Andy's House (So far)

The older photo's are now further down the page.

 

May 08  All the tin on the outside, windows are all fitted and some lights working

Now to make the doors from scratch!!!

 

           

Mar 08    Russell the electrician                    The work kitchen with stove and sink

 

       

Feb 08   Internal walls are all lined with structural plywood

       

Jan 08    The outer layer of color bond is on     Mar 08     Half of the cyclone bracing fitted

 

       

Nov 07    Wall insulation with custom scaffold     Outer structural ply                                     

 

   

Oct 07        Bathroom and toilet framing                   Master bedroom and big windows        

Sept 07                Wall framings on ground floor                        Second floor wall framing            

19th July 07            As long as you don't undo the wrong rope it's ok!                             A good 3D puzzle.          

1st July 07        First of the hand railings on                                Start of the internal hand rails                

The top stringers ready for assembly                                    If the stairs look heavy it is because they are!

1st June 07        Side deck with generator on it                        Front deck is only missing the handrail now.                    

31st May 07      First floor, flooring nailed in place.                            Second floor, flooring nailed in place.

All the Tin installed on the roof.                                    Tin on the roof ready for installation

27th April 07           Clip-Lock system for roof fixing (no holes in tin)             Lane helping me move the tin onto the roof.

19th Mar 07  A swarm of bee's that decided my house was pretty cool                                Cutting poles with a chainsaw             

About 1/3 of the way through the Battern's, a very slow process.            The Roof Joists ready for the Facia to go on.

Walking on beams, who said I wasn't a balanced individual!                      Fixing the first two Roof Bearers in place

         19th Dec 06       Nils helping lift some timber for the roof                 Nils and Rose, with second floor bearers and joists done

22nd Nov 06       Bearers for first floor up                   Lifting Bearers for second floor                    Attaching second floor bearers

31st Oct 06            Noah chaining a pole up at a safe distance                      Noah and I with one more pole to go                   

16th Oct 06     Lifting second pole into hole                   Jig for sliding pole into hole                   Noah giving me a hand concreting

11th Oct 06         10 Poles ready, about 12 tones                     Lifting pole onto trolley                            Getting pole up the hill  

7th Sept 06     Letuce, Corn, Carrots, Broccoli, Snow Peas etc        Some of the hard wood for the house about 10 tones           

25th Aug 06                Bobcat digging Foundation holes for house                Me in a hole, a 2m deep hole!                    

  11th Aug 06             Lane and formwork              Lane and Collin in action               Russell, Todd, Scobes and I, a job well done

Framing ready for concrete                                            Concrete set, now for the access

22nd April 06         Some of the lads positioning the first tank             Todd, David, Andy, Nils, Rodney and Fenton

Note the fishing shirts smelling of Barra!     

Two 5500 Gal water tanks                            Trusty Landy Tractor and first tank.

2nd Jan 06                    The road partly done                    Pouring gravel by hand, as well as everything else

11th Oct 04                Some rocks are better left alone                          Looking down the road clearing

                                       This one was in the driveway

        It was actually worse than it looks. (Before)            Fruit trees, Mango, Breadfruit, Carambola, Jackfruit, etc.

9th June 04                Andy, Bill, Emma and Rick                                                        Shed framing up

24th Feb 04                Clearing the shed pad                                                Shed retaining wall