacking the piled bags moving the pallets
they were on and lifting, the lighter bags, and dragging, the heavier bags, to
their new site then recovering them all with tarps and plastic. Finally a brush
cutter was hired to cut all the grass that had grown up around the site,
particularly around the wood pile where the grass had been left to grow for
over a year and had completely covered some previously neatly sorted and
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of the house for the first time without building materials stacked in front of it</td></tr>
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My original excavator Brummy, whose machines were now too
big to fit around the house put me onto Stephen, the man with the little
diggers, from Jervis Bay Underground. The day before we got to site Stephen the excavator had been in and
put in a drain along the back of the house, where the land sloped toward the
house. A further pit and drain were put in outside the back bedroom where we
had previously got “Lake Culburra” when it rained. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drain installed and ground levelled</td></tr>
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The land had been cut and filled for the slab with no extra
material to be brought on site and the waffle pod slab was formed on top of
this levelled area. We now had 5 tonnes of crusher dust brought in to help
level and shape the land. Soil was kept away from where we are going to put the
decks as we sought to keep as big a gap between the soil and land as possible to
allow for air flow.</div>
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The diggers got to work and by the end of the day the land
was levelled and sloped where needed and looked like a blank canvas ready to
start creating a garden, but first we need to get the rendering finished and
the decks built.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front pavilion ready for decks to be built</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back pavilion, with ground sloping down toward front of block</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">West side of block</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ground levelled and pavers installed ready for gas bottles</td></tr>
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Meanwhile inside the house we started hanging the overhead
cupboards in the kitchen, the floor units will have to wait until we get the
floor refinished.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Disaster struck when
we found that the range hood that was supposed to fit on the cupboard was too
deep and would not fit in the cupboard. Later investigation showed that the
size stated in the brochure for the product was different from the actual size.
This brought a halt to the cupboard installation.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half the overhead kitchen cupboards installed</td></tr>
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On another front, a milestone was reached, after several
months of work the first half of the shower mosaic has been completed. My mosaic technique
has improved, so I hope the second half will not take as long. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First half of "The Great Wave" mosaic</td></tr>
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The house moved closer to completion with the excitement of
two trades, the plumber and electrician, being on sit on the same day.</div>
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The bushfires and advice to get out of the Blue Mountains
had meant that I had two extra days on site to build. This time was used making
the laundry bench out of half a table I had bought from the “rejects” section
of IKEA. Into this was placed a sink, bought while on sale, that we had
intended for the kitchen, but was no longer needed so found a new place in the
laundry. Rails were unscrewed from the half table and reused as supports for
the laundry bench.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laundry bench, sink and tiling</td></tr>
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In the laundry I tried my hand at tiling, a 100mm border of
white tiles on one side and under and 200mm above the laundry sink and bench,
using 300 x 200mm tiles, on the other. My tiling skills were learnt from
various You Tube clips. I called up my tiled and used the same adhesive he had
“Gripflex.” My skills with the notched trowel were rudimentary and I found it
difficult to evenly spread the adhesive in the confined space under the laundry
bench. Grouting the following day was a much easier task, I had had some
experience with this from doing mosaics and the rubber grout spreader I had
bought from the hardware store made the task much easier. On the third day
white silicon went in along the joints between the walls and the walls and
floor.</div>
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I had been disappointed to find that my beautifully tiled
bathroom has cracked grout along the wall joints, my YouTube tiling research
having suggested that silicon be used in these locations to avoid cracking if
there was movement between the walls. A phone call to the tiler and the
suggestion that I scratch out the grout and fill the joint with silicon led me
to undertake this job. Despite the Aldi brand caulking gun I had bought coming
with little plastic curved shapes to do corners I resorted to using my fingers
to smooth out the silicon, they seemed to work much better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cracked grout in the join between walls</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More cracks in the grout</td></tr>
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So when Len and Ben the plumbers arrived on site, although
the tiles in the laundry had not yet been grouted, enough work had been done for them to put
in the laundry sink and tap. In no time we had running water. The excitement to
be found in watching a tap run can only be understood by those who have lived
without this luxury.</div>
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But our enjoyment of the mod cons did not end there. The
tiled bathroom had a flush toilet installed, the bathroom vanity unit and tap
and most importantly the shower were all installed an operational. This brought
us one step closer to the long awaited dream of hot water on tap. The absence
