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Windows arrived, chimney complete
Dropped in yesterday to check on site. Windows have been delivered and they look awesome. Double glazing throughout so it's gonna be quiet and perform well temperature wise. Yesterday they finished th…
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Hempcrete complete
I popped in on Saturday to see the house and there's been much progress. The hempcrete was almost complete and it's looking amazing. Even with walls and windows missing you can hear the deadening of s…
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Ground floor walls done
Ground floor walls were completed yesterday. I popped in this morning to check out progress. They're moving really fast with the hempcrete and the wall downstairs, which we're thinking we'll leave as…
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Walls going up
On Friday the first hempcrete walls went up. Holly took some photos.
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Hempcrete!
Holly just sent these through. The first Hempcrete wall is going in as we speak!
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Getting ready for Hempcrete
Popped in this morning to check on progress. Formwork for the hempcrete is going in. They should start on the hempcrete on Friday or so. I've booked in a day of leave to help out, cos I'm curious to s…
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Rooms are taking shape
Popped into the site today and saw that the frame is getting close to complete. It's great seeing the shapes of the rooms and where the windows will go. It's gonna be so light and airy upstairs, and t…
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That's a lot of cannabis!
A huge quantity of cannabis got delivered to our house last week. It's the interior (hurd) of the stem from hemp plants, grown somewhere outside Maitland. This will shortly be mixed with lime and wate…
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A trip to the first floor
On this morning's site meeting I got to climb up the ladder and see how the first floor is gonna look. Everything feels bigger than I expected. Downstairs ceilings are higher than I thought, upstairs…
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Taking shape now
Popped in on Saturday to take a look and it's really coming along well. Good progress. Builders have had great weather for it too.
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Frame going up
Holly visited site again today and the frame's going up. This is going nice and fast and the weather's been great. Hooray! Also Louis came first in two events at his school athletics carnival.
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Slab is down, now to get moving up!
Visiting site this morning we got a good look at the concrete. Looks great and the space for our new kitchen and living room is going to feel enormous after the disjointed, poky rooms we had before. O…
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Concrete is done
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It begins
Holly just sent this photo of the concrete pour.
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Concrete poured today
Slab was planned to be poured last Friday but sickness amongst the team meant they weren't ready. The builder brought in extra work and got things moving over the weekend. The kids and I popped in on…
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Excavation underway
So demolition is nearly complete. Builders are now working on excavating down for the main slab where our new kitchen will be. Concrete apparently should be poured end of this week or early next week.
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Demolition seems almost complete
Holly and I popped in on Friday to see progress. The back half of the house is now pretty much gone. Also some photos from a bit earlier in the week when Holly and Tracy visited.
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That happened quickly!
Holly popped in on the house this afternoon and snapped these.
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Demolition starts today
After a rather frantic week of moving stuff around the house and clearing things out, we're ready for the build to start. Holly's been working like a trooper on this! Builder moves in today with all h…
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Our build is about to begin
For those I haven't mentioned it to, we're about to do a major renovation on the house. We've lived here nearly 8 years and done a couple of little changes over the time, opening up the dividing wall…