Month: January 2015
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Protected: Cleland Visit – the last of the Wild
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Week 4 Ooh yeah footings
Apparently, 100 tonnes of soil was removed for the footings… that’s a lot…I never realised how much of an impact on the land footings have. But then, we also have 800mm footings to compensate for the reactive clay soil, rather than a standard 600mm or so. Oh, and they found a big lump of rock…
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Week 4 Footings and retaining walls
This week the footings should be getting dug out, ready for reinforcing and then concrete pour in the next 2 weeks. The ‘new’ retaining wall required on the southern boundary will also go in. Big machinery ahoy!
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Protected: The MV Train Park – endless 3 year old fun
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Week 3 Checking out the site and the first site meeting
We had our first site meeting today. It was interesting to see the block and how the levels translate in real life, rather than just on the plans. I really hadn’t pictured what it would be like. While the front and back of the house match the existing site levels, to make a flat house…
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Week 3 Preparing the site for footings
Even though we had planned the build with minimal site disturbance and changing of levels in mind (the house was designed to match the contour of the block, with 2 levels separated by a couple of steps in order to meet the upward slope as you progress down the block) there still seems to be…
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Protected: The little boy turns 3!
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Week 2 machinery on site
Baby bobcat from Kangarilla Earthmovers visited the site this week to level some of the block.
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Week 2 Securing the site
Security fencing has gone up on the front of the block, and some plumb lines set to check the block levels. Machinery should be on site later in the week to cut the block and get the base preparation done ready for footings next week! It’s almost slab time!
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Week 1 Checking the site
The house demolition finished late November/early December 2014, with some oversized footings discovered and requiring the extra cost of a rock breaker brought on site. We selected our builder around the same time and they got started before Christmas planning the site works for a 2015 January start. After demolition, the builder took some levels…