of a suitable place to put the LPG gas bottles prevented us from having hot
water. This was to be quickly remedied as the excavators were booked for the
following week and the second hand 600 x 600 concrete pavers were just waiting
to be used as a base for the gas bottles.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bathroom vanity, shower and exhaust fan all working</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flushing toilet</td></tr>
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Having done most of the work on site ourselves over the
previous few months, with the exception of the rendering, it was bizarre to
have two trades on site at the same time. Paul the electrician had come down to
fix a problem with the solar electricity panels. It turns out the problem was
some incorrectly manufactured fuses that had shorted out. These were replaced
with a more reliable model.</div>
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While on site Paul got to work installing lights and
switches. The bedrooms and kitchen/living room now all have working lights, as
does the laundry and front bathroom, which also has a working exhaust fan. This
was another significant step into the modern world. No more working a night by
head torch or floodlight. When it is the first time you do it, a simple task
such as turning on a light switch becomes a much more conscious and significant
task.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ceiling light in the bedroom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So excited I took a photo of a light switch</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The internal and external wall lights could not
be completed until the rendering is done. We will also have to wait for another
day for the power points, but for now I am satisfied with the simple joys of
water coming out of a tap and light at the flick of a switch. </span></span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Rendering continued with the main kitchen/living room being completed and the final bedroom being started.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First wall in the third bedroom freshly rendered</td></tr>
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-29157948616177319322013-10-29T04:02:00.000-07:002013-10-29T04:02:09.223-07:00How to Hemp Lime RenderWith well over half of the internal walls rendered, John our renderer has mastered the application of the Australian Hemp Masonry Company hemp lime render. We have put together a little video on the rendering process.<br />
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The first room to be completely rendered was the bathroom. In the bathroom the render produced a very nice finish that ended flush with the tiles, each being about 10mm thick. The main kitchen living area was the second room to be completed. Two of the bedrooms are not far off completion with only the second coat on the Magnesium Oxide board to go. Even the third bedroom now has one wall rendered. All the hemp walls have been rendered in a single 10mm coat. The MgO board walls have been rendered in two approximately 5mm coats. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last wall in the main room freshly rendered</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main room rendered</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First wall started in the last room to be rendered</td></tr>
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-31053837000379343512013-09-25T22:13:00.003-07:002013-09-25T22:13:41.247-07:00Bathroom TiledMoving on to the next phase of our build we started fitting out the bathrooms. Inspired by the opportunity to make the bathrooms really interesting I chose to do a mosaic for the tiling in the shower of the small bathroom. As the design of the house has been influenced by traditional Japanese architecture and I have always loved Japanese woodblock prints I chose to do Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa as a mosaic in the shower. About two months ago I started. The first sections involved blocks of the same colour and progressed quickly.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A good start to the "Great Wave" mosaic</td></tr>
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However, as I got into the intricate part of the design progress slowed. I think I must be crazy to take on such a time consuming project when I am already so busy trying to finish the build, but the potential to create something really interesting and unusual inspires me to continue.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Slower progress on the detailed section</td></tr>
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By luck I found that Johnson tiles produce 100 x 100 mm wall tiles in a wide range of colours and found colours that almost perfectly matched those in the Hokusai print. Our next dilemma was what colour to choose for the floor tiles, we considered blue or white and even looked as greys. None of the greys looked any good and we discovered that there are very few blue floor tiles currently on the market, this made our decision much easier - it had to be white.<br />
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With such a striking tiling in one bathroom the issue was what to do in the other bathroom. My idea of doing another mosaic was abandoned when I realised how long the first one will take to do, but we did not want the other bathroom to be dull in comparison to the mosaic. Ben suggested Moroccan tiles. I have always been a fan of the intricate geometric designs of Moroccan tiles. A search of the Internet led us to Kasbah Imports, who as the name suggests import items of Moroccan decor. We chose to use the Moroccan tiles for a waist high border and also on the front of the bath. The rest of the bathroom was to be white. We have concerns about keeping the white tiles clean, but the white tiles make the small south facing bathrooms much brighter.<br />
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Not confident that I could get the floor levels right I got a local contractor, Peter Dempsey in to do the floor and wall tiling, (with the exception of the mosaic). Before the tiling could be done I needed a bath hob. I approached this task with some was with some trepidation as I had not done anything like this before. I had to get the height of the hob just right to fit two whole Moroccan tiles on the front. Conveniently Peter Dempsey came around to confirm the tile layout just as I was about to start the job, he gave the right spacing for the various gaps I had to leave and from there I just had to make sure everything fitted, perfectly.<br />
