The brickies have been on site for the past few days. To start it was a slow row of bricks around the base. I think they were waiting for the termite protection to be installed (???), which happened late yesterday. They had organised piles of bricks and mortar boards all round the house. Now I have most of one side bricked!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Classical Gas
The gas lines are now run. The bricks arrived today and are distributed around the house. They're a bit different to what I expected but nothing drastic.
Lucinda, Big G and I did a bit of tidying and re-labelling of the wiring and fixing the batts tonight; string lines have been run to help them stop popping out of the openings.
Lucinda, Big G and I did a bit of tidying and re-labelling of the wiring and fixing the batts tonight; string lines have been run to help them stop popping out of the openings.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Cables
I took Friday off to organise cabling, and I don't think I've stopped since - ready for a biiiiiiiig nanna nap.
My trusty gang of subbies - Megan 'Monkey Magic', Dave 'Cable Guy', Lucinda '100 Tape Gal', Andrew 'Itchy the Insulator', and Troy 'Driller'; Zoe was at Indy preventing a t!tty crime spree.
My most grateful thanks to them all - I would still be going if I'd had to do it all myself.
The Soundscreen insulation was a nightmare. I didn't think it would be itchy stuff, HA! and it falls apart so easily. Why can't they put some kind of coating on it? We tried every tape in the universe and it was still slipping. It might, maybe, perhaps end up inside the walls where it's supposed to be, when the plasterers do their thing.

Cabling was erm .. interesting. With my trusty Dymo I had carefully cut and labelled about half the cables before everyone arrived. Dave and Megan scrambled around the roof looping, threading and poking. And we ended up with a jungle of vines in the garage.
My trusty gang of subbies - Megan 'Monkey Magic', Dave 'Cable Guy', Lucinda '100 Tape Gal', Andrew 'Itchy the Insulator', and Troy 'Driller'; Zoe was at Indy preventing a t!tty crime spree.
My most grateful thanks to them all - I would still be going if I'd had to do it all myself.
The Soundscreen insulation was a nightmare. I didn't think it would be itchy stuff, HA! and it falls apart so easily. Why can't they put some kind of coating on it? We tried every tape in the universe and it was still slipping. It might, maybe, perhaps end up inside the walls where it's supposed to be, when the plasterers do their thing.
Cabling was erm .. interesting. With my trusty Dymo I had carefully cut and labelled about half the cables before everyone arrived. Dave and Megan scrambled around the roof looping, threading and poking. And we ended up with a jungle of vines in the garage.
By Sunday arvo, some of the labels were falling off so Lucinda had to relabel, then the Dymo ran out of tape.... Hooking it all up might be even more interesting .... Blue cords draped across the walkways was starting to look more attractive. But it's done now.
Plasterers are due next week and the bricks have been ordered.
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