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Sunday, 21 December 2014
Final Touches December 21 2014
The Fossil drone (who reports to SWMBO) had a spectacular fall during his exercise class and landed on his tailbone against a hard floor. Nothing broken but his activities have been somewhat curtailed during the last few days so the final tasks will need to wait until after Christmas.
We managed to salvage some large pieces of granite slabs from the kid's renovation. Here is the frame that will support a granite top 1700 x 900mm. Another top which is about 2400 x 600 is destined to become a potting table mounted along the east wall. The granite tops are a honey colour with flecks of black. All the railings have been made from mat black epoxy coated tubular steel section and will be fixed in place early January. The basic planting has been completed with a variety climbers and bushy shrubs designed to screen the street side wall to eye level. Visually it should give the illusion of sitting in the middle of Delta Park.
The study / filing room - Small but everything is conveniently located.
Every inch of space represents a major achievement. Currently under
construction at the Fossil Works is a low cabinet (window seat) to house
the communications gear and a mail/web server - Enough room to swing a cat provided it's a small pussy.
The great room - a rather "lived in" view. Scheduled for early January is the skimming and painting of the bulkheads. The wall was designed and dimensioned to fit some solid oak cabinets purchased from a deceased estate. We have made provision for 5 pendant lights above the kitchen island, over the dining table, and in the living room area but the light provided by the LED tubes incorporated into the bulk heads may render these superfluous or decorative only.
The table seats 8 and there are 4 Bar chairs at the kitchen counter. The majority of our paintings and artwork have been hung with a few pieces still to go.
Another view from the front door. The Great room is very spacious - we like it that way - so I have to restrain myself from visiting too many second hand furniture stores.
Monday, 1 December 2014
December 1 Getting stuff off the floor
The next stage is to get everything of the ground and off the surfaces. Bulkheads need to be completed, skimmed and painted to match the walls. About 2 thirds of our paintings have been hung on the walls.
The two leather chairs at the end of the great room are together with four bar chairs our latest acquisition. These where purchased for a song at our local second hand furniture store.
The great room is entirely lighted by LED tubes above and below the bulkheads and by under counter kitchen cupboards.
This is the "office" surprisingly there is enough space to keep all of the business files and to house workstations for yours truly and SWMBO. Now that I have repaired my table saw I am going to make a small cabinet and locate this underneath the window to house all of the communications gear, Domino Server and file server out of view. Today I located two second hand three draw pedestals (goning for a song) that will complete the under desk top storage
Collection of signed Keith Joubert prints and a Russell Flint on the great rooms internal wall
The bedroom - artwork will be added to the wall shortly
The bedroom looking into the great room. That black spherical object is a pilates ball. The Pilates ball is for ces mois to exercise in the periods between when SWMBO is thinking of things for me to do,
The patio which we paved using rough stock bricks and just some of the pots which we brought from our old house. A slab of granite 1700 X 900 will form the top of a table which will be installed in the patio on top of a frame work made from 100X100 tubular steel.
Part of the great room |
The great room is entirely lighted by LED tubes above and below the bulkheads and by under counter kitchen cupboards.
This is the "office" surprisingly there is enough space to keep all of the business files and to house workstations for yours truly and SWMBO. Now that I have repaired my table saw I am going to make a small cabinet and locate this underneath the window to house all of the communications gear, Domino Server and file server out of view. Today I located two second hand three draw pedestals (goning for a song) that will complete the under desk top storage
Collection of signed Keith Joubert prints and a Russell Flint on the great rooms internal wall
The bedroom - artwork will be added to the wall shortly
The bedroom looking into the great room. That black spherical object is a pilates ball. The Pilates ball is for ces mois to exercise in the periods between when SWMBO is thinking of things for me to do,
The patio which we paved using rough stock bricks and just some of the pots which we brought from our old house. A slab of granite 1700 X 900 will form the top of a table which will be installed in the patio on top of a frame work made from 100X100 tubular steel.
Friday, 17 October 2014
Finishing Touches
The Great Room viewed from the kitchen door |
The Bathroom - waiting for the shower panel |
Shelf above the bed head |
Planks painted with a mixture of Carboleum and Raw Linseed oil |
Earthworks
What it looks like with most of the rubble removed
The earth has been shaped and terraced ready for some strenuous planting.
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Gas Cupboard
Gas Cupboard On its plinth in the courtyard side of the house. We will paint this to blend in with the walls. We should be able to store a few 118KG gas cylinders.
Bathroom
The bathroom has been tiled. You can see the shower portion at the end complete with bench. Today we are installing the bathroom fittings.
Laundry enclosure. Washing machine underneath and spin dryer on top with space for a few Pullouts
Vanity unit 1200 mm with two basins.
Gas standby water heater - Installed
This handy little gas heater sits between the solar geyser and roof mounted hot water tank. Its function is to heat the water is it passes through but only when the water is less than 65 degrees centigrade. Which hopefully will happen very infrequently.
Friday, 12 September 2014
Friday 12th September
Late afternoon Friday 12th September.
There has been lots of activity at the Fossil Pad and the cottage should be ready for occupation by the end of the month.
However we are going to spend an extra two weeks rectifying any imperfections. Commonly called "snagging".
The exterior has been painted completely (except for a few reveals)
The steps from the future patio leading up to the Great room
The battery / Gizmo Room
The kitchen waiting for its granite counter tops and back splash
The kitchen island is under the soft board.
Sunday, 7 September 2014
Steady Progess on several fronts
Windows and door installed on South side. |
Bedroom Full Height Windows - North Wall |
The windows and doors have started to arrive and as each batch arrives the units are immediately fitted and plastered into their openings.
Dry Wall Partition |
We have erected a drywall partition between the great room and the living area as dictated by SWMBO and this is in the process of being skimmed and painted. Large areas of the inside walls have been painted with plaster coat.
Tiling the floors is well underway. About 120 square metres of tiles need to be laid. The gas stove and extractor fan have arrived and are stacked against a half high wall that will form the spline of the kitchen Island
And we are plastering the ceilings in the one section of the house.
Friday, 29 August 2014
Progress Friday 29th August
The roof and all its layers are in place. Barge boards and gutters will be installed shortly |
The walls have been given a skin of Rhinolite.
That means that a lot of tasks can begin on Monday.
On Monday all of the machines in my workshop will be installed in the house so that I can complete the interior carpentry in short order. On Monday we also install the windows.
This gives you some idea of what the vaulted ceiling will look like. |
The Area above this wall will be clad with dry walling. The wall has been given a coat of Rhinolite. |
All of the walls have been skimmed with Rhinolite |
Thia will become a walk in closet hopefully during the next week |
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Raising the roof
Most of the cement ceiling panels are in place |
The bedroom wing |
It consists of several layers.
Layer 1
Concrete 9mm ceiling boards are nailed to the trusses. We pre-painted the ceiling boards on one side to make the final painting less of a hassle.
Layer 2
Then purlins are nailed to the trusses through the ceiling boards and a 70mm thick insulating blanket is laid between the purlins.
Layer 3
On top of all that is laid a layer of sisalation which acts as a vapour barrier and has insulating properties as well.
Layer 4
Finally the layers are covered with Chromadek sheeting which has the colour of the roof (dove grey) baked into the surface of the metal. A capping piece is fixed to the apex of the roof.
Gives one an idea of what it will look like from the inside |
We will also be able to install the Solar Geyser and Solar power panels.
The next two weeks should be quite eventful.
This in not an old man,s Meccano set. It will become a Battery Rack for the deep cycle batteries |
Wednesday, 20 August 2014
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