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I probably over-engineered the bath hob, creating in effect two self supporting timber surrounds - one to support the bath and the other to lay the MgO board on which would then be covered in tiles. The timber to be covered in tiles had to be a precise distance from the lip of the bath, so that the bath appeared to sit on the finished tiles. To get this distance right I sat the timber surround supporting the bath on the upturned bath, used spacers to add the required gap then attached the outer timber while resting on the spacers, as a result the gap was just the right distance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking that bath sat level on the hob</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bath hob with separate supports for inner and outer timbers</td></tr>
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The shower recess was against an external hemp wall on one side so I lined the shower recess and area where the wall would be tiled with MgO board. I did not used the MgO board on the small section of tiling above the bath as the window reveal was 10mm out from the wall and the 9mm MgO board plus the tiles would have made the tiles sit proud of the window reveal. The tilers did not express any difficulty waterproofing and tiling the hemp wall.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MgO board in shower recess and where wall to be tiled</td></tr>
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The tilers did the waterproofing, Council inspected, then they did the tiling while I was off sight. So it was delightful to arrive back on site to a beautifully tiled bathroom, complete with grout gaps matched up and to my delight I had made the bath hob just the right height.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shower recess tiled</td></tr>
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Progress also continues with the pouring of the slab for the water tank. We used left over reo mesh from the slab for the house and just overlapped and wired the pieces together. We had also kept the bar chairs left from the pouring of the house slab and these were used for the water tank slab. We also had some oxide left over from the colour tests we did for the house. Even though the slab was only for a water tank I decided to colour it with the unused oxide as I wanted to try out the dry shake method of colouring the concrete. I mixed up 1 part oxide to 10 parts off white cement then sand was added to this mix at the rate of 1 part oxide/cement to 2 parts sand. When I made up the mix of cement and oxide it did not look very coloured so I added a little more oxide, but when I added the sand it looked very coloured, so did not need the extra bit of oxide. The sand I used was courser than I would have liked and some small rocks in the sand dragged in the concrete when I wood floated it.<br />
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We were originally going to mix up the concrete on a mixer ourselves but when we costed out how much it would be for 1/2 a cubic meter the hardware store advised me I would be better off getting a mini trick from Eziway. Even though I had only ordered 1/2 a cubic meter it arrived in a big truck as that was all they had left, since we only booked it the day before. The concrete was barrowed in, levelled, screeded off and steel floated. Then, after the bleed water had evaporated, half the oxide mix was sprinkled on, steel floated, the other half of the oxide mix sprinkled on and steel floated. When the concrete was a little drier it was finished with a wood float to give it a rough texture.<br />
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Shelter Building Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14175307600400481459noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204882245755573344.post-54868780916532645012013-08-18T04:54:00.003-07:002013-08-18T04:54:51.368-07:00Reuse and Recycling on SiteMany building products come wrapped in plastic and so like with all the other waste building materials we have accumulated on site I sorted and stored the plastic. My piles of scrap timber have been useful and some of it burnt in friends wood fires. Some of the metal pile, being meters and meters of metal strapping, have been taken down to the metal recyclers and other pieces like guttering offcuts sit there waiting for a use. The plastic has been very useful covering the door frames, windows and ceiling up while rendering. Bags from insulation have been useful for windows and ceiling. The long thin strips of plastic from the guttering was perfect for wrapping door frames. Plastic that wrapped other sections of roofing just fitted some of the windows. Even bubble wrap from some tiles bought mail order was used to protect the ceiling. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Windows and doors covered in reused insulation bags and guttering plastic</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Insulation bags and bubble wrap protect the ceiling</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrapped door frames</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front door covered in plastic</td></tr>
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Small plastic bags from the guttering fittings were used to hold the measured out amounts of oxide for the render. We even piled up all the old binder bags, not sure what to do with them, but not ready to throw out something that may have a use. When I had a trailer load of sand for the render, I had to empty it out of the trailer. Rather than have to shovel it out of the trailer then measure out the amounts required for each render mix. I found that the old binder and render bags could comfortably fit the measured out sand and so to save double handling shovelled the sand straight out of the trailer and measured into the old binder bags ready for use.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gutter fittings bags reused to hold coloured oxide</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Binder bags reused to hold sand</td></tr>
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