Giles and Paula Add a Room Onto the Side of The House
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I'm just waiting for the major fuck up. We had one issue that kept me awake at night last week. Some of the joists had been made the wrong length, which would have meant the lantern was going to be off centre and thus screwing up everything. Les fixed it the following day within a couple of hours. The Posijoists are amazing, but when you hit a snafu, good old-fashioned timber joists are a lot easier to re-jig…
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Hey Giles. How’s the stone work going? I wish I could Come put it down with you guys. I miss the work and it’s be great evo on my IH gear
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Stonework not started yet. Scaffolding is where we need to lay the stone. I reckon that taking the scaffolding down is 2-3 weeks away - Need it up there until the coping stones are laid, which can't happen until the roof is completed…I'd love to have you do it....would free Les up to do more stuff inside.
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Had a conversation last night about progress on the house and I found out that the plumbing fixtures that were "ready to install" two weeks ago were in a warehouse in North Carolina and couldn't be shipped until today because of post hurricane flooding. Who needs faucets, after all?
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That looks spectacular Giles.
Scaffolding is often the culprit. I can’t tell you how many times I was called to
A job to be asked why I hadn’t planted or laid my stone yet. I silently walked out of The job trailer over to the scaffolding. with pointer finger extended, I emoted this question “ how the fuck am I supposed to put my material in under this erected scaffolding. -
omg underfloor heating.. what a dream…
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i guess i've never found a right season for it wherever i've lived.. but it'll definitely be in my future house..
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Reclaimed pitch pine boards (sawn from old joists). Les and I will build the staircase from the existing house (which has ancient pitch pine boarding) to the new kitchen out of these - I manage to get some 11inch wide boards. What is left over will repair the ones we screwed-up, lifting the boards to run the services to the new build….
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@louisbosco I had underfloor heating in an apartment I rented in London, and it was pretty good.
You can hook it up to a heat pump for environmentally friendly heating (not that you'll need it in Perth), or run chilled water through it to cool a room.
Though personally I'd prefer to build a Passivhaus, which doesn't need active heating or cooling…
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wouldn't need thick jackets in perth too but it's nice to have
haha. i suppose it feel comfy when the floors are heated. especially when i've always loved polished concrete floor and i think they do get really cold when the temps do drop.. -
Though personally I'd prefer to build a Passivhaus, which doesn't need active heating or cooling…
Was looking into building a small passivhaus before back in Michigan making the leap to Hawaii. Love the concept, and the passive homes I've been in were all cozy as heck in the winter…
