Category: Masonry
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Window frames and doors
We had to trim the French door height by 300mm to get it to fit under the roof which (for various reasons) is quite a bit lower than expected š The contractor also rethought his decision to build 115mm walls and risk building inspection failure, so doubled the thickness. All good š
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Building progress
Having had a little bit of a hiccup regarding wall thickness last week, Patrick assuresĀ us that the building inspectors will find 4.5″ walls sufficient for the roof in place. It seemed that the bricklayers weren’t quite aware that there were to be windows either. Clarified with PatrickĀ this morning accompanied by more detailed measurements and 3D…
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Let the demolition begin
Demolition of the old water tank stands starts today and digging of trenches for new foundations. Challenge: Given there is no municipal water, with power cuts comes no water, and the power has been extremely bad – the builders will need around 1000L of water per day. Solution:Ā At the end of each day, run generatorĀ to…
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Raw materials starting to arrive
A true Zim style tipper arrived with the first load of raw materials at 8.30 am today with stern instructions (there was probably pleading in there too) not to damage the brand new electric gate š