52 days ago
by Brian & Carey |
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We built a landing (attic) not sure what to call it in the garage and that’s where the children slept. Then we divided the garage into a bedroom, lounge, kitchen and bathroom with panels. We put all the wardrobes into a square in one corner to create a dressing room.
Our water supply was pumped up to us from the farmer down the road a kilometre away into tanks perched precariously on some old scaffolding. The cut off valve was about 65 metres down the field. The farmer would ...
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54 days ago
by Brian & Carey |
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Our home today and the story of how we got there.
We bought a piece of land in September 1998 and it was just covered in port jackson (alien trees) and we had to start clearing before we could even get onto the property. Next we had to create a driveway for our car to get to where we wanted to build. All of this was done by myself, my hubby Brian and our three daughters and every now and then a few friends and family.We then built a 3 car garage and moved into that as a makeshift ho...
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113 days ago
by Mike Blank, CGR CAPS |
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Thanks to NAHB.org for the info!
As summer approaches, many home owners grow eager to start remodeling projects to update and refresh their surroundings. Before getting started, it’s a good idea to hire a professional remodeler for a workable plan and better results.
Here are five tips for planning a successful home remodel that you can enjoy for many years to come.
1. Compile a list of home remodeling ideas and draft a budget for the work. You likely have some projects in mind, ...
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254 days ago
by John W. |
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Hairline Cracks can be filled simply using Concrete Welder, available in a cartridge format. Make sure the crack is clean and free of moisture. Open cartridge and squeeze Concrete Welder directly into the crack. Use a scraper or straight-edge to smooth the material out. Wipe up any excess material and allow to dry for 30 minutes. Now the crack is filled and ready for use.
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511 days ago
by DigSafely |
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Thanks for letting me post here, Michal! I just wanted to remind all the handymen and women out there that April is National Safe Digging Month across the country. National Safe Digging Awareness Month is dedicated to informing gardeners and DIYers about the importance of calling 811 to have their buried utility lines marked before they dig. An underground utility line (think natural gas, cable, fiber optics) is accidentally struck once every TWO minutes in the U.S., and these accidents can c...
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561 days ago
by daltxguy |
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As part of my adobe brick making series, I thought I might show some examples of what an adobe brick building might look like.
I guess most people might imagine that an adobe brick building must necessarily look like came out of the southwest US but not so. Mudbrick has been used for centuries and there are far more mudbrick homes than you probably imagine. Many of them look like any other building that you are used to seeing.
I’ve chosen to limit my pictures to homes built here i...
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575 days ago
by daltxguy |
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Several years ago now, my partner and I took a 1 week course on building with adobe bricks/cob. We are lucky here in New Zealand that some hard working people developed approved building standards for adobe brick construction. Our instructor, Richard Walker was one of the people responsible for this standard.
Our forest property sits on some ideal clay soil and we are interested in sourcing our new construction entirely from materials found on or near the site, so adobe should figure somew...
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726 days ago
by PaBull |
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Today I was busy making the glass doors for the medicine cabinets for all the bathrooms in the house. I thought I might as well share the fun with you guys. First thing I had to do after I cut the styles and rails, was make a jig to do the coping on the router table. My router table is build in with the table saw, very basic. Here some pictures of that jig.
The pictures are not the best, I took them with my PDA, sorry.
The jig rides against the edge of the table.
Now here...